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Chicago Switchboard LLC, headquartered in Elmhurst, IL, announced that it has acquired the Houston, TX based Wolf Industries, LP, and San Antonio Circuit

Drowning forces backflip on beach advice Pictures: Keith Platt WARNINGS about the pressing need to understand and appreciate the dangers of ocean beaches is the message emerging from a day of disaster at Mornington Peninsula beaches last week. A 45-year-old woman drowned at Bushrangers Bay, near Cape Schanck and a man, 80, died while swimming in Port Phillip at Tootgarook. The woman and five others were pulled from the water after being swept off rocks by waves at Bushrangers Bay about 3.30pm, Wednesday 13 January. The drowned woman, Aida Hamed, was described as a “true angel” and much-lo...

Search for work, life balance pays off SURF brand Rip Curl has further entrenched itself on the Mornington Peninsula since taking over retail spaces at Mornington and Rye previously occupied by Peninsula Surf Centre. The company’s founders, Doug Warbrick and Brian Singer are pictured at the annual legends get-together before the 2019 Bells Beach surf contest with Rye-based surfboard maker Mick Pierce, left, and Peninsula Surf Centre founder Ted Bainbridge, right.  Picture: Keith Platt A GOOD a reporter is one who can, metaphorically, be parachuted into any situation and come away with a g...

Search for work, life balance pays off SURF brand Rip Curl has further entrenched itself on the Mornington Peninsula since taking over retail spaces at Mornington and Rye previously occupied by Peninsula Surf Centre. The company’s founders, Doug Warbrick and Brian Singer are pictured at the annual legends get-together before the 2019 Bells Beach surf contest with Rye-based surfboard maker Mick Pierce, left, and Peninsula Surf Centre founder Ted Bainbridge, right. Picture: Keith Platt A GOOD a reporter is one who can, metaphorically, be parachuted into any situation and come away with a goo...

Shifting of sand abandoned Picture: Keith Platt BEACH box owners at Mount Martha North Beach have missed out on what was planned as a sand-filled beach Christmas present courtesy of the federal government. Plans to move 10,000 cubic metres of sand from Mount Martha Beach South were abandoned on Thursday 3 December following concerns for public safety. WorkSafe Victoria wanted the beach closed while earth moving equipment was being used to shift the sand, but the Department of Land, Water and Planning said it had no intention “to fully close Mount Martha Beach to complete works during summer...