THE Southern Women’s Action Network (SWAN) have celebrated their 30th anniversary with the launch of a new book – Where SWANs Soar – together with a portrait photo exhibition featuring…
BENTONS Square Community Centre has celebrated its 20th anniversary with a community gathering and afternoon tea. On 22 October, community members, volunteers, staff, and local politicians gathered to celebrate the…
PUBLIC pole-mounted electric vehicle chargers will be installed across the peninsula as part of United Energy’s Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) Trial. The United Energy trial is delivering chargers across…
Benton’s Square Shopping Centre has reopened, with Woolworths and Dan Murphy’s now open for trade. The fire gutted Harcourts Family Butchers (formerly Lindens Meat), with neighbouring businesses Top Pho and…
THE FRENCH Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency David Martinon, visited The Briars to explore the peninsula’s connection to Napoleon Bonaparte. On 23 October, Martinon was joined by Flinders MP Zoe…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Stephen Batty has joined forces with local psychologist, Danielle Jacobs, to call for urgent safety upgrades at three of Mt Eliza’s busiest intersections. The pair…
MORNINGTON MP Chris Crewther has announced an elected Liberal government will commit $2m towards a walking and cycling trail between Mornington and Moorooduc station. The $2m will go towards the…
WITH only a month to go until the 28 November state election, the field for the Hastings contest has grown to six candidates. Labor’s Paul Mercurio announced during the week…
NEPEAN MP Anthony Marsh has committed to rebuilding Flinders Pier under an elected Liberal government. On 26 October, Marsh said the Victorian Liberals remain committed to fully restoring the pier,…
THE Labor Party’s candidate for Nepean has been announced. Surbhi Snowball is no stranger to political campaigns, having contested Flinders for Labor in 2022. She is now entering the challenging…
ALL six candidates that have indicated that they will be running for the Mornington electorate at the upcoming state election gathered for a Mornington Peninsula Shire organised election forum on…
CHRIS Crewther has announced an elected Liberal-National government will fund $10m towards the redevelopment of Mount Eliza Secondary College, including a dedicated student wellbeing facility and redeveloped senior learning and…
WHAT happens when we stop talking about people experiencing mental health challenges and start listening to their stories? Stories That Move Us is a community event presented by Kindred Clubhouse,…
MORNINGTON Lions Club held its annual Lego Technical Building Competition, with 13 schools from across the peninsula competing. On 22 October, teams of six to eight students from Year 4…
BUILDING exceptional homes since 1982, Roseleigh Homes combines decades of hands-on experience with personalised design to create homes that are as individual as the people who live in them. If…
MPCA MENS PROVINCIAL WILD weather wreaked havoc on the cricket on Saturday with two of the four games in Provincial Division abandoned due to rain. Mornington are still to notch…
SOCCER GETTING the gang back together could be the underlying theme of the return to the coaching helm of one of Peninsula Strikers’ favourite sons in Scott Morrison. In just…
A 16-YEAR-OLD from Tyabb had her artwork displayed on a supercar bonnet during this year’s Bathurst 1000. Supercar driver Cody Burcher had the artwork of ten children diagnosed with cancer…
SEVENTEEN-year-old Mornington Peninsula resident and boxer Belle Spicer will be representing Australia at the Youth Olympic Games in November. The 2026 Youth Olympic Games will take place between 31 October…
TWO Bays Art Group is celebrating 60 years with a pop-up exhibition and sale at Peninsula Community Theatre. The group consists of 18 women who hold around eight shopping centre…
THE Mornington Peninsula Record Fair returns to Frankston next month. The vinyl sale event will be held at The Cheeky Squire on 17 October. Up to 20,000 records are expected…
After wild September weather delayed the start of the season, the Hill & Ridge Community Market returns to Red Hill on Saturday 3 October, bringing more than 200 stalls, great…
STEELY Dan are a seminal part of rock history. Album sales in excess of 40 million and their 2001 induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are testament…
Meagan O’Hehir and Heather Cust met years before cancer entered either of their lives, crossing paths on the netball courts of the Rosebud Football Netball Club. It would take a…
by Andrea Louise Thomas Hastings microbiologist Robert Mitchell discovered something beautiful and unexpected during his COVID lockdown rambles in nearby nature reserves. It changed the future for local native terrestrial orchids.…
He cut his teeth as Jimmy Giggle in the hit children’s series “Giggle and Hoot”, but after a decade in the role, constant travel, and a young family, Jimmy Rees…
Bec Winters was simply trying to impress a boy named Jed when she accidentally launched Horribly Healthy, now a peninsula food revolution. Eleven years ago, faced with the dilemma of…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Legacy Club’s centenarian members came together with friends and family for a celebratory lunch at Legacy House in Mt Eliza on 23 September. The annual lunch brought together…
BALNARRING resident Milton Perry has celebrated his 100th birthday with a surprise helicopter ride and a celebration at Arcare Balnarring. Perry celebrated the milestone on 21 September, surrounded by family,…
FAMED illustrator and Mornington Peninsula resident Terry Denton died surrounded by his family on Monday 21 September, aged 76. Terry was the author and illustrator of over 30 of his…
By Barry Irving MEMBERS of the Rye Historical Society attended Rye Cemetery for the unveiling of a bronze plaque they had donated to acknowledge and honour the final resting place…
