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A MORNINGTON coffee company was recently awarded Radio 3AW and Momentum Energy’s Small Business Achievement Award. It was presented on…
A LOVE of stamps was nurtured in Jon Fladeby when he was a young boy in his native Norway. The…
FOR eight decades the neon Skipping Girl Vinegar sign has delighted children and adults as it lights up the streets…
TO some, boxing may seem a strange road to travel in search of peace. But that is exactly the destination…
NATUROPATH and herbal medicine practitioner Tory Breheny has written a book to bring home the message to the younger generation…
MATT Mackay spends a lot of time taking note of the weather and its effects on the scenery. A surfer…
WAR veteran John Missen takes issue with the old adage ‘You can’t teach an old dog new tricks’: he’s nearly…
MENTION Steve Warner to parents in Mornington or Mt Martha and you’ll more than likely get the response, “oh, yes,…
THERE’S something about fishing. Rain, hail and shine, anglers are always out there casting a line. Sheltering from the weather…
A PHOTOGRAPHER by profession, Fran Bainbridge these days finds herself more often wielding paint brushes and metalworking tools than operating…
THE Melbourne Press Club last week commemorated the death of Graham Perkin, one of Australia’s great journalists, 40 years ago.…
ROSEBUD audiologist Fallon Arnold is about to head off on a two-week volunteer placement for All Ears Cambodia, based in…
IN January after the murders in Paris at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Mornington Peninsula publisher, author and artist Fran…
PLAYING golf has “kept me alive”, says Mt Eliza enthusiast Ralph Godfrey, who is about to celebrate his 100th birthday.…
IT’S unusual to associate young boys with taxidermy, but don’t tell Xavier Noonan. The Grade 6 Tyabb Primary School pupil…
POST work life can surprisingly be a time to begin a new career and that’s exactly what Rosebud resident Elsie…
MORNINGTON postie Ray Garlick took his dad’s advice and applied for a job with the old PMG way back in…
FORMER police officer turned business and life coach Ruth Cyster-Stuettgen wants women to know they can have a bright future…
A NEW land, a new language and no friends or job. It is a situation that is hard to imagine…
A NAME synonymous with spectacular fireworks displays all over the world has its Victorian base at Balnarring. Howard & Sons…
Fran Henke spoke to Tamie and Malcolm Fraser in 2013 about their love of gardening. When the President of Open…
The Mornington Peninsula is known all over the country for its diversity of landscapes including some of the best beaches…
WHILE every author draws on life experiences to form a narrative, not every author has such a rich and at…
CELEBRATIONS marking last week’s 50th anniversary of the Beatles tour of Australia struck a resonant chord with Rosebud’s John (Johnny)…
The News interviewed Tommy Hafey in October last year. The interview, entitled “Hafey: I love people” is reprinted below in…