A MAJOR marine social-impact campaign is putting one of Victoria’s most important yet under-recognised marine environments in the spotlight, but it needs community and corporate support to reach the finish…
A NEW mural by local artist Tyson Savanah, known as Father Marker, now honours the life of Sammy the seal at Safety Beach. Sammy became a local icon earlier this…
RYE resident Josephine Nicholls AM founded national charity Brainwave Australia 30 years ago, and will mark the milestone with a gala at the National Gallery of Victoria on 29 August.…
A SERIES of fires this winter has highlighted the dangers hazardous items pose to our waste truck drivers and communities. Last week, a driver on a collection round in Rosebud…
PORTSEA has been named a Victorian winner in the 2026 Top Tourism Town Awards, taking out the Tiny Tourism Town category and earning a place as a national finalist. The…
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a fatal collision in Rosebud yesterday evening. It is alleged a vehicle went onto the wrong side of Jetty Road and collided with…
By Colin Watt ON 16 August 2006 the Western Port Uniting Church’s Opportunity Shop, located in Disney Street Crib Point, was officially opened. Through the generosity of the Burley family,…
Federal Election
Independent candidate Ben Smith has conceded in the federal seat of Flinders, leaving Liberal Zoe McKenzie the winner in the protracted count. The outcome has stretched nearly two weeks beyond…
THE Australian Electoral Commission has declared the results of its three-candidate-preferred (3CP) count in Flinders, with Liberal Zoe McKenzie and independent Ben Smith the final two candidates. Eliminated during the…
THE Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed that the electorate of Flinders is being worked through as a “complex count scenario” involving a three-candidate-preferred (3CP) count as opposed to a traditional…
MPFNL WOMEN’S DIV ONE SEN MORNINGTON seniors women’s team have secured their second premiership in two years, going back-to-back against their nemesis, Warragul Industrials. Despite winning the flag last year,…
SOCCER FOOTBALL Victoria dumped Western United from all FV competitions last week effective immediately. The move followed the Federal Court’s decision to order WMG Football Club Limited to be wound…
FRANKSTON South golfer Will Veitch has taken home silver at the US Kids Golf World Championship. The championship took place in Pinehurst, North Carolina from 30 July to 1 August.…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONE SEN THE biggest footy drama of the week occurred not on the field, but in the backrooms at MPFNL HQ after the previous week’s draw between…
A LOCAL couple’s travelling bookstore has quickly grown into a series of literary events, bringing together the community to gather around books. Bookneck was started two months ago by Carolyn…
PENINSULA Cinemas Rosebud will screen The Fox, an animatronic black comedy in which the late Sam Neill voices a foul-mouthed magpie – a role he completed and was still promoting…
It began with a group of trainee teachers and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, but more than six decades later, PLOS Musical Productions is about to bring the sound of…
After a triumphant 2025 tour that played to standing ovations across the state, this delightful and rarely performed masterpiece returns for one performance only in a wonderful opportunity to experience it here on…
By Lance Hodgins ABOUT 50 close friends, councillors and several generations of family members gathered in the Hastings Community Hub on Friday 7 August in special recognition of Brian Stahl…
PENINSULA Grange Retirement Community has celebrated its 15th anniversary with an afternoon of reflection and festivity. The celebration took place on 6 August and saw residents, staff, and leaders come…
By Lisa Bayley – Somerville, Tyabb and District Heritage Society Standing near the roundabout on Frankston-Flinders Road and Eramosa Road is one of Somerville’s most recognisable landmarks – the distinctive…
TWO of the Balnarring and District Historical Society’s longest-serving volunteers have been recognised with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria’s (RHSV) Award of Merit, for their contribution to local and…
