JOHN Schultz knows a thing or two about football jumpers. He’s grabbed plenty as their wearers flashed past on the…
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THE centenary of long-time Balnarring resident Janet Watt on Monday 9 October was marked with a variety of functions by…
THE backyard swimming pool is covered in plastic to keep away messy ducks. The wind, swell and tide are not…
PROPONENTS of a new memorial for former Prime Minister Harold Holt are hoping for a major commitment from the federal…
HASTINGS resident Joy Coleman passed away on 21 August after a short illness. She was 87. A memorial service was…
EIGHTY friends and family from all parts of Victoria and interstate gathered at Rye RSL recently for a surprise party…
SIX large signs telling the history of heritage-listed Ranelagh Estate have been installed at Mt Eliza. Ranelagh was designed in…
HISTORY buffs know about the Rose Series of postcards produced by Victorian photographer George Rose’s business, the Rose Stereograph Company.…
PENINSULA Lions clubs are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Lions Clubs International, and the 70th anniversary of the organisation in…
OBITUARY Brian David Cuming OAM, 10 January 1928–23 May 2017, scientist, environmental activist SCIENTIST Brian Cuming played a major role…
DURING the 1960’s the Prahran Methodist Mission, assisted by the local community, undertook this project which involved thousands of working…
A COMMEMORATION to mark the 125th anniversary of the drowning of 15 Mornington Football Club players in 1892 will be…
POPPIES picked on Flanders Fields, France, during WWI have been found in the pages of a book donated to the…
ALAN Day, pictured, was last week again preparing to join the ranks of veterans being driven around the MCG before…
IT’s just a hat – a Digger’s slouch hat – but the memories it stirs in Mornington veteran Laurie Hill…
A NEW memorial will be unveiled during Tuesday’s Anzac service at Balnarring. The memorial comes four years after Commander Matt…
AN afternoon tea for Peter and Kathie Strickland at Balnarring Hall in mid-March was an “acknowledgment of their considerable contribution…
ST JOSEPH’S Primary School, Crib Point, is holding a year of celebration to commemorate 90 years of catholic education in…
IT wasn’t a bird. It wasn’t a plane. People in Westall who saw an unidentified flying object hovering over the…
By Tony Duboudin A HASTINGS resident believes he can throw some light on the mystery disappearance in 1937 of the…
MEMORIES good and bad came flooding back when a former child patient of a now-dilapidated and disused Mt Eliza children’s…
ROSEBUD resident Nigel Edwards is “passionate” about helping people and his record of more than 76 years working in public…
ALMOST 75 years ago, a young Mornington lad and then 18-year-old army enlistee experienced an event that rocked Australia -…
WHAT started as a university project has turned into a film that, judging from its social media “likes”, is inspiring…
EARLY childhood teacher Lyn Knight has retired after 22 years at St Marks Uniting Church in Mornington – a playgroup…
A RYE church will celebrate its 150th birthday with a special service, 10.30am, Sunday 5 February. St Andrew’s Anglican Church,…
THERE must be something in the water at Balnarring, with three former neighbours all celebrating their 100-plus birthdays this year…
HISTORY will be back on the road next month (Sunday 5 February) as more than 1000 classic cars make their…
FRANCES Josephine Wattis was born in Ballarat on 30 November, 1916 to Charles and Patricia. Those were the days prior…
IT was 1968 and the Premier of Victoria was Henry Bolte, John Gorton was Prime Minister, Lionel Rose was world…