DETECTIVES are keen to talk to a man and woman after a dumpster was set alight at the rear of David Prosser Seafoods, Blake Street, Mornington, 1am, Saturday 16 February. Detective Shane Moodie, of Somerville CIU, said $1000 damage was caused by the blaze. Mornington fire brigade latter extinguished the fire.
Day: February 26, 2019
By Jay McCarthy-Rivero After 48 solo art exhibitions across the world, Dutch born Mornington artist, Phillippe de Kraan, is facing his toughest assignment as an artist – exhibiting at the New York Art Expo in April. De Kraan is being represented by The Gallery Steiner, a Vienna based gallery which exhibits works at arts fairs across the world. “It is a great honour to be represented by The Gallery Steiner,” de Kraan said. “To be represented by them will help cast my art across the world stage.” In New York, he’ll be exhibiting two works, Parody of Life and There…
Tony Duboudin The historic cargo shed at Flinders pier it packs a lot of history into a small space. The eight metres by five metres shed is the only building in Flinders on the Victoria Heritage Register. Built in the 1870s, the shed has been renovated and now home to an interpretive display tracing the history of the area back to the days before European settlement. The shed and interpretive display was officially opened to the public by Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr David Gill on Thursday 21 February. The ceremony was attended by members of the Flinders District Historical…
AN estimated crows of 4000 people was in Hastings for the 50th Western Port Festival on the weekend to watch the parade, enjoy music, and participate in free activities. Organisers were “very happy with the turn-out” who took in the action on the foreshore, including Sunday’s Classic Car Show with 200 British, US and European cars, Battle of the Bands, rides and attractions, sand sculpture, competitions, amusements, community market and fireworks display. About 40 community groups marched down High Street in Saturday’s parade followed by a flash mob’s – kids from Simply Dance – unplanned dance action bringing up the…
PASSERS-BY put a stop to a potential wine theft at a Mt Martha bottle shop, Wednesday 6 February. Mornington police say a man, pictured, entered the Lochiel Avenue business about 4pm. After allegedly slipping a bottle of wine into his bag he tried to leave the store without paying but was grabbed and the bottle retrieved. The would-be thief ran off. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au First published in the Western Port News – 26 February 2019
SOMERVILLE soprano Harmony Lee, right, will perform at the 21st anniversary Opera in the Market in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market on 4 March. The 19-year-old singer, who graduated from secondary school in 2017, has made a name for herself this summer with her performance – with fellow Opera Scholars Australia students – of the appeal to Saint Seraphina from Malcolm Williamson’s Our man in Havana ahead of Beechworth’s Opera in the Alps. For the past six years Lee has paid for her singing lessons by busking with her voice and violin. She is now rehearsing with her 21 fellow scholars…
THE weather is looking good for next weekend’s Western Port Angling Club annual whiting challenge. The 2-3 March event – the club’s 30th – is expected to attract up to 300 competitors because of the many whiting being caught in the bay. Categories are senior male, senior female, teens and under-10s. Fishing identity Paul Worsteling is offering $1000 for the first 1.0 kilogram whiting weighed during the challenge. Broadcaster David Kramer will present prizes from 4pm, Sunday 3 March, at the angling club’s rooms next to the Hastings public boat ramp. Entries close 2pm Saturday 2 March. Details on the…