Students dance their way to shared win
ROSEBUD and Dromana secondary colleges were finalists in this year’s Wakakirri Secondary School Challenge, with Rosebud being named joint winners with Hoppers Crossing Secondary. Rosebud had 65 stude...
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Food movers
STATISTICS give an insight into the effectiveness of Southern Food For All’s welfare operation: Since opening in October 1991 its members have distributed 54,814 weekly food parcels and 7893 Christma...
Serious message, fun approach
RUOK? day events at Western Port Secondary College last week aimed to focus attention on the welfare of others. Students were reminded to regularly check in with family, friends and colleagues to see...
Time for candidates to take poll positions
NOMINATIONS for the 11 seats on Mornington Peninsula Shire Council open on Thursday and close midday next Tuesday (20 September). A list of candidates in ballot paper order will be available on the V...
Youth takes lead on environment
MORE THAN 260 students from schools around Mornington Peninsula had a say on solutions for global challenges during an environmental youth leadership program last week at Point Nepean National Park. ...
In the swim to support Susie
MORNINGTON Peninsula residents are being asked to support an aqua aerobics fundraiser for a Tyabb mother with multiple sclerosis. Twelve years ago Susan Abbey was diagnosed with the neuro-degenerativ...
Pokies behind Dolphins crisis
POKIES bankrupted the Frankston Football Club. The Dolphins went into voluntary administration late last month as the club struggled under large debts and the administrators called in by the club hav...
Woolworths targeted
POLICE are looking for a brazen thief who stole a car, cash and personal items after ransacking the bags of staff at Woolworths’ stores in Frankston, Mornington and Mornington East last week. The man...
Horse rescue a specialist skill
A MORNINGTON Peninsula horse group is hoping to raise enough money through a training workshop to provide rescue workers with specialised knowledge and more equipment to deal with large animal rescue...
Bay’s nurseries trawled for signs of life
BENCHMARKS are being set to monitor the number and variety of animals living in Western Port’s seagrass beds. Known as the bay’s marine nurseries, a series of night trawls of the seagrass beds in Jan...
