A GROUP of Mornington swimmers will be participating in Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day Dip to help raise funds for cancer research. The Mornington Bay Belles meet at Fisherman’s Beach every…
MAIN Street in Mornington will be getting its Christmas glow-up again, with group The 4 Cs calling for more volunteers to help decorate every one of its 76 trees. In…
FOUNDED in 1994, the Mornington VIEW Club has spent 32 years raising money for disadvantaged students locally through The Smith Family’s Learning for Life program. The club – whose name…
VICTORIAN renters have the right to live in a property with working smoke alarms, with the CFA urging tenants to report faulty units to their rental provider as a matter…
EXPANDED police patrols at Bayside Shopping Centre are set to continue into the next school holidays and into future busy periods. Victoria Police launched “Operation Pulse” last December, dedicating more…
At 5:44AM on the 26th July unknown offender/s have stolen a 2025 Stabi Craft Super Cab 6.2 meter boat with registration XY979 from an address in Coleman Rd, Carrum Downs.…
Somerville Highway Patrol members are investigating after a teenage girl crashed an allegedly stolen vehicle in Langwarrin last night. The vehicle was travelling along north-bound on Peninsula Link, near the…
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…
THE Mornington Peninsula and Frankston City Table Tennis Association (MFTTA) has just spent over $100,000 to upgrade their Mornington Stadium flooring to meet Olympic standard requirements. With new flooring, along…
RUGBY By David Burke THE special connection between Peninsula Dolphins and HMAS Cerberus saw the men’s senior team take to the field at Cerberus for the first time this season…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONE SEN LANGWARRIN suffered an unexpected loss at the hands of Devon Meadows on Saturday (25 July). The Panthers took the lead in the first quarter after…
SOCCER BAXTER and Chelsea face a day of reckoning when these State 4 rivals clash at Baxter Park on Saturday. It’s a do-or-die derby and one that will go some…
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 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…
THE Mornington Peninsula’s wine community is mourning the loss of Nat White, who alongside his wife, Rosalie, established Main Ridge Estate in 1975. Nat passed away on 20 June after…
By Sarah Russell LAST Wednesday afternoon (17 June), Denise Hassett died suddenly at home. Denise was a much loved and admired friend who will be remembered for her kindness, compassion,…
