Medals stolen
THIEVES may have used a doggie door to enter a Somerville house last week to steal two sets of war medals, jewellery, a laptop computer, childhood memorabilia and even rosary beads. The theft from th...
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Hastings overrun Somerville for inspiring victory
HASTINGS FNC SATURDAY saw Hastings Football/Netball Club take on Western Port rival Somerville Football/Netball Club in the first semi-final played at Devon Meadows. With a real sense of finals footb...
Double century celebrations
TOOTGAROOK Senior Citizens put on a special afternoon tea for long-serving members Edna Arnot and Joyce Milne last week to mark their 100th birthdays. Ms Milne and others had been having meetings in ...
Making tracks hill’s new bike park
BIKERS are getting ready to test their riding skills on the newly-opened Red Hill Bike Park track. Construction of the $65,000 track began in May, with Mornington Peninhsula Shire working alongside R...
Talking books offer their take on life
THE story of our lives is often more interesting than any work of fiction. And it provides the inspiration for Rosebud Secondary College’s Living Library, where the “books” are people and the “readin...
Are you at the Age Stage?
By Debra Mar – RPPFM Like it or not – we are all getting older – and so is the Mornington Peninsula’s population. So starting Thursday, September 1st at 11am, RPP FM will broadcast the Age Stag...
Facing past and present
THE life stories of migrants who call Frankston home will be aired on community television C31 next month. The four-part Faces of Frankston TV series, produced by Mornington filmmakers Whitewater Doc...
Young marine leaders tackle bay pollution
ABOUT 50 primary school “marine ambassadors” last week had a close look at trapped pollutants at Narambi Reserve, Mornington. The experience was part of the Dolphin Research Institute’s ‘i sea, i car...
Bowlers get season started
AN Aboriginal campsite on the clifftop overlooking Port Phillip Bay was the perfect place for the introduction of lawn bowls to the Mornington Peninsula on 1 June 1917. Mornington Bowling Club was es...
Pines look doomed, Langy helps Mornington
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie FRANKSTON Pines looks doomed to relegation from State 1 South-East while Langwarrin dented Malvern City’s championship aspirations in last weekend’s catch-up round. Pines sl...
