FLINDERS CFA is recruiting new members. The brigade, which started in 1945 as the South East Bushfire Brigade in an old shed in Flinders Park, was incorporated in the Country…
THE camping area with a difference is being expanded at Point Nepean National Park. The campground, with its pre-pitched “discovery tents” has been popular since opening early last year, with…
SOMERS landscape designer Ellen Freeman has won two awards at this year’s Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show with Eclipse, her entry in the Challenger Achievable Gardens section.Eclipse won a…
THE final works for stage one of the Rye Township Plan have been completed, delivering a fully upgraded Rye Foreshore Park and Promenade for residents and visitors to enjoy. Construction…
A high-angle rescue is currently underway after a person fell from a cliff at Diamond Bay in Sorrento this morning (23 December). It is believed the person fell around three…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have moved to ease residents’ concerns after conceding “errors” in an interim erosion management overlay (EMO) had prompted widespread community confusion and angst. The shire has…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh has called on the state government to step in as the number of people sleeping rough at foreshore camping grounds is creating an…
Federal Election
SOCCER RELEGATION, retirements and a remarkable comeback made for a roller-coaster final round of the 2024 State League season. There also was a significant personal milestone in the much-lauded career…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONEDROMANA has moved one step closer to premiership glory after booking its spot in the Grand Final.Dromana played Frankston YCW in the semi-final at Olympic Park in…
SOCCER ROSEBUD won the State 5 South championship last weekend while Frankston Pines took a giant step towards avoiding relegation from State 3 South-East. It’s Rosebud’s first senior men’s title…
ELEVEN–year–old Oscar Baker has secured himself golf ‘bragging rights’ for life after getting a hole-in-one on 10 August.The keen golfer was playing a round with his grandmother at Eagle Ridge…
IF you had tried to plan it, it never would of happened. Rated by Rolling Stone Magazine as the best group of all time, The Traveling Wilburys unexpectedly carved their…
THERE are some truly beautiful entertainment bromances. Bert and Ernie, Lenny and Carl, Tyrion and Varys, Howard and Raj and then there is Brian and Russell. The lifelong friendship of…
THE offer of a prime role in the Young Australian Broadway Chorus production of Cats is a dream come true for Nathan Derix-Brown, of Somers. The former Padua College student,…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s Australia Day celebrations will include live music, entertainment, children’s activities, fireworks and lots of delicious food. Events will be held at Mornington Park, Dromana, Hastings and Rye…
