COUNCIL has signed off on a new Community Disaster Resilience Plan, aiming to lift preparedness and strengthen how the community responds to future emergencies. The plan, adopted alongside a Year…
A PENINSULA road-safety blitz during schoolies celebrations has led to multiple charges, including teens caught with an imitation firearm, as police target risky driving across coastal towns. The major operation…
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Troy Cunneen. The 35-year-old man is wanted on five warrants for burglary, theft of motor vehicle, theft, and contravening bail and…
Across Victoria, the festive season brings families and friends together for long lunches, shared dinners, and much-anticipated celebrations. For many households, pets are naturally included in these gatherings and often…
ONE of the peninsula’s favourite walking and riding trails is set for a refresh, with locals being asked to help shape the upgrades. The Red Hill to Merricks trail will…
UP to $10 million in ratepayer funding is set to be put towards a project to transform Nepean Highway and surrounding pedestrian areas. Frankston Council ticked off a “Nepean Boulevard…
Our Lady of Fatima students, along with other local schools, have been busy making scarecrows from recycled materials. They were displayed at the Rosebud Community Garden open day on 23…
CAPEL Sounds Educational Child Care Centre and Kindergarten has added a vibrant new mural to its service, celebrating the local Bunurong culture. The collaborative artwork, created with the guidance of…
Have you ever wondered what happens to your drink cans, bottles and cartons after you return them for a 10-cent refund through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic)? With this…
PROVINCIAL SOME good bowling from Baden Powell has put Pines at risk of its first defeat for the season. Pines, who are 6-0 in season 2025/2026, hosted Baden Powell at…
SOCCER JEROME Valadon and Sonny Lindsay are the first new signings of the Ross Wallis-Stephen Duffy era at Peninsula Strikers. The Centenary Park outfit has been on the hunt for…
RISING Moon Tai Chi School celebrated its ten-year anniversary with a day that brought together friends and family to watch performances and commend the hard work put in by students.…
MOUNT Martha Tennis Club celebrated their 50th anniversary with a day filled with community spirit and fun. On 16 November, the club hosted over 160 guests as long-term members, families…
On Saturday, 7 March 2026, the Mornington Peninsula will welcome a bold new cultural experience: Sculpted Sounds, an outdoor music festival set against the breathtaking backdrop of McClelland Sculpture Park…
A FIRE festival will come to Frankston in mid-2026 to light up the waterfront. The Frankston Winter Fire Festival is set to take place on 13 June, 2026. Frankston Council…
THE artist collective Peninsula Studio Trail Inc. (PST) is opening its members’ working studios for two weekends, inviting the community to see art being made and to meet the people…
A MT Martha artist and retired surgeon has unveiled his latest creative work, A World of Dogs in Watercolour, a beautifully illustrated book celebrating dogs and the joy they bring.…
A ROSEBUD couple have celebrated a rare and remarkable milestone – their 70th wedding anniversary.Bill and Beryl, who have lived on the Mornington Peninsula for 30 years, met at a…
ONE of the most recognisable landmarks in Mount Eliza, the white, heritage listed Anglican Church of St James the Less on Nepean Highway opposite Peninsula Grammar, celebrated its 160th birthday…
THE death on Sunday 5 October of former Mornington Peninsula Shire councillor and long time campaigner for the environment, Leigh Eustace, has left an intellectual gap in the ranks of…
JOYCE Booth, a long-time volunteer at the Rosebud Hospital, is being remembered as “someone who had a way of making everyone feel seen and valued,” after her passing at 90.…
