THE Rotary Club of Hastings Western Port has donated more than $40,000 to local clubs, schools and community organisations over the past year. The funding has supported a wide range…
Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit members have arrested and charged a man after executing a warrant in Hastings as part of an ongoing investigation. Officers attended an address in Villawood…
Southern Metro Region Four Divisional Response Unit members have arrested and charged a man after executing a warrant in Rosebud on Friday morning. Officers attended an address in Sharen Court…
WATER safety authorities are reminding jet ski riders to follow speed and distance rules as enforcement patrols increase across Victorian waterways during summer. A Safe Transport Victoria spokesperson said responsible…
On Sunday 25th January at 6.30pm, a collision involving a motorcycle and a vehicle occurred at the intersection of Nepean Highway and Kunyung Road in Mount Eliza. The motorcycle rider…
PATIENTS at the redeveloped Peninsula University Hospital were successfully transferred to the new 12-storey building last week, with the first baby born in the maternity and birthing suite on the…
A BOATLOAD of shells has made a splash in Port Phillip Bay to not only clean the bay but help baby oysters and give shellfish a place to grow.Volunteers at…
MEMBER for Mornington, Chris Crewther MP, will lead a 21km trek along the Mornington electorate coastline, starting from sunrise on Saturday 31 May, to raise bowel cancer awareness, particularly of…
SIXTEEN-year-old dancer Hailey Krongold from Safety Beach is proving that you can make a difference with a few good moves – and a big heart. Last month she organised her…
MORNINGTON Soccer Club’s U13 girls took home the state championship in a 4-2 win against Yarra Jets FC on 21 September. The win comes after an impressive undefeated season, which…
SOCCER FRANKSTON Pines have targeted promotion after three successive seasons of relegation. It’s an ambitious aim and one that some will see as fanciful, but try telling that to new…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONE SENIORS ROSEBUD are the premiers of Division One after a nail-biting one point win over Mt Eliza. Rosebud came into the Grand Final on Sunday as…
JAMIE Skelly has been appointed for a fourth straight season as head coach of VPL1 outfit Langwarrin. While Skelly and Langy president Rob Vickery were fine-tuning an agreement last week,…
MORNINGTON’s Main Street Festival will be back on Sunday 15 October, after a three-year hiatus and celebrating its 25th year. The festival in Main Street, Mornington will showcase the cultural…
THE Love Flower sculpture is set to move from its Peninsula Link home by the end of the year. Love Flower, by John Meade, has been at the Cranbourne Road…
U3A Mornington art show committee will hold a visual art show on Friday 13 October, to be opened by Mornington Peninsula Shire Council mayor Cr Steve Holland and Mornington MP…
Tony Duboudin A NEWLY formed quartet will feature works by Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert in a concert to be presented by Somers Chamber Music Society at Saint Mark’s Anglican Church,…
A LOVE of stamps was nurtured in Jon Fladeby when he was a young boy in his native Norway. The seven year old was encouraged by his grandfather to appreciate…
FOR eight decades the neon Skipping Girl Vinegar sign has delighted children and adults as it lights up the streets of inner city Melbourne, at Abbotsford. The girl known as…
TO some, boxing may seem a strange road to travel in search of peace. But that is exactly the destination where the lessons in life handed out by boxing trainer…
NATUROPATH and herbal medicine practitioner Tory Breheny has written a book to bring home the message to the younger generation that gardens can be more than flowers and trees. “Gardens…
CROWDS flocked to Anzac Day commemorations at Mornington Peninsula towns last week. Organisers were thrilled with the huge turn-out of young people which they hope will ensure the future of…
THE launch of a book about long-time Flinders identity Christie Johnstone will be a feature of local RSL activities in the lead-up to Anzac Day (25 April) at Flinders. The…
HOLIDAYS spent camping on the foreshore allowed Kath and Jack Whiston and their young family to discover the beauty of the West Rosebud area (as it was known then) back…
BAXTER will celebrate its centenary on Sunday 6 May and, to mark the occasion, Baxter Residents and Traders Progress Action Committee will hold a shindig at Baxter Primary School on Sunday 18 March. All…
