HOMES for Homes, a not-for-profit group, has donated $245,000 to support community housing providers on the Mornington Peninsula, which is experiencing the highest number of people experiencing homelessness of any…
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Langwarrin this afternoon. Emergency services were called to Jarman Drive following reports the man’s body was located inside…
FOR many Australians aged 55 and over, the idea of retirement is shifting. Increasingly, older adults are choosing to return to work, not just for financial reasons, but for the…
SOMERVILLE Primary School turned back the clock last week to mark a major milestone – its 140th anniversary.To mark the occasion, students dressed in attire from different decades, bringing the…
REPRESENTATIVES of the Woodworkers of the Southern Peninsula presented the staff at Rosebud Hospital with a beautiful hand crafted rocking horse for their summer appeal raffle. This is the second…
A MORNINGTON man has been named a national finalist in the Stroke Foundation’s 2025 National Stroke Awards, recognising his outstanding dedication to stroke awareness, recovery, and support.Stroke survivor Glenn Browne…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s Music Industry Summit on Monday 12 August was a day of collaboration and connection for our music industry. The event, held across five venues in Mornington, brought…
JANE Edmanson, a presenter on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia, handed out cuttings from her own garden when speaking to members of the Peninsula Parkinson’s Peer Support Group at Mount Martha…
MARINE biologist Dr Sue Mason has launched an educational program to support and inspire female secondary school students who want to be scientists.Mason, former research director at the Hastings-based Dolphin…
NEW Frankston Pines president Liz Diaz is under no illusions about the enormity of the task ahead. After slumping to a second successive relegation the Monterey Reserve club has now…
PROVINCIALDROMANA have wrapped up a win over Pines in less than a day.Pines was sent in to bat first at Dromana Reserve on Saturday. They lasted just 33 overs -…
SOCCER THERE are derbies galore in State 4 South next year and Ben Symonds can’t wait to throw himself headlong into the action. The 21-year-old Rosebud midfielder is fresh off…
DROMANA sisters Mia, Rose, and Ava Holland are about to take on a wave of a lifetime when they compete in the Australian Junior Surfing Titles in NSW this month.…
Point of difference: Painters’ interpretations of what photographers captured through the lens at Gunnamatta, above, and a restaurant at Sorrento are among the works at Sorrento Studio over Easter. Pictures:…
CITY racing comes to the Mornington Peninsula for Neds Mornington Cup Day this Saturday 20 March. It is one of the most stunning days trackside you’ll ever experience on…
Arthurs Seat Eagle is taking love to new heights with its ‘Cupid Cabins’ for Valentine’s Day. Lovers, pal-entines and gal-entines will be able to indulge in a special twilight experience…
ARTIST Vicki Sullivan chose the Moon as a light source to give her painting Moon Goddess an ethereal feeling. Little did she know that when first applying oil paint to…
ONE of Frankston’s most colourful personalities at the turn of last century was an unlikely celebrity who sought obscurity in a hermit’s existence. According to stories circulating at the time,…
By Isabel Cassidy HOMICIDE detectives who investigated the murder of 14-year-old Shirley May Collins (pictured), whose battered body was found in September 1953 at Mt Martha, described the murder as…
Arthurs Seat has been the scene of two RAAF aircraft crashes. The first was an Avro Anson A4 on 10 August 1938, resulting in the loss of four lives and…
