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Keen swimmers continue to cross bay’s mouth

April 10, 2017
By Ben Triandafillou THE gap between the Port Phillip Heads is one of the most dangerous stretches of open water in Australia but keen swimmers have been crossing the opening since 1971. The swimmers...

Former Hearts star signs for Peninsula Strikers

April 10, 2017
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie Peninsula Strikers have pulled off the transfer coup of the season by clinching the signature of Scottish star Ryan Stevenson. The 32-year-old attacking midfielder or strike...

Lee Kernaghan heads to Frankston

April 10, 2017
Lee Kernaghan is one of the undisputable all-time greats of Australian country.  2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of Lee’s amazing career and the release of his first chart-busting hit, ...

Singing journalist does Sinatra his way

April 10, 2017
VETERAN journalist and singer Barry Morris feels as though he grew up with singer Frank Sinatra. “His music has been a background musical score to my life,” Morris, a former jazz writer and sub-edito...

Lighthouse shines bright for autism awareness

April 10, 2017
McCRAE Lighthouse burst into a sea of light last Sunday 2 April to mark World Autism Day. Organised by Bianca Appleford from Light Up Autism Foundation, over 300 people gathered to witness the illumi...

Work to begin on Eastern Sisters path

April 10, 2017
WORK has begun on a $1.56 million coastal path and seawall at the Eastern Sister headland connecting Sullivan Bay to Camerons Bight, Sorrento. Initially the focus will be on fencing the construction ...

Police investigate Rosebud West assault

April 5, 2017
Armed Crime Squad detectives are investigating a serious assault in Rosebud West yesterday (4 April) evening. It is believed a car containing an unknown number of people arrived at a property in the ...

‘Locals know best’

April 4, 2017
ARTIST and author Peter Strickland, who along with his wife Kathie has put together a series of books on indigenous plants, said the Mornington Peninsula had to decide whether it was going to be just...

Gunshot mystery

April 4, 2017
A HASTINGS resident was taken to Frankston Hospital after allegedly being shot in the arm by an air rifle, 6.30pm, Saturday 1 April. The 34-year-old, who was reported to ambulance officers as being n...

Driver airlifted after crash

April 3, 2017
A P-PLATE driver was flown by Air Ambulance to Royal Melbourne Hospital after a car crash on Mornington-Tyabb Rd, Mornington, 10.30pm, Monday 27 March. The man, 19, of Mt Eliza, was with two friends ...