MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council has approved the installation of two engineer protective barriers as part of efforts to help residents of three households return to their homes after the 14…
CONSTRUCTION works to improve safety along Wilsons Road, Mornington, will begin next month. Based on community feedback and technical investigations, the following works will be undertaken: Ward councillor Paul Pingiaro…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has decided to continue delivering aged care services after the federal government announced the Commonwealth Home Support Program will continue until 2029. At the 29 September council…
VICTORIA Police’s Southern Metro Region celebrated National Police Remembrance Day with a service at Rosebud RSL. On 29 September, police officers, government officials, and community members gathered to honour the…
THE family of 12-year-old Marnie, this year’s school captain from Hastings Primary School, have turned to the community for support as the vibrant student faces a battle against childhood cancer.…
THE Mornington Peninsula “Friends of Lospalos” group will this week continue their major ophthalmic cataract outreach surgical clinic in Timor-Leste. A self-funded team of five will continue the initiative to…
IT’s less than eight weeks until the state election on 28 November, and Labor is still to announce candidates for the seats of Mornington and Nepean. A Labor insider told…
MEMBER for Mornington, Chris Crewther MP, has announced a $7m funding commitment from an elected Liberal government towards the completion of the full Emil Madsen Reserve Master Plan. The commitment…
AT just 33-years-old, Liberal candidate for Hastings Frank Schiefler would, if he wins in November, become one of the state’s youngest MPs. Schiefler thinks youth and enthusiasm are exactly what…
IT is less than two months until the state election on 28 November, and state parliament has wrapped up. The change frees up, to an extent, the incumbents of Hastings,…
WITH less than 70 days until the state election, candidates have begun campaigning for the seat of Mornington. There are currently four candidates that have indicated they will contest the…
MORE than 100 people gathered at Commonfolk in Mornington on Sunday (13 September) for the campaign launch of independent candidate Melissa Goffin. Goffin is running as a “community independent”, endorsed…
OVER the last 18 months Rotary has been committed to a project to refurbish seven apartments, The Ranch 2.0, the only short term crisis accommodation on the Mornington Peninsula. The…
A GROUP of local art students are holding an exhibition and auction to raise funds for Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation and Southern Peninsula Community Support. The exhibition will open at…
RESIDENTS from three Regis aged care homes on the peninsula came together for a sustainable fashion showcase, celebrating months of creativity and hard work. Regis Capel Sound, Rosebud, and Mornington…
SOCCER SCOTT Morrison has returned to the senior coaching role at Peninsula Strikers. The club made the announcement late last week three days after announcing the departure of this year’s…
By Harrison Borthwick THE Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association and its member clubs are preparing for another big summer of cricket across the peninsula and Frankston. The first round commences on…
MORNINGTON Yacht Club wrapped up its 2026 Winter Training Camp series this weekend. Sixty-six junior and youth sailors spent three days on the water from Friday 25 to Sunday 27…
SOCCER FRANKSTON Pines is the Metropolitan Club of the Year. The local outfit won Football Victoria’s prestigious award at a gala function at Crown Palladium last week in front of…
NATIONAL Works on Paper 2026 has opened at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG), with Adam Lee awarded the exhibition’s prestigious $20,000 acquisitive prize for his work You are the wind,…
MONTY Python’s SPAMALOT will open at the historic Athenaeum Theatre this September. The Melbourne season will see this incredibly diverse and talented cast take to the stage, led by Australian…
ONE of Shakespeare’s most gripping tragedies is set to captivate audiences at Frankston Arts Centre when Bell Shakespeare’s acclaimed production of Macbeth arrives for a one-night performance on Tuesday 27…
IF you missed the work of local Mornington Peninsula artists at the 2026 AGRA Exhibition of The Australian Guild of Realist Artists in Melbourne – you have another opportunity to…
Ric de Vries has spent a lifetime around the water. It started when an 18-year-old Ric moved to Cape Paterson and landed a job with Fisheries. That was the beginning…
Black figs carry deep meaning in Aboriginal ways of knowing. They’re associated with birthing, nourishment, and community gathering, so it seemed the right name for a café built to do…
by Andrea Louise Thomas Somerville chef and hospitality trainer, Marlene Hoff, has been quietly changing lives for years, serving up nutrition for the body, mind and spirit. Everything she does comes…
Kelly Nash has spent her life saying yes to things that terrify her. She left a secure teaching career in her late twenties to become an actor, despite resistance from…
OBITUARYCharles Edward Jacobsen26 May 1937 – 14 August 2026 CHARLES Edward Jacobsen, known to most simply as Chas, was a pioneer, a builder, an adventurer, a visionary and a family…
THE Murrowong Ave Dog Park community is mourning the loss of two of their much-loved regulars, Richard Allen and his Maltese-Pomeranian cross, Teddy. Richard passed away on 10 August, less…
HASTINGS has lost one of its most dedicated servants with the death of Brian Stahl. The 88-year-old was revered in the community for his work and advocacy over many decades.…
By Lance Hodgins ABOUT 50 close friends, councillors and several generations of family members gathered in the Hastings Community Hub on Friday 7 August in special recognition of Brian Stahl…
