WATCHING as a pair of lightweight, sharp-eyed swallows built a mud nest under the eaves of a house in Seaford…
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A LAWYER working in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula has been recognised as one of the best in the…
WHILE many people plan a huge party when they reach the milestone age of 60, it’s not something Somerville grandmother…
A LIFE-CHANGING visit to Borneo to help rear endangered orangutans came about after a Somerville woman was asked to “do…
IT’S been a life punctuated by parental and societal abandonment, cruelty and betrayal, near-death experiences and fragmented relationships, yet Mornington’s…
FOR Mt Martha resident, father of three and Melbourne firefighter Rob Newton, the path to becoming an author was anything…
THE huge crane working above a large commercial site in Nepean Highway, Mornington, has been turning drivers’ heads for a…
THE adage of getting knocked down and then getting straight back up again describes Karen Stevens, 46, of Rosebud, to…
A MORNINGTON student has won the elite Rising Star Award from CAMS – the governing body of motor sport in…
FORGET about stocking your pantry with exotic ingredients and trying to cook complicated recipes that you can’t even pronounce -…
BLAIRGOWRIE nursing student Molly Moore is still a year away from qualifying, but the 22-year-old hopes her proactive approach to…
A BOOK exploring the rich history of Rosebud West and its people, from the early beginnings in the 1930s to…
TWO Saturdays ago Jim Kolokithas turned his wheelchair along a strip of plastic matting down to the water’s edge at…
MOTORISTS who continue to drive while over 0.05 per cent are often certain they “won’t get caught” and can best…
AFTER eight years of studying their behaviours, diets, relationships as well as photographing their every visible move, Sue Mason gives…
IN her short but inspirational life, 23-year-old Jess Van Zeil has not asked very much of others. The high-achieving Frankston…
IT is a stark statistic; 91 per cent of all women hate their bodies. That was the finding of Taryn…
SOME people have a goal in life they’re willing to work hard for, to give it their all, until it’s…
A MORNINGTON man is hoping to take the world by storm with his new deal-based app, ifloc. Anthony Cincotta’s ultra-local…
TUTANEKAI “Tui” Wordley should be an inspiration to every surfer. Not because of the size of the waves he rides…
WHILE speaking with portrait artists Fiona Bilbrough and Vicki Sullivan it becomes clear that their subjects are much more than…
PHOTOGRAPHER Daryl Gordon has an image for the future. Actually, he has many images for the future. Fascinated by the…
PAUL Lucas has done a bit of yachting, but travelling thousands of kilometres down the Murray River was never on…
ART imitating life or art imitating art? Michael Leeworthy manages to mix ‘n’ mangle the time worn adage in his…
A LOVE of crafts – particularly knitting and crochet – was behind Lynda Sibbald’s decision 18 years ago to take…
ROB Lippiat is reviving the days when paddle steamers regularly circumnavigated Port Phillip. But he’s not about to embark on…
JAN Dance is determined to turn the tragic death of her sister from motor neurone disease into a story of…
IT’S tempting to say that the years have flown for Dromana police sergeant Paul Dixon, who recently received his 35-year…
A MAN whose name is synonymous with squash, not just on the Mornington Peninsula but across the southern suburbs, has…
Two small garage-sized tin sheds in Langwarrin South may hold the key to cutting the cost of domestic power needs…