Category Archives: News

Artwork leads the way to changed school life

November 17, 2020
GRADE 6 student leaders from three Hastings primary schools met online recently to share their concerns about the upcoming transition to secondary school without any of the usual rites of passage bec...

Anger over loss of jetty moorings

November 16, 2020
BOAT owners upset at being shut out of Fisherman’s jetty in Mornington harbour met as a group on Sunday (15 November) to discuss their future mooring arrangements. The boaters – members of the Mornin...

Reflecting on a life of art and antiques

November 16, 2020
ANTIQUES and collectibles have been a feature of Susanna Sandler-Mead’s life for so long that it took a while for her to remember when they first took her fancy. The recollection of buying a Shelley ...

Main Street mall a popular move

November 16, 2020
HUNDREDS of visitors to Main Street, Mornington voted with their feet over the weekend, signalling their approval of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s decision to ban cars from between Barkly Street and t...

Beach closed after ‘bomb’ find

November 16, 2020
BOMB Squad sniffer dogs were deployed to Dromana beach after explosives were found in the sand beside a beach box on Sunday (15 November). As they worked, the Canine Unit, Arson and Explosives Unit, ...

Raids after shooting

November 16, 2020
A 40-year-old Rosebud man has been released pending further inquiries after an Echo Taskforce investigation into a non-fatal shooting in Bulleen in August last year. Four warrants were executed in Na...

Summer camping ready foreshore

November 16, 2020
SUMMER camping can’t come quickly enough for Capel Sound Foreshore manager Wayne Nicholls. He’ll be able to show off the new coastal amenity block that’s just been completed at the end of Truemans Ro...

Free tickets

November 16, 2020
SEAROAD Ferries is giving away $1 million worth of foot passenger tickets to encourage visitors to the Mornington and Bellarine peninsulas. Online registrations for the tickets to the ferry connectin...

Aquatic ‘art’

November 16, 2020
PHOTOGRAPHS to adorn the Yawa Aquatic Centre at Rosebud when it is completed in March will aim to “celebrate and champion the work of a local artist as well as promote awareness and appreciation of c...

A day to remember

November 16, 2020
CROWDS were down on previous years and masks were mandatory during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Dromana cenotaph. However, the restrictions did not make the ceremony any less moving or meaning...