Lessons in saying ‘no’ to bullying
“I’M SORRY”, an anti-bullying event at Mt Eliza Secondary College on 17 March, coincided with the sixth National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence. More than 250 students, parents and teach...
Author Archives: Stephen Taylor
Lessons learned from ‘quiet’ fire season
THE fire danger season on the Mornington Peninsula has officially ended, with fire crews thankful it’s been a rather quiet affair. Despite two short but intense blazes at Crib Point and one at Somerv...
Security tightened after robbery spree
THE court appearance last Tuesday (29 March) of a Pearcedale man with 54 counts of burglary and theft brings Pearcedale property owners Maree and David Brann closer to ending a frustrating chapter in...
Veteran gets ‘wings’ 46 years after homecoming
STANDING in the open doorway of a pitching helicopter, spraying machine gun bullets while ducking enemy fire, was once a day at the office for Vietnam war air gunner Ian “Slug” Wilson, of Mornington....
Lifelong interest leads to overseas postings
A LOVE of stamps was nurtured in Jon Fladeby when he was a young boy in his native Norway. The seven year old was encouraged by his grandfather to appreciate his country’s stamps and to develop and m...
Fear as crime surges on home front
CHRISTMAS should be a time of giving, but for Nicole Hill and her family, this year the reverse was true. The Baxter family lost a car, boat and all their holiday gear in a brazen robbery at their Fr...
Police checks before MP meets grannies
POLICE were called in to clear 15 grandmothers before allowing them into pre-arranged meeting at the Hastings office of Flinders MP Greg Hunt. The members of Southern Peninsula Group of Grandmothers ...
Growing discontent over clay quarry
A “GROWING sense of outrage” is being felt by residents opposed to escalating clay mining operations at the Bayport Industries quarry, Somerville. Tyabb Ratepayers’ Group members last week met Mornin...
Tree lopping ‘ruins country lane’
A MORNINGTON man is “appalled” by what he says is the savage and unnecessary lopping of small nature strip trees along Beleura Hill Rd, and the wholesale clearing of trees and shrubs in the street be...
Car break-ins rise angers police
FRANKSTON detectives are reeling in the wake of 53 night-time car break-ins last week resulting in the loss of dozens of wallets, handbags and other valuables – all crimes, they say, that are easily ...
