OPTOMETRISTS are urging parents to limit the amount of time children spend on phones and computer screens. Children aged between five and twelve-years-old are spending three times longer on screen…
THRILL seekers are being told not to jump off the rocks into the bay at the Pillars, Mount Martha. The safety advice follows two recent incidents where jumpers have been…
A JET-SKI rider survived an eight-hour ordeal in the waters off Parkdale last week. A 48-year-old Clarinda man launched his jet ski from Patterson River at around 6pm on 11…
MAJOR party candidates for the Dunkley by-election have been locked in. The death of Peta Murphy in December left the seat of Dunkley vacant. On Thursday 11 January, Prime Minister…
HORSE RACING MORNINGTON-based trainer Dean Binaisse broke through for an elusive Group-class victory on Saturday 19 September with his ever-consistent mare, Felicia. Having previously placed six times at black-type level,…
SOCCER THE long-awaited announcement of Football Victoria’s refunds policy was made late last week. The policy was prefaced by a reference to a recent Australian Sports Foundation survey on the…
HORSE RACING MORNINGTON-based trainer Rachael Frost landed her first black-type race at Flemington on Saturday 12 September with her inform gelding, Travimyfriend. The eight-year-old son of Tavistock had relished the…
SOCCER SOMERVILLE Eagles senior coach Stan Packer and assistant Paul Robinson have committed to the State League 4 outfit for 2021. Packer filled the void last June created by David…




