Category Archives: News

There’s no way eggs, or kids, can beat the heat

January 30, 2017
MORNINGTON Peninsula residents have received an illustration of the danger of leaving kids, pets – and even eggs – in their cars on hot days. Rye Fire Brigade received a photo from a visiting Queensl...

Volunteer to bank on

January 30, 2017
ONE of the Mornington Peninsula’s busiest volunteers and community contributors has been recognised with the inaugural ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ in the shire’s Australia Day awards. Barry Irving, ...

Honour for work at Shrine

January 30, 2017
BLAIRGOWRIE resident Denis Baguley, above, will be a familiar name to many in Greater Melbourne for his contributions to the revival of the Shrine of Remembrance. The former Melburnian, who moved to ...

Paralympian awarded

January 30, 2017
ROSEBUD resident Heath Davidson was awarded an OAM for service to sport as a gold medallist at the 2016 Paralympic Games at Rio. Davidson, 29, contracted the virus transverse myelitis at five months,...

State, shire recognise service with awards

January 30, 2017
THE Mornington Peninsula was well represented in this year’s Australia Day Honours List, which recognised almost 200 Victorians among 958 people from various industries and communities around the cou...

Top citizen wants to extend and expand autism care

January 30, 2017
MORNINGTON Peninsula’s Citizen of the Year Bianca Appleford established the Light Up Autism Foundation on the southern peninsula, providing opportunities for children with autism spectrum disorder to...

Support for ‘ice families’

January 30, 2017
GROWING concern over ice-related domestic violence and child abuse in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula has led to calls for more support for families struggling with the consequences of drug ab...

Drowning at Mills beach

January 30, 2017
A MORNINGTON man drowned in chest-deep water on Wednesday 25 January. The 39-year-old was found by another swimmer at Mills Beach and unsuccessfully treated with CPR in the car park. Police, Morningt...

Miss Western Port contestants work for community

January 25, 2017
THE Miss Western Port Community Pageant is based on confidence, team building, making friends, and “getting out there in the community”. Contestants are encouraged to speak up for the causes they are...