A woman has died following a three-vehicle collision in Merricks North yesterday. Emergency services were called to reports a Nissan C12, Jeep Wrangler and Toyota Landcruiser had collided at the…
MORNINGTON Peninsula’s first tiny house on wheels for crisis accommodation was handed over to the Salvation Army last Friday (12 June) after an incredible community effort. The unique project, the…
AUSTRALIA’S top showjumping event, held annually at Boneo Park, has announced a new partnership with Petstock. Boneo Park and Equestrian Australia have revealed Petstock will be the naming rights partner…
NEARLY six months on from its official opening, staff at the new Peninsula University Hospital building say that its design is improving patient care. The redevelopment, designed by Bates Smart…
THE cost of planned upgrades to the Nepean Highway has been revised, with $15 million promised to the project now expected to be spent elsewhere. $15 million of a promised…
The Mornington Peninsula Shire will cease delivering Commonwealth-funded aged care services in July next year, including their Meals on Wheels service. The decision to move out of aged care services…
MORNINGTON Peninsula chef Andrew Ballard will take centre stage at the Good Food & Wine Show in Melbourne later this month, curating the Singapore Airlines VIP Lounge menu and unveiling…
PETSTOCK stores across the Mornington Peninsula will host rescue animal adoption weekends this month, giving locals the chance to offer a forever home to pets in need. Four peninsula stores…
WHEN Ben Starick steps onto the Mornington Peninsula coastline on Friday 22 May, it will be a walk 30 years in the making. He’ll mark one kilometre for every year…
SOCCER PENINSULA Strikers brought State 2 leader Knox City’s unbeaten run to a halt with Saturday’s 4-3 win at Centenary Park. Knox broke quickly in the fifth minute after Strikers…
A WHOLE lot of talent, training and perhaps some help from her lucky number has taken Mornington long jumper, Geena Davy, all the way to the World Athletics Under-20 Championships,…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONE SEN THERE were only two games in Division One Seniors Men’s played over the weekend, and no Division Two Seniors Men’s due to a Kings Birthday…
Soccer MORNINGTON’S promotion push maintained momentum on Saturday when it proved too classy for St Kilda Celts at Civic Reserve. James Kelly had home team fans roaring their approval in…
ONE of only two Welsh Ladies Choirs in the entire Southern Hemisphere will spend the weekend of 22–24 May in Flinders, with up to 30 choristers attending the group’s inaugural…
FIVE acclaimed young soloists from Melbourne join the Mornington Peninsula-based Vox community choir for two concerts in coming weeks. The choir has been rehearsing since January for a program of…
THE Sydney Writers’ Festival Live & Local program is coming to the Mornington Peninsula this May, livestreaming author talks and panel discussions for free into Mornington Library and Hastings Library.…
THE Western Port Writes Literary Festival is returning in 2026, and to kick off the festival year, they are thrilled to welcome celebrated TV presenter and journalist Lisa Millar for…
Even as a child, nutritionist and chef Sarah Pound had an audience. “I used to set up an old-school camcorder, and I would line up my three sisters. They would…
Melissa Warren is not one to be told she can’t do something. In high school, her French teacher advised against studying French at a prestigious university. So, she did it.…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Fiona Hammond knows food. In her career, spanning over 25 years, she has worked as a recipe developer and tester, a food stylist and food photographer.…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Mornington author Anna Matilda, aka The Urban Nanna, is keen to share her wealth of knowledge about simple ways to live a more sustainable, efficient and…
CAPEL Sound resident Vivienne Massoni celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday 24 April. Vivienne was born in Brighton on 24 April 1925, the daughter of William Tennyson and Stella Annie…
AS he approaches his 100th birthday, Royal Australian Navy veteran Frederick Ronald Stannus – known to his family and friends as Ron – has returned to where it all began.…
CLIFF and Mary (May) Rayner celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on 14 April. May was born in Fife, Scotland, in 1935 and came to Australia at the age of 12,…
CAPEL Sound resident Ron Lloyd celebrated his 106th birthday on Wednesday 8 April. The resident of Regis Capel Sound is still very active and a keen participant in the home’s…
A DEPARTMENT of Transport and Planning spokesperson has refused to confirm media reports that the Liberal candidate for the Nepean by-election, Anthony Marsh, is being investigated for “unauthorised roadworks”. The…
WITH less than two weeks until polling day, candidates are now in the final stretch. Early voting opens from Wednesday 22 April until Friday 1 May at Rosebud Sea Scouts…
One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson spent Friday and Saturday (17 and 18 April) campaigning with the party’s candidate for the Nepean by-election, Darren Hercus. Hanson attended a “meet and greet”…
OPINION AN odd observation from last year’s federal election fight for the seat of Flinders was the effort that the Labor campaign put into discrediting indepdendent Ben Smith. Perhaps it…
THE field is set and the electoral rolls are closed as the candidates face the final stretch to the Nepean by-election polling day on 2 May. After two late entries…
THE electoral rolls have now closed for the Nepean by-election with the VEC reporting that 50,910 people are enrolled to vote at the 2 May poll; an increase of 1900…
