ARMY veteran David Locke knows all too well the inner battles that can follow after leaving the service.For years the 37-year-old Rye resident, who was deployed to Afghanistan, grappled with…
THE Mornington Lifesaving Club is celebrating after securing seven new premium nipper boards thanks to a South East Water community grant.“The new nipper boards mean that more kids can get…
A FATHER whose life was narrowly spared after a tree fell on his moving car last August in Tuerong says he’s “overwhelmed with gratitude” towards his rescuers.Mark Stockwell was driving…
MORE than 150 emergency services gathered at Arthurs Seat Eagle on 17 September for a large-scale rescue simulation aimed to prepare for a real-life emergency. The popular tourist attraction on…
The RSPCA executed a warrant and seized evidence from a Moorooduc Highway property in Mt Eliza on 18 September. The raid comes after months of community concerns and protests over…
WILDLIFE advocates are renewing calls for drivers to slow down and stay alert after a mother kangaroo was tragically killed in Arthurs Seat. The incident occurred on Arthurs Seat Rd…
MORNINGTON Peninsula has recorded 227 reports of animal cruelty over the past financial year with 22 animals either seized or surrendered. The new data was released in RSPCA Victoria’s latest…
Federal Election
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONEPINES pipped Mt Eliza to the post on Saturday in an epic match. Mt Eliza led by seven points at the first break, before Pines grabbed back…
SOCCER JAMES Stinson’s five-goal haul underpinned Chelsea’s 9-1 mauling of Frankston Pines at Monterey Reserve on Saturday. The result leaves these sides at different ends of the State 4 South…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONESORRENTO have landed an early blow in season 2025, opening their account with a win over the reigning premiers.Mt Eliza hosted Sorrento at Emil Madsen Reserve. After…
AFTER a two-year hiatus, the Southern Peninsula Swans Reclink football team are officially back this season. The Reclink Footy League is key program of Reclink Australia, which has been running…
JACQUIE Beddows says her art has been a defining way to move forward in a positive direction. “It has enabled me to reconnect with my local community through setting up…
THE state government is spending $110,000 on Mornington peninsula tourism events, including this year’s Devilbend Trail Run, Peninsula VineHop Festival, Taste of Sorrento and The Big Knit. Eastern Victoria MP…
THE Westernport Regional Band became the first big band to perform inside the Victorian Artists Centre’s historic East Melbourne Hammond Gallery on Saturday 22 July. The band played against the…
THE Mornington Tourist Railway is back in business after undergoing minor repairs in April, giving passengers the experience of train travel from a bygone era. On Sundays, the volunteer-run heritage…
SORRENTO’S landmark Stringers Store is being readied for its next century. The two-storey limestone building, which changed hands in March, has always been a merchant’s store of some description, with…
OBITUARY Nick Columb, 1946-2018 Journalist, racehorse owner, football club president By Peter McCullough SPORTING identity Nick Columb died on Friday 10 August while holidaying in Spain. He was 72. For…
A RYE man and former sailor who served in waters off Vietnam feels honoured to have been allowed to perform his own memorial service at the site of a deadly…
OBITUARY John Houston Buzaglo OAM 11 July 1924 – 4 August 2018 Naval officer, advertising manager, boat-builder, international yachtsman, sailing instructor JOHN “Buz” Buzaglo was perhaps destined to co-create a…
