MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is seeking community feedback on its updated Community-led Projects Policy. At the 1 September council meeting, councillors voted unanimously to place the draft policy on public exhibition…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillor Cam Williams has been found to have engaged in misconduct following a series of comments about fellow councillors. On 24 August, arbiter Noel Harvey OAM determined…
A SOMERVILLE man was one of five men arrested last month as part of a police operation targeting criminal behaviour in the construction industry. On 24 August Taskforce “Hawk” investigators…
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding three e-dirt bike riders in the local area of Safey Beach. On Saturday 29 August at approximately 3:45pm, the three unknown riders were sighted…
BALCOMBE Men’s Probus Club members gathered at Mornington Golf Club in July for the group’s annual sportsman breakfast. The event was organised by Bruce Badenhop and featured John Sanders, ice…
CONTAMINATION in peninsula households’ recycling bins has fallen by 1.5 per cent in the last year according to the Mornington Peninsula Shire’s latest bin audit. The recycling contamination rate peaked…
TWO candidates have nominated for the Briars Ward postal by-election following Anthony Marsh’s resignation after he was elected as Member for Nepean. Mt Martha-based Christine Leahy and Sue Ellison-Whyte will…
With only 100 days until the state election, things are off to a slow start in the three electorates on the Mornington Peninsula, with only a handful of candidates expressing…
A FUNDRAISER to raise awareness and funds for Huntington’s disease will be held at Donato Cafe in Mt Martha on 26 August. The event is being organised by Silvana Contu,…
A MAJOR marine social-impact campaign is putting one of Victoria’s most important yet under-recognised marine environments in the spotlight, but it needs community and corporate support to reach the finish…
A NEW mural by local artist Tyson Savanah, known as Father Marker, now honours the life of Sammy the seal at Safety Beach. Sammy became a local icon earlier this…
SOCCER PENINSULA Strikers and Football Victoria are at loggerheads over the decision to play a catch-up game against Mooroolbark at Jack Thomas Reserve in Berwick on Tuesday night. Strikers’ recent…
MORNINGTON Junior Football Club has witnessed a landmark moment, with its Under-14 girls becoming the club’s first ever girls premiership team.In a heart-stopping grand final that went down to the…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONE SEN DROMANA managed to best Langwarrin in their clash in the first round of finals. The Tigers entered the game strongly, scoring 6.2 in the first…
SOCCER BAXTER and Rosebud go head to head on Saturday in a local derby that seems certain to relegate the loser. With the bottom two sides in State 4 being…
MT Martha mum of three, Dayna Fallon, is taking to the stage with a one-woman show at this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival. The show is centred on a poem she…
A LOCAL couple’s travelling bookstore has quickly grown into a series of literary events, bringing together the community to gather around books. Bookneck was started two months ago by Carolyn…
PENINSULA Cinemas Rosebud will screen The Fox, an animatronic black comedy in which the late Sam Neill voices a foul-mouthed magpie – a role he completed and was still promoting…
It began with a group of trainee teachers and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, but more than six decades later, PLOS Musical Productions is about to bring the sound of…
Black figs carry deep meaning in Aboriginal ways of knowing. They’re associated with birthing, nourishment, and community gathering, so it seemed the right name for a café built to do…
by Andrea Louise Thomas Somerville chef and hospitality trainer, Marlene Hoff, has been quietly changing lives for years, serving up nutrition for the body, mind and spirit. Everything she does comes…
Kelly Nash has spent her life saying yes to things that terrify her. She left a secure teaching career in her late twenties to become an actor, despite resistance from…
It all started with a single post to a Facebook community noticeboard on a Monday. Bec Watson posted her rant about the Peninsula Link roadworks anonymously, not feeling confident enough…
By Lance Hodgins ABOUT 50 close friends, councillors and several generations of family members gathered in the Hastings Community Hub on Friday 7 August in special recognition of Brian Stahl…
PENINSULA Grange Retirement Community has celebrated its 15th anniversary with an afternoon of reflection and festivity. The celebration took place on 6 August and saw residents, staff, and leaders come…
By Lisa Bayley – Somerville, Tyabb and District Heritage Society Standing near the roundabout on Frankston-Flinders Road and Eramosa Road is one of Somerville’s most recognisable landmarks – the distinctive…
TWO of the Balnarring and District Historical Society’s longest-serving volunteers have been recognised with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria’s (RHSV) Award of Merit, for their contribution to local and…
