Articles by Ruby Manson

  • COVID grant for school’s art project

    Deans Marsh Primary School is among five Surf Coast Shire COVID-19 recovery rapid response grant recipients.

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  • Team back in action amid new outbreak

    A management team is responding to a spike in new Colac COVID cases.

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  • Moving surprise for Colac family

    To say the Cooks have had a rollercoaster month would be an understatement.

    The Colac family – parents Peter and Chloe and their children Ava, 4, Chaz, 2, and Reed, 11 months – face uncertain times following Peter’s worrying medical diagnosis at the end of July.

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  • Quieter time for busy mother

    Colac’s Brenda McKay is enjoying more time to herself after decades as an impressive homemaker.

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  • Coast resort still contentious

    Developers are planning for the start of construction of an eco-stay resort at Princetown, with some public infrastructure work already complete.

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  • Active cases nosedive, just 15 in Colac Otway

    The number of active COVID-19 cases in Colac Otway has plummeted, decreasing by more than half overnight.

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  • Study looking at COVID impacts

    A Geelong study will help to shed light on any lingering COVID-19 health impacts in recovered patients. Barwon Health director of infectious diseases professor Eugene Athan said the State Government and Barwon Health Foundation had funded a year-long study into the impacts of coronavirus on local patients. The news comes as Premier Daniel Andrews told […]

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  • Commercial sector weathering storm

    A Colac real estate agent says Colac’s commercial sector has fared the COVID pandemic remarkably well, based on commercial vacancy rates.

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