Festival on Main
CENTRAL Mornington will again be the setting for art, culture, food and wine during the 21st Main Street Mornington Festival on Sunday 16 October. There will be entertainment for all ages from up-and...
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Call for probe into ‘faulty boom gates’
Hastings MP Neale Burgess wants an “urgent investigation” into the failure of level crossing boom gates at Somerville. Mr Burgess says the boom gates at the Eramosa Rd crossing stayed down for hours,...
Burn bans eased for October
BURN-OFF restrictions on small Mornington Peninsula properties will be eased next month so fuel loads can be reduced before the fire season. Open air burning will be allowed 9am-4pm Fridays and Satur...
Drink driving
A FRANKSTON man was found drink-driving at allegedly four times the legal limit by Mornington police, Friday morning (16 September). The divisional van crew spotted the 41-year-old just after 2am in ...
Doggone! Pets out for a day of fun
A FAMILY pet day will be held at Mornington Yacht Club, 10am-2pm, Wednesday 21 September. Pets of all sorts are welcome – suitably restrained, of course – to enjoy a range of interesting activities a...
A night designed to give Maygan a lift
SINCE the success last year of a campaign to raise money for a wheelchair-friendly car for Mornington mother and daughter Fiona and Maygan Garland, Glenn Browne and Melissa Marshall are out to raise ...
Crews enjoy the cruise
THE good ship Enterprize sailed into Mornington harbour all shipshape and Bristol fashion on Friday – thanks to the quality seamanship of its Peninsula School crew. The eight students, with an averag...
New name win, but don’t rush to change
THE Registrar of Geographic Names’ go ahead for changing Rosebud West to Capel Sound is confirmation that a community can play a role in shaping its own future. That’s the view of pro-name change adv...
Students dance their way to shared win
ROSEBUD and Dromana secondary colleges were finalists in this year’s Wakakirri Secondary School Challenge, with Rosebud being named joint winners with Hoppers Crossing Secondary. Rosebud had 65 stude...
Food movers
STATISTICS give an insight into the effectiveness of Southern Food For All’s welfare operation: Since opening in October 1991 its members have distributed 54,814 weekly food parcels and 7893 Christma...
