A MOUNT Martha woman living and volunteering in Cambodia over the past year will represent the Australian Youth Voice at…
Browsing: Interviews
IT was 11 or 12 years ago that Ron Farnill was told he could expect to live “about another two…
WHILE most Mornington Secondary College students are packing their bags and preparing to head back to school, one of them…
A MORNINGTON Peninsula teacher who trained in Brisbane with former US Vice President Al Gore as part of the Climate…
By Patricia MacLeod IT’S easy to let the grass grow under your feet, but Mt Martha residents are being encouraged…
THE man behind Mana Youth Project says it “seeks to build bridges over our past regrets and challenges, instead of…
ADMITTING he “didn’t have a clue” about garden care or even being a franchisee didn’t deter Hastings resident Richard Harrison…
IT is fair to say that to some extent the finished works by artist Charles Wilcox are predetermined by events…
A FORMER soldier who is devoted to promoting world peace says our real enemies are not guns or wars –…
By Barry Morris Two men are waging war against Indian myna birds, sometimes called flying rats and cane toads of…
Author Fran Henke is about to publish the final chapters in her novel trilogy, A Fair Wind. However, the historical…
AN app to help people with disabilities find accessible venues for their needs has been tested in Mornington and Frankston.…
LIFE as a bank teller was not Rondelle Douglas’s dream. She loved to draw as a child. When events took…
PSYCHOLOGIST Vanessa Thiele has chosen to use a dog as the main character of a book aimed at fostering children’s…
A CRIB Point woman whose now-adult son was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at age seven has written…
MELBOURNE’S Spring Racing Carnival means more to Lorraine Reeves than thundering hooves and two dollar place bets. The Mt Martha…
IT may have taken 50 years, but Rye grandmother Wendy Burgis has finally achieved her most treasured birthday wish: to…
Little did she know as she grew up, but it was probably inevitable that Alexandra Dellaportas’s artistic eye would see…
FIVE years after her husband was murdered in front of her in a drug-fuelled attack, Bridget O’Toole has been awarded…
THE spirit of the Mornington Peninsula green wedge has been captured by the brushstrokes of 100 artists in the inaugural…
CELEBRATIONS come and go with regularity, most often marked by years. And this has become the norm for members of…
By Barry Morris CHILDREN are concerned about climate change and the impact it will have on their lives, says author,…
CHANGING schools can have a detrimental effect on a student’s mental health and academic performance. Exploring the effects of “school…
MT ELIZA boxing trainer and fitness coach Ron Smith certainly “carries the reminders of ev’ry glove that laid him down…
TYABB artist Jeanne Rachelle White has been invited to exhibit at the International Naive Art Festival in Katowice, Poland, next…
A YEAR of intense training paid off earlier this month when Michael Cole and Laura Skvor cooked their way into…
LONG-TIME Mornington resident Su-Rose McIntyre lost her only child when he was 26 almost a decade ago, after he suffered…
WRITER and actor Kate Mulvany has written a play based on a book that takes its readers out of this…
RON Gilbert was a bit of a joker. He saw the bright side of things. He wasn’t afraid to poke…
WHEN Maria Peters looks back on a 30-year career at Chisholm TAFE Institute she says it is the camaraderie between…