IT may seem hard to imagine now, but 100 years ago on Thursday 2 December crowds gathered at Red Hill…
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OBITUARY Leslie John Martyn 26 January 1932 – 31 August 2021 Well known sporting identity and businessman Les Martyn died…
WELLWISHERS filled Baden Powell Park Scout Hall last month to mark the passing of Mount Eliza resident John Scholes. The…
A DOYEN of Melbourne’s food scene, Hermann Schneider, who died on 6 May aged 86, of lymphoma, had long-standing links…
BORN and bred French Island resident Rose Scott has done it again. The 90-year-old was delighted to cut the ribbon…
MICHAEL and Noelle Woolf, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on 8 April, met and were married at St Mark’s…
ONE of Rye’s most dynamic citizens was farewelled at a memorial service attended by 250-300 family and friends at three…
THE first superintendent of Mount Martha Golf Course, and a man who took the far-sighted step of initiating professional connections…
A WOMAN who has been a part of Melbourne’s growth and prosperity for more than 100 years celebrated her 108th…
LESS than six months before the official end of World War II headlines were made in Melbourne when thieves fatally…
OBITUARY Margaret Jacqueline Crittenden 18 October 1942 – 26 November 2020 WELL known Mornington Peninsula vigneron and restaurateur Margaret…
By Jake Pike THE death of a family member or friend is never easy. COVID restrictions have highlighted the pain…
ARMY veteran Alan Moore and his friends at Corowa Court, Mornington, are gearing up to celebrate his centenary on Friday…
AN appeal has gone out in a bid to find enough “Moorooduc stone” to help restore an open air chapel…
FRANK Brown and cycling go back a long way. The 90-year-old, of Hastings, is a member of the Spice cycling…
INSTEAD of celebrating her 100th birthday in isolation, a much-loved Balnarring great-great-grandmother – born in 1920 – was able to…
NOT too many weddings get interrupted by an air raid, but that’s happened when British couple Frank and Rena O’Neil,…
HMAS Cerberus – the Royal Australian Navy’s oldest commissioned base – has celebrated its centenary. Known as the “cradle of…
HASTINGS police laid a wreath at the cenotaph at Hastings commemorating the war service of veterans representing US Army Small…
AGE offers insight and understanding; it provides a well-rounded perspective on life’s events often overlooked by a youth-focused society. The…
FORMER Petty Officer Douglas Alfred Symes enjoyed a tour of the Victorian Maritime Centre’s museum on the Esplanade, Crib Point,…
A MORNINGTON woman described by her daughter as “four foot 10 inches of positivity and happiness” toasted her centenary on…
HISTORY buff Margaret Howden is waiting to hear back from Heritage Victoria about saving a Mornington shop front from demolition.…
IT’S doubtful if anyone’s centenary has been more grandly celebrated – or its recognition more justly deserved – than that…
THE Quarantine Station at Point Nepean played a vital role in keeping early Victorians well away from those carrying disease,…
AN “iconic” Mornington couple who have contributed to their community over the past 50 years will celebrate their 60th anniversary…
A STUDY of the wreck of a small Australian-built ship off Rye has helped Flinders University maritime archaeology students reveal…
LITTLE did the judge know when sentencing a 19-year-old farm labourer to spend years in Britain’s Van Dieman’s land penal…
A MEMORIAL “pilgrimage” conducted at Queenscliff last week has special relevance to families living on the Mornington Peninsula. It marked…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillor Hugh Fraser has added to the national debate over Australia Day being 26 January by pointing…