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…
TUCKED away in a room at Mt Martha Community House is a little group about to notch up it’s 50th year.Mt Martha Model Railway Club Inc was founded in 1975…
THE Committee for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula have written to the CEO of Homes Victoria, Simon Newport, seeking clarification on whether revenue from the proposed short-stay levy will be used…
RECENT storms have caused the collapse of the staircase down to Gunnamatta beach.A Parks Victoria spokesperson told The News “We’re aware of the damage at Gunnamatta Beach following the recent…
Police will prepare a report for the coroner after the body of a woman was located in the water off Cape Schanck this afternoon. Emergency services were called to the…
THE Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club is desperately hoping to revamp its aging and decaying facilities but a $2.5 million funding shortfall to deliver a clubhouse redevelopment is threatening its…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV TWOEDITHVALE-Aspendale is now two games clear on top of the ladder after picking up a big win over fellow premiership contenders Chelsea. Edi-Asp came into the match…
SOCCERNEW signings and player axings stole the limelight last week with Baxter featuring prominently. Noah Green, Joey Bucello and Robbie O’Toole were released by Baxter while Ryan Brown has left…
AFTER extensive and competitive trial processes two up-and-coming football players from Mount Martha Primary School have gained the attention of AFL and AFLW football selectors. Harry Pearce will wear the…
MEN’S DIV ONEPINES have pulled off one of the upsets of the season by beating ladder leaders Dromana. Pines came into the game with just three wins to their name…
THE message of conservation will be spread at a communal colouring event later this month. The Australian Conservation Fund Mornington branch is holding a Community for Creatures day at Frankston…
MORNINGTON’s Main Street Festival will be back on Sunday 15 October, after a three-year hiatus and celebrating its 25th year. The festival in Main Street, Mornington will showcase the cultural…
THE Love Flower sculpture is set to move from its Peninsula Link home by the end of the year. Love Flower, by John Meade, has been at the Cranbourne Road…
U3A Mornington art show committee will hold a visual art show on Friday 13 October, to be opened by Mornington Peninsula Shire Council mayor Cr Steve Holland and Mornington MP…
LITTLE did the judge know when sentencing a 19-year-old farm labourer to spend years in Britain’s Van Dieman’s land penal colony that his actions would have a profound effect on…
A MEMORIAL “pilgrimage” conducted at Queenscliff last week has special relevance to families living on the Mornington Peninsula. It marked the date 60 years ago when three young Army commandoes…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillor Hugh Fraser has added to the national debate over Australia Day being 26 January by pointing out the date’s significance to Sorrento. In his Australia Day…
OBITUARY Barry William Leslie Ross 30/1/1943-7/12/2019 Banker, surfer, conservationist BARRY Ross played a major role in the protection of green wedges in Melbourne’s southeast including Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula…
