Medals stolen Anzac Day eve
A CAPEL Sound WWII navy veteran had his 12 service medals stolen the day before Anzac Day. Ron Bergman, 89, couldn’t believe it when he discovered his seven Australian service medals and replicas of ...
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Flags up for harbour sale
YARINGA Boat Harbour owner Stefan Borzecki has put the Western Port marina on the market six months after receiving state government approval for a proposed $95 million redevelopment. Selling agent D...
Anger over stadium news black-out
WESTERN Port Basketball Association members are meeting on Saturday to protest at the lack of action and transparency in the rebuilding of the Somerville stadium which burnt down 12 months ago. Assoc...
Special court for family violence
A SPECIALIST family violence court to be established in Frankston is among a raft of state budget measures that MP Paul Edbrooke says “commit more to the prevention of family violence than the whole ...
‘All clear’ for speed cameras
THE Road Safety Camera Commissioner has backed the performance of the Peninsula Link speed cameras and reproached motorists contesting their fines. The commissioner, John Voyage, was asked to investi...
Poppies among the pages
POPPIES picked on Flanders Fields, France, during WWI have been found in the pages of a book donated to the Victorian Maritime Centre Museum, Crib Point. Honorary member Norman Oates donated the book...
Wait for pier repairs
STORM damaged wave panels on Mornington pier were removed by a specialist marine contractor last week. P W Johnson Constructions, of Carrum Downs, used a floating barge and hydraulic crane to remove ...
Project to link Greens Bush with Arthurs Seat
A PROJECT to strengthen the nature link between two of the Mornington Peninsula’s largest parks: Greens Bush and Arthurs Seat, was launched on Saturday 29 April. Greens Bush, between Arthurs Seat and...
Peninsula film hub looks to Welfare
A COMEDY being filmed at Seawinds Hub makes fun of the country’s welfare system. Rosebud actor Steve Bastoni is producing the film, called Welfare, whose cast includes funny man Peter Helliar, Laura ...
‘Funding lifeline’ for legal centres
A reversal of “devastating cuts” to funding for community legal centres has been welcomed by federal Isaacs Labor MP Mark Dreyfus. Planned federal government funding cuts that had been planned to tak...
