Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Hitting the roof: Ceiling fears force closure of Bluewater pool

    Colac’s Bluewater pool has suddenly closed to urgently remove the ceiling, after engineers advised the council there was a risk sections of it could fall.

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  • Big move for shire’s libraries

    Colac Otway bookworms will be able to get their hands on more reads from July next year, when the shire’s libraries become part of Geelong’s system.

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  • Council paying back pool costs

    Colac Otway Shire Council will reimburse Apollo Bay’s school $75,000 for works on the town’s long-awaited indoor pool.

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  • Groups set to share $200,000 in grants

    Colac Otway Shire Council will include more than $200,000 in community cash grants in its draft budget, with a second round of more than $100,000 still up for grabs.

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  • Boost for roads, paths

    More than a dozen infrastructure projects across Colac Otway Shire could soon get underway thanks to a $1.74-million Federal Government kickstart.

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  • Meeting to remain online

    The community will have to watch today’s Colac Otway Shire Council meeting online, with tightened coronavirus restrictions stalling the gallery’s return this month.

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  • Jail over Colac man’s death

    A man will spend four years in jail over the manslaughter of a Colac man at Geelong’s Eastern Beach last year.

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  • Lives at risk: residents urging action at intersection

    Residents and police are repeating calls for safety improvements at a notorious Elliminyt intersection following a three-car crash that hospitalised two drivers.

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