RED Hill artist Michael Leeworthy is pleased to see his books “walking out the door”. A keen bushwalker, Leeworthy has…
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ON a cold, wet night in Mount Eliza two years ago, Kalinda Nheu died when the driver of the yellow…
PEOPLE from various faiths around the world held symbolic actions to “sound the alarm” for the climate – including the…
HASTINGS author and artist Fran Henke has a chapter in the new Australian anthology Growing Up Disabled in Australia. The…
THE arts in all its various forms is acknowledged as being one of the hardest hit industries as a result…
THE tragic death of former AFL player, coach and commentator Danny Frawley brought home to many the need to educate…
MARG D’Arcy has a burning passion that cannot be extinguished. Decades since she first worked in a refuge for women…
CONSERVATION has always been of interest to Belinda Eden, but never more so than since moving to Balnarring two years…
SOON after the Europeans arrived, they began to colonise territory that was already occupied and providing a living for its…
KAREN Alija says horses can help people learn about themselves in much the same way that they have helped shape…
SCIENTISTS play a crucial role at ExxonMobil Australia which is celebrating National Science Week. The company is keen to inspire…
THE southern Mornington Peninsula could play host to an annual festival based around giant spider crab’s if a Rye dive…
By Danielle Collis AS experts are calling for federal government action plan to strengthen Australia’s weak environment laws, Mornington Peninsula…
GRATITUDE for the dedication of frontline medical staff has prompted a Mornington Peninsula group to spring into action. Hearing that…
A MOUNT Martha woman living and volunteering in Cambodia over the past year will represent the Australian Youth Voice at…
IT was 11 or 12 years ago that Ron Farnill was told he could expect to live “about another two…
WHILE most Mornington Secondary College students are packing their bags and preparing to head back to school, one of them…
A MORNINGTON Peninsula teacher who trained in Brisbane with former US Vice President Al Gore as part of the Climate…
By Patricia MacLeod IT’S easy to let the grass grow under your feet, but Mt Martha residents are being encouraged…
THE man behind Mana Youth Project says it “seeks to build bridges over our past regrets and challenges, instead of…
ADMITTING he “didn’t have a clue” about garden care or even being a franchisee didn’t deter Hastings resident Richard Harrison…
IT is fair to say that to some extent the finished works by artist Charles Wilcox are predetermined by events…
A FORMER soldier who is devoted to promoting world peace says our real enemies are not guns or wars –…
By Barry Morris Two men are waging war against Indian myna birds, sometimes called flying rats and cane toads of…
Author Fran Henke is about to publish the final chapters in her novel trilogy, A Fair Wind. However, the historical…
AN app to help people with disabilities find accessible venues for their needs has been tested in Mornington and Frankston.…
LIFE as a bank teller was not Rondelle Douglas’s dream. She loved to draw as a child. When events took…
PSYCHOLOGIST Vanessa Thiele has chosen to use a dog as the main character of a book aimed at fostering children’s…
A CRIB Point woman whose now-adult son was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at age seven has written…
MELBOURNE’S Spring Racing Carnival means more to Lorraine Reeves than thundering hooves and two dollar place bets. The Mt Martha…