CONCERNS are mounting over the future of the historic Portsea Pier as no immediate action was being taken to repair a damaged section of the 144-year-old structure. The top end…
ROSEBUD and McCrae Life Saving Club is celebrating a game-changing revamp with non-slip flooring and improvements to its changerooms and shower facilities. The $50,000 project is being funded by Mornington…
A MORNINGTON not-for-profit organisation supporting people with disabilities is set to redevelop its site after securing a 50-year lease with the Mornington Peninsula Shire, paving the way for the Mornington…
IN a significant move to support cancer patients and their families, Community Bank Mt Martha has partnered with The Bays Hospital to fund the wellness centre within the new Bays…
THE plans for a $25m redevelopment of Arthurs Seat Eagle are currently with Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny and at the “request for information” stage, while community opposition to the proposal…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have voted to engage an “executive search consultant” to run the process for the recruitment of a permanent CEO, but proposed changes to reduce the number…
CESARE Bonacini turns 100 on Wednesday this week (17 August) and sees Main Ridge Bowls and Petanque Club as his “spiritual bowls home, his palace”. “This diminutive, always affable Italian…
BOXING legend Johnny Famechon has died aged 77. A Frankston resident for five decades, Famechon was born Jean-Pierre in France, moving to Australia as a young child with his family…
MOUNT Eliza resident Jodi Richardson has lived with anxiety all her life but faced the constant hurdle of nobody else really understanding what she was going through. The businesswoman, author…
HORSE RACING MORNINGTON-based jockey Ethan Brown is now a Group One winning rider. The 23-year-old who grew up in Alice Springs combined with the powerhouse stable of Ciaron Maher and…
MPNFL DIVISION ONE EDITHVALE-Aspendale were denied their first win for the 2022 season by a resilient Red Hill on Saturday. Edi-Asp got off to a strong start at Regents Park.…
SOCCER MORNINGTON’s injury crisis, CJ Hodgson’s playing finale and Rosebud’s drought-breaking win in a nine-goal thriller were major talking points in an action-packed round 7 of the league season. Mornington’s…
HORSE RACING AFTER four years out of the saddle, former trainer, now returned jockey Adam McCabe has claimed his first winner back. McCabe, who returned to race riding in February…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Melbourne-based author Toni Jordan has penned four critically acclaimed novels. Originally from Brisbane, she studied physiology at the University of Queensland. She worked in molecular biology…
HOW to make a scarecrow? That was one class especially enjoyable for grade 5 pupils at Eastbourne Primary School. Red Hill artist Michael Leeworthy was at the Rosebud West school…
Local Frankston band and teen sensations X MINUS took out the prestigious Frankston Freeza Fresh Start Battle of the Bands held at the Frankston Mechanics Hall on Saturday the 30th…
Direct from London, THE BOOTLEG BEATLES, the world’s first and finest homage to the Fab Four will be performing at the Frankston Arts Centre on Sunday September 4. Now in…
