Author Archives: Stephen Taylor

Getting fit, having fun the goal for all abilities

September 10, 2018
RECREATIONAL and educational activities for people of varying abilities, held Wednesdays at the Civic Reserve Recreation Centre, Mornington, are popular. The Fit N Fun program allows up to 40 partici...

Stringers still doing what it does best

September 10, 2018
SORRENTO’S landmark Stringers Store is being readied for its next century. The two-storey limestone building, which changed hands in March, has always been a merchant’s store of some description, wit...

Walk aims to shake off debilitating disorder

September 10, 2018
WHEN Dave Smith crosses the finish line in the Dystonia Walk next month he will have his two daughters beside him and friends and supporters out in front to welcome him home. The Dystonia sufferer is...

Minister steps in to restore beach

September 10, 2018
THE state government has postponed building a rock wall at Portsea beach aimed at further preventing sand erosion, and will instead start repairing the existing sandbag seawall using its current desi...

Longer hours, no appointments in pound revamp

September 10, 2018
IN what seems like a win for animal rights devotees, Mornington Peninsula shire will open the animal shelter and pound for extended hours on Saturdays and Sundays – without requiring those wanting to...

Awards honour community’s hard workers

September 10, 2018
TWO peninsula community volunteers were honoured for their selfless efforts at last week’s Delys Sargeant Age-Friendly Awards. John Drysdale, a Somerville Community House and Peninsula North Men’s Sh...

Car park upgrade hinges on poll win

September 4, 2018
DESPITE “struggling with this terrible carpark situation for years” there’s light at the end of the tunnel for the community of St Mark’s Balnarring – particularly if Liberal candidate for Nepean, Ru...

Len hits the road for drought-hit farmers

September 4, 2018
IN a few weeks an elderly Hastings man will forego the comforts of home for a long spell behind the wheel to raise money for drought-affected farmers. Len Brennan, a former professional driver, will ...

Peninsula singles on look-out for someone new

September 3, 2018
THE fickle and unrewarding nature of the Mornington Peninsula singles scene has inspired three local women to form their own dating site. “We were tired of swiping left, right or otherwise and being ...

Shire in hunt for new boss after CEO calls time

September 3, 2018
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire CEO Carl Cowie has quit the top job. Lured from private industry in November 2014 the almost-$400,000 man issued an email to the shire’s 900-odd staff on Thursday 30 August...