Shop of bargains, bonhomie
THE op shop behind the Holy Trinity Church in Church St, Hastings, is back in business – in a portable building. A crowd gathered to welcome the shop’s return after the original building was destroye...
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Search for missing Crib Point man
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Gary Scodeller. The 65-year-old Crib Point man last spoke on the phone to a friend on Saturday, 1 July about 4.15pm, but has not been seen or...
Cypress removed ‘for safety’s sake’
IT was during a winter storm last year that one of the cypress trees lining the Mornington racecourse members carpark split. The falling limb took out the nearby power lines, causing a fire, and blac...
Raising autism awareness earns award for student
DROMANA Secondary College student Alex Dietzel has received a senior VCAL student achievement award for his personal development skills. He is the first student from the college to receive the award....
Longboarders’ two decades on the waves
SURFERS who have been part of the 20-year history of the Maladiction Longboarders are getting ready for a reunion in October. The club started with members riding longboards, or malibu boards, when m...
Thirty years on shanks’s pony
THIRTY years ago, Margaret Stewart and three of her friends decided after a game of tennis at her Sorrento home that they would add a weekly walk to their activities to get even fitter. They were soo...
Rescue squad’s milestone
A DISPLAY of early photographs, newspaper articles, equipment and stories will help mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad. During its 50-year history the s...
Stingray catch limit on the horizon
FISHERIES Victoria has called for public comment on proposed new rules to reduce the killing of stingrays, skates and guitarfish but an action group wants killing completely banned. Fisheries is prop...
Searoad wins Western Port ferry contract
SEAROAD Ferries has won a lucrative contract to run the Western Port ferry service between French Island, Phillip Island and Stony Point. The company, trading as Western Port Ferries, will run the se...
Flinders leads state when it comes to having a stroke
PEOPLE living on the Mornington Peninsula are statistically more likely to suffer a stroke than those living anywhere else in Victoria. The federal electorate of Flinders, held for the Liberal Party ...
