THE BRIARS Wildlife Sanctuary expansion is officially open, creating additional protected habitat for threatened species and providing more opportunities for residents and visitors to connect with nature. A grant of…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire will discontinue customer service operations at Somerville Library, Dromana Visitor Information Centre, Sorrento Community Centre, and Red Hill Village Shopping Centre. At the 27 October council meeting,…
RMIT and the RACV have partnered to trial an innovative technology that could transform how roads are monitored for potholes and other infrastructure damage. The road defect detection technology was…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has confirmed what changes will be implemented following a comprehensive review. From next year, libraries will be open longer (including weekends), the library van will be out…
ON Saturday 31 October at the Mornington community hall, The Studio, an information session was held for peninsula residents on the Victorian Treaty with First Peoples. The session, hosted by…
BONEO Lions Club have expressed frustration towards Mornington Peninsula Shire after the site for their Sunday market was double booked. On 28 October, the club found out through an advertising…
NEPEAN MP Anthony Marsh has committed to rebuilding Flinders Pier under an elected Liberal government. On 26 October, Marsh said the Victorian Liberals remain committed to fully restoring the pier,…
THE Labor Party’s candidate for Nepean has been announced. Surbhi Snowball is no stranger to political campaigns, having contested Flinders for Labor in 2022. She is now entering the challenging…
ALL six candidates that have indicated that they will be running for the Mornington electorate at the upcoming state election gathered for a Mornington Peninsula Shire organised election forum on…
CHRIS Crewther has announced an elected Liberal-National government will fund $10m towards the redevelopment of Mount Eliza Secondary College, including a dedicated student wellbeing facility and redeveloped senior learning and…
IT is only a month out from the state election, and all candidates have been out campaigning. Labor’s newly-minted candidate, Kerry Macdonald, has welcomed announcements from the Premier, that agreement…
By Melissa McCullough A ROY Morgan poll* released on 9 October said the 2026 Victorian state election is currently too close to call. The poll’s data indicates the ALP/Greens are…
BUILDING exceptional homes since 1982, Roseleigh Homes combines decades of hands-on experience with personalised design to create homes that are as individual as the people who live in them. If…
A NEW “bush food garden” opened at Moonlit Sanctuary last week as part of the park’s 25th anniversary celebrations. The new garden at the Pearcedale sanctuary features native Australian plants,…
NEW Peninsula Community Caring is gearing up to help families in need this Christmas as it launches its annual Christmas Hope Appeal. Every year, the organisation partners with schools around…
SOCCER HAVING played, coached at junior and senior levels, been a team manager, sponsor and committeeman putting his hand up for the presidency seemed the next logical step in Travis…
Words and pictures by Barry Irving ON Wednesday 21st October 26 the 2026 Rye Sportsperson of the Year Awards night was held at the Rye Hotel. All six local sporting…
MPCA MENS PROVINCIAL WILD weather wreaked havoc on the cricket on Saturday with two of the four games in Provincial Division abandoned due to rain. Mornington are still to notch…
SOCCER GETTING the gang back together could be the underlying theme of the return to the coaching helm of one of Peninsula Strikers’ favourite sons in Scott Morrison. In just…
THE Mornington Peninsula Record Fair returns to Frankston next month. The vinyl sale event will be held at The Cheeky Squire on 17 October. Up to 20,000 records are expected…
After wild September weather delayed the start of the season, the Hill & Ridge Community Market returns to Red Hill on Saturday 3 October, bringing more than 200 stalls, great…
STEELY Dan are a seminal part of rock history. Album sales in excess of 40 million and their 2001 induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are testament…
THE WPW26 Literary Festival is coming soon. Tickets are on sale and they are going quickly. So book early! The festival is based at Coolart Wetlands & Homestead in Somers.…
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…
By Barry Irving MEMBERS of the Rye Historical Society attended Rye Cemetery for the unveiling of a bronze plaque they had donated to acknowledge and honour the final resting place…
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.…
