Category Archives: News

Camping fun and inspiration for diabetes fighters

September 28, 2015
FOUR teenagers with diabetes received some welcome inspiration from former AFL player Jack Fitzpatrick in Mt Eliza last week. Ben McVea, 15, of Langwarrin, Imogen Price, 12, of Somerville, Caleb Gova...

Octogenarian still swimming for gold

September 28, 2015
FEW 81-year-olds are as active as Lois Dennington. Still working full time in Mornington, the octogenarian is set to represent Victoria in five swimming events at the Australian Masters Games. She st...

No butts as footy club leads way

September 28, 2015
MT Martha Junior Football Club is the first junior sporting club to sign on to the Frankston Mornington Peninsula Smoke Free Charter. President Warren Davies said the club hoped other sporting clubs ...

Pressure on cliff track fix

September 28, 2015
MORNINGTON’S iconic cliff walking track between Beleura Hill and Mills Beach would cost $12 million to build nowadays, say members of a steering committee. The committee was formed by residents with ...

Man drowns on Western Port

September 27, 2015
Police are investigating the circumstances after a 53-year-old Koo Wee Rup man died while on a fishing trip this morning. Investigators have been told that two men aged in their 50s set off from Toor...

Association straightens record on footpath plan

September 22, 2015
SOMERS Residents’ Association (SRA) has issued a written explanation to correct “misinformation” about its role in Mornington Peninsula’s Shire’s footpath plan for the village. SRA president Kingsley...

Pop culture to permaculture

September 22, 2015
HORSE trainer Graeme Little has some healthy plans for the house and property formerly owned by pop star Kylie Minogue. Instead of the lavish lifestyle portrayed by the carefully courtured pop jet-se...

Chinese check biosphere’s water works

September 22, 2015
THE involvement of secondary college students in managing the environmental health of a creek draining into Western Port has attracted the interest of Chinese water quality experts. Somerville Second...

Mum would have been proud – not

September 22, 2015
Two brothers have had their cars impounded after one was caught over the limit doing a burnout and the other unlicensed in Mornington. Mornington police were patrolling Main Street when they heard th...

New beach for summer if storms stay away

September 21, 2015
THE new section of Rosebud pier, officially opened two weeks ago with little fanfare by Parks Victoria, complements nearby beach renourishment completed at about the same time by the Department of En...