MORNINGTON Peninsula Legacy Club is gearing up to celebrate Legacy Week from 29 August to 5 September. The nationally celebrated week is Legacy’s main fundraising campaign and seeks to raise…
By Barry Irving VETERANS and family assembled at the Rye RSL on Tuesday 18 August to reflect and pay their respects to fallen comrades, 60 years after the battle of…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has unanimously voted to set parking infringement penalties at 0.5 penalty units following an administrative error in this year’s budget process. The resolution relates to 11 parking…
MT Eliza Fire Brigade celebrated their 90th anniversary with a torchlight procession through the Mt Eliza Village on Friday (21 August).Over 100 participants from ten stations marched behind the students…
ERAMOSA Rd East in Somerville is set for major rehabilitation after Mornington Peninsula Shire approved the appointment of a contractor for the long-awaited project. The decision was made at the…
BIRD flu has continued to spread on the peninsula since the first detection on Wednesday 12 August, with the number of confirmed positive cases now sitting at eight as of…
TWO young women from the peninsula are preparing to make history as they become the first adults with disability to take part in the Variety Bash. Natalie Palancian and Amelia…
A GROUP of Mornington swimmers will be participating in Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day Dip to help raise funds for cancer research. The Mornington Bay Belles meet at Fisherman’s Beach every…
MAIN Street in Mornington will be getting its Christmas glow-up again, with group The 4 Cs calling for more volunteers to help decorate every one of its 76 trees. In…
SOCCER ASPENDALE is on the verge of clinching promotion from State 7 South-East. Last season Aspendale finished third-last in State 5 but under the promotion and relegation rules in force…
MPFNL WOMEN’S DIV ONE SEN MORNINGTON seniors women’s team have secured their second premiership in two years, going back-to-back against their nemesis, Warragul Industrials. Despite winning the flag last year,…
SOCCER FOOTBALL Victoria dumped Western United from all FV competitions last week effective immediately. The move followed the Federal Court’s decision to order WMG Football Club Limited to be wound…
FRANKSTON South golfer Will Veitch has taken home silver at the US Kids Golf World Championship. The championship took place in Pinehurst, North Carolina from 30 July to 1 August.…
At 82, with an exhibition history spanning more than six decades behind him, celebrated Australian painter Christopher Pyett paints in his Pearcedale studio every day. His practice is disciplined and…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Regional Gallery (MPRG) invites the community to a rich winter exhibition season, featuring leading contemporary artists, new commissions and interactive experiences for all ages. Helen Britton: The Story…
FOLLOWING their critically acclaimed, sell-out summer season of Romeo and Juliet, the Mornington Peninsula Theatre Company (MPtc) returns this July with a captivating new production of Karel Čapek’s 1920 masterpiece,…
By Tony Duboudin CHILDREN and adults turned out in numbers to try out some of the different bicycles on show at the official opening of the Classic Bicycle Gallery in…
Paralympic gold medallist Heath Davidson has one of the most remarkable comeback stories in Australian sport. After abandoning wheelchair tennis for 11 years, he returned to the court at the…
Even as a child, nutritionist and chef Sarah Pound had an audience. “I used to set up an old-school camcorder, and I would line up my three sisters. They would…
Melissa Warren is not one to be told she can’t do something. In high school, her French teacher advised against studying French at a prestigious university. So, she did it.…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Fiona Hammond knows food. In her career, spanning over 25 years, she has worked as a recipe developer and tester, a food stylist and food photographer.…
THE Mornington Peninsula’s wine community is mourning the loss of Nat White, who alongside his wife, Rosalie, established Main Ridge Estate in 1975. Nat passed away on 20 June after…
By Sarah Russell LAST Wednesday afternoon (17 June), Denise Hassett died suddenly at home. Denise was a much loved and admired friend who will be remembered for her kindness, compassion,…
DROMANA veteran Gerald “Gerry” Shepherd turns 100 on 10 June, and his family is marking the milestone with a celebration at the Peninsula Club, with more than 135 guests expected.…
MORNINGTON resident Olga Viken celebrated her 105th birthday on 19 May. At 105, Olga still makes her own breakfast, has a daily routine, and lives alone in the Mornington home…
