SKATEBOARD and scooter riders are being invited to have a say on designs for a $1 million upgrade to the Rye skate park. Skate park design company Playce has been…
THE latest in advanced radiation therapy treatment will soon be available closer to home for cancer patients on the Mornington Peninsula, with leading cancer care provider, Icon Cancer Centre announcing…
A PLANNING scheme amendment that allows for 1,200 new homes a year to be built on the peninsula was adopted by council at their meeting last week (6 August).The shire…
A NUMBER of state government-managed toilet facilities in Mornington Peninsula tourist hotspots have been closed for months, with padlocked doors or fencing around them, and no sign of reopening. An…
STORIES about the kidnapping of Aboriginal women by sealers at Point Nepean and their being taken to islands in Bass Strait were recounted last month for about 50 members of…
A NEW community group has been formed to back an independent candidate for the federal seat of Flinders, now held for the Liberal Party by Zoe McKenzie. The Independent 4…
OFTEN seen behind the camera, Glenys Slade was part of the picture when this shot was taken by Bev Lowe at Mornington’s Wednesday market. Slade, a consistent contributor to The…
A GROUP of women at Sorrento has been stitching in time for 25 years, making up to 100 quilts a year to raise money for charity. The women meet at…
IT’S not surprising that there has been a lot of bee activity around the Mornington Peninsula lately, with spring being the busiest time of the year for the pollinating insects.…
IT was a gourmet catch of the day on Sunday (7 August) for three friends aboard No Excuse when fishing off Phillip Island’s Woolamai beach. After leaving Wasternport Marina, Hastings…
SOCCER MORNINGTON’S 2022 league season hangs in the balance and its fate is not in its own hands. With just two rounds remaining the Seagulls must win both matches and…
MPNFL DIVISION ONE PINES face an uphill battle to make finals after a close defeat last weekend. Pines hit the road to take on Red Hill. The Hillmen and Pythons…
SOCCER MORNINGTON missed a chance to close on the State 1 South-East leaders in the race for an NPL spot when it drew 1-1 away with second-placed Boroondara-Carey Eagles on…
ROSS Woodward remembers the first record he bought as an 11-year-old in 1974 – Abba’s first UK hit single Waterloo. He bought the band’s second UK hit, too – Mamma…
A GARDENER at Mt Eliza’s Peninsula School unwittingly set comedian Sammy J off a planned legal career garden path and into a world of adventure and justice dispensed by The…
Mornington Peninsula street corners, bars and restaurants will come alive again over the Queen’s Birthday Weekend, 9th – 11th June 2017, with the sights and sounds of the fifth Mornington…
MCCRAE artist and jeweller Katrina Newman is the first Australian to be selected to participate on the Canadian Wilderness Artist Residency in the Yukon Territory this July and August. Newman…
