Reimagined op shop courts sales success
A “BOUTIQUE” refurbishment of the Boneo Lions Op Shop has turned the old and tired Rosebud shop into a light, bright, open and welcoming space where customers can browse and buy quality pre-owned goo...
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MATTING has been laid down at Mount Martha beach to help those in wheelchairs or with limited mobility get across the sand to the water. The matting is available at the beach daily and two MobiChairs...
Race almost run, but Silver’s still a favourite
A FORMER racehorse living out his final years at a large Mount Eliza property is starting to feel his age. That’s understandable because at 32 – or possibly 100-plus years in human terms – Silver is ...
Road to get a plastic finish
THE third and final stage of the Bentons Road upgrade at Moorooduc – one of the Mornington Peninsula’s busiest east-west roads – will be completed soon. The final stage is designed to improve the sec...
Andrew Kerr plans moves for young and old
THE state government is giving $500,000 towards an educational centre where the old and the young can learn together. The intergenerational learning centre is being established at Andrew Kerr Care in...
Fall is a curtain call for Blossom
SILVERS Circus has given assurances that a performing dog was not injured when it fell backwards during an act under the Big Top, Saturday 16 January. Circus spokesperson Simon Tait said Blossom, a k...
Australia’s date with history
A MORNINGTON man blames the national education system for “not teaching children the real date and significance of Australia Day”. Bill Welbourne says that contrary to popular belief Australia Day do...
‘Poached’ abalone seized on road, beach
SEVEN men were arrested and 50kg of abalone seized in a joint operation by Mornington police and Fisheries officers last week. Two men were nabbed as they beached their boat south of the town, 2.50pm...
Tin rattle ban upset for firefighters
RYE CFA crews are reeling after being barred from holding their main annual income earner – the tin rattle. Mornington Peninsula Shire has scuttled the popular holiday fundraiser as it is considered ...
Rail to Rosebud is part of wider plan
URBAN planning graduate and public transport advocate Robert Whitehill (pictured) says his dream of constructing a rail line to Rosebud under the first stage of his Peninsula Rail Link project would ...
