The new seven-day route will connect Hastings and Mornington, improving access to jobs, schools, retirement villages, shops and local services.The route will also improve public transport coverage along the western…
WHEN Sonja and Ian Duric opened Stories by the Sea in Mount Eliza last year, inclusion was in the blueprint. The independent bookshop has been recognised with the Stan Spencer…
PROTESTERS wearing penguin masks gathered outside Mornington Central shopping centre on 30 June, joining a national day of action demanding vitamin giant Swisse stop selling krill oil harvested from Antarctic…
THE 30th annual National Tree Day is coming up on Sunday 26 July. All across Australia, people will be joining together to connect with nature and care for Country by…
WHEN Tina Coumbe, principal of Crib Point Primary School, visited her local kindergarten to meet incoming students, she came back concerned. A number of children had such limited oral language…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire have approved a new Long-Term Capital Works Plan, marking the shire’s first comprehensive ten-year capital planning framework. The plan sets out more than $172m in infrastructure investment…
TWO years on from her newborn’s near-death experience, Frankston South mum Samantha is thankful she listened to her instincts. Samantha took her two-week-old daughter Zara to Peninsula University Hospital’s emergency…
PAUL Maley didn’t give much thought to breast cancer, until a sleepless night three years ago changed everything. The Mornington Peninsula-based former professional NBL player is one of the subjects…
MORNINGTON Peninsula chef Andrew Ballard will take centre stage at the Good Food & Wine Show in Melbourne later this month, curating the Singapore Airlines VIP Lounge menu and unveiling…
SOUTHERN Peninsula Sharks guard Seth White became the first player to crack 50 points in a Big V Youth League 3 Men’s game this season, putting up 51 against Maccabi…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV TWO SEN WITH a bye round for Division One men’s footy, all eyes were on Div Two on the weekend. Despite having home ground advantage, Bonbeach was…
SOCCER MOUNT Eliza maintained its promotion momentum with a 5-1 drubbing of Knox United in their State 6 clash at Carrington Park on Saturday. The local club’s leading scorer is…
A DECADE of mentorship and memories playing basketball in Frankston have helped prepare a young gun for her debut on the world stage. Former Frankston Blues junior Bonnie Deas has…
THE Mornington Peninsula’s most heroic school holiday adventure is returning, with superheroes preparing to descend on the Mornington Tourist Railway for a series of action-packed train rides this winter. Families…
PENINSULA audiences are in for a June long weekend of hilarity, fairytale characters, and plenty of joy, when the much-loved Mount Eliza community pantomime presents its latest production of “Alice…
A POWERFUL local story inspired by resilience, community and the healing force of nature is set to make waves this winter, as Sea Wolves Howl arrives at Cube 37 at…
ONE of only two Welsh Ladies Choirs in the entire Southern Hemisphere will spend the weekend of 22–24 May in Flinders, with up to 30 choristers attending the group’s inaugural…
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.…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Mornington author Anna Matilda, aka The Urban Nanna, is keen to share her wealth of knowledge about simple ways to live a more sustainable, efficient and…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Barry Randall was three months old the first time he splashed in the sea. Ever since, the ocean has had a magnetic draw. Growing up in…
AS he approaches his 100th birthday, Royal Australian Navy veteran Frederick Ronald Stannus – known to his family and friends as Ron – has returned to where it all began.…
CLIFF and Mary (May) Rayner celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on 14 April. May was born in Fife, Scotland, in 1935 and came to Australia at the age of 12,…
CAPEL Sound resident Ron Lloyd celebrated his 106th birthday on Wednesday 8 April. The resident of Regis Capel Sound is still very active and a keen participant in the home’s…
DAVID Evan Price was born on 21 October 1940 to Eric Evan Price and Marcelle Whittaker, and grew up alongside his younger siblings Jocelyn, Ian and Andrew. He began his…
THE Greens have launched their Nepean by-election campaign, with more than 60 supporters gathering in Blairgowrie on Sunday (29 March). Mornington Peninsula mum Sianan Healy is the Greens candidate, vowing…
WITH less than six weeks until the Nepean by-election, electoral rolls are now closed and candidates are able to officially nominate for the race. A new name has entered the…
WITH less than seven weeks until the Nepean by-election, candidates are out in force, with perhaps the hottest topic being the state of Rosebud Hospital. Liberal Party candidate Anthony Marsh,…
THE review of the Liberal’s Party’s 2025 federal election defeat has painted a grim picture overall, but makes positive mention of Flinders MP Zoe McKenzie’s performance defeating independent Ben Smith.…
FIVE candidates have nominated for the 2 May Nepean by-election with the Independents for Mornington Peninsula and Victorian Greens joining the Liberal Party, One Nation and Libertarians in the contest.…
Mornington Peninsula-based broadcaster and journalist Tracee Hutchison has announced she will be standing as a community independent candidate in the upcoming by-election for the seat of Nepean to be held…
