THIS year, the Mornington Community Support Centre is aiming to raise $75,000 for their Annual Christmas Appeal. Every year, MCSC launches a campaign which captures the true spirit of “Community…
With a dangerous fire season on the horizon, RSPCA Victoria and the CFA are calling for locals to not to forget their pets in their bushfire survival plans. Emergency planning…
A SORRENTO couple have expressed concern after incomplete fire-prevention works left their roadside vegetation a “dead and dying mess,” raising fears it may increase fire risk. Residents Helen and Bruce,…
THE Mornington Peninsula Shire has adopted its new Domestic Animal Management Plan, setting out the management of animal-related services over the next four years. All councillors except Cr David Gill…
WESTERN Port and the Southern Peninsula waters will soon be safer under the protection of state-of-the-art rescue vessels thanks to new funding from the state government. Emergency Services Minister Vicki…
THE heritage-listed Norman Lodge gatehouse on Nepean Highway, Mount Eliza, has completed being dismantled with the owners expected to lodge a “dismantling report” to Heritage Victoria by this Friday (14…
A FUNDRAISER for children living with heart disease will take place in Frankston this weekend. The annual Two Feet & A Heartbeat walk takes place at Ballam Park Primary School…
WHEN Somerville mum Ebony Brouwer noticed bruises appearing all over the body of her two-year-old son Theodore, she initially brushed them off as a typical mark of a “wild, energetic”…
A FOURTEEN-year-old from Mt Eliza, Kalen Colabufalo, and his mum, Jonelle, will be taking part in a 13-day hike in Nepal to raise funds for Limbs4All.Mark Inglis will be leading…
NINETY-two-year-old McCrae resident, Wilma Watt, has taken home gold in four swimming categories at the Australian Masters Games in Canberra. Watt and two of her daughters made the road trip…
PROVINCIAL SORRENTO played Red Hill in a nailbiter on Saturday, with the Sharks winning by the finest of margins. Red Hill was sent in to bat first on their home…
Soccer SOMERVILLE Eagles attacking midfielder Alessio Izzo flies to Thailand in a fortnight for a professional trial. The 32-year-old contacted a player agency through social media and now has a…
LAST weekend’s scheduled Point Leo Vintage Surf Day will now be held on Sunday 23 November. The same deadly and damaging storms that caused the cancellation of the Sunday 26…
A FRESH take on the traditional market is arriving in Mount Eliza this November, offering the chance to explore handmade goods, connect with the community, and discover unique creations at…
ACCLAIMED author Rachael Johns will be appearing at the Mornington Library next month to discuss her much-anticipated novel, The Lucky Stars. The free event on 3 November will include a…
JOSHUA Searle is an emerging Mornington Peninsula-based artist with an increasing national and commercial profile. His work examines socio-cultural issues and his own diasporic identity. Searle has been a finalist…
THE winner of the Australia Day Community Event of the Year in 2025, the Tyabb Airshow is returning on 1 March 2026 and tickets are now available. The many static…
SCIENTIST Hans Brunner, who helped exonerate Lindy Chamberlain, died last week on Thursday, 25 April.A large portrait, that he has referred to as representing “the other me”, has been entered…
GEORGE MORBY INGRAM was born in Bendigo in 1889, but lived much of his life in Hastings. He died in 1961 and is buried in Frankston cemetery.On 4 October 1918,…
By Max Bryant* WESTERN Port Oberon Association has celebrated the 100th birthday of its oldest member, Duncan Lamont Mackinnon.Born on a sailing ship, the steel barque Garthsnaid, on 5 December…
OBITUARY Carl Robert Bryant 22 September 1928 – 13 November 2023 Carl Bryant was born in Hastings and was a descendant of three pioneering Western Port families: the Bryants, the…
