Firefighters contained a scrub fire that spread over two hectares in Cape Schanck, with a water-bombing helicopter called in to tackle the blaze on 6 February. The fire broke out…
Mornington Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two teenage boys after they allegedly pointed imitation handguns at people in a Somerville shopping centre yesterday morning. Officers allege the boys stole…
Police have arrested three teenage boys after they allegedly pointed imitation handguns at people in a Somerville shopping centre this morning. It is alleged the boys stole the imitation guns…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have united in imploring the state government to immediately ban all donations from property developers, gambling businesses, and politicians to candidates running for local councils.Councillors voted…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has postponed any decision on the future of a controversial hand beach cleaning trial at all Port Phillip beaches due to “further work” being needed.The matter was…
The state government has announced it will establish a board of inquiry into the landslide that occurred in McCrae on 14 January, despite a letter from the shire mayor requesting…
ON Monday Mount Eliza’s Toorak College celebrated some outstanding results from the class of 2022, with more than 40 per cent of students in the top 10 per cent in…
IT was a day of celebration at St John’s Anglican Church, Flinders on Sunday 4 December, when the Archbishop of Melbourne, The Most Reverend Dr Philip Freier, dedicated a stained-glass…
WHEN Melbourne-based doctor Graham Cato decided to open a clinic in Balnarring around 43 years ago, the best indicator that he and his wife had made the right move was…
CRICKET PROVINCIAL A BRILLIANT century from Alex Browne wasn’t enough to get Red Hill over the line against Sorrento on Saturday. Red Hill came into day two needing to score…
TWO Mount Martha Primary School students had a spectacular sporting win recently, when they took out the girls’ competition in the inaugural Table Tennis Victoria Primary Schools Cup at Melbourne…
ONE of Australia’s fastest-growing sports, pickleball, has taken hold on the Mornington Peninsula. The low impact sport – a cross between badminton, ping pong and tennis – emphasises players’ reflexes…
SOCCER THE first thing that strikes you as you enter the Centenary Park clubrooms is a bar with a Shiplap timber cladding façade. There’s signage on the façade. It reads:…
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…
A LONG-AWAITED dream came true for members of Mornington Peninsula Chorale when they sang at New York’s Carnegie Hall earlier this year. About 50 members of the 100-member chorale made…
By Teresa Murphy THE wild, elemental beauty of Point Nepean, on the tip of the Mornington Peninsula is an awe-inspiring experience for any visitor. For the creatively inclined, it must…
