Santa Comes To Somerville

SOMERVILLE STATE ELECTION CANDIDATE FORUM

With only 40 days until the State Election, the deadline to enrol for the 2026 state election is 8 pm on Tuesday 3 November. Make sure you enrol or update your enrolment before this date to vote in this election via the VEC.
The current known candidates for the Hastings electorate are:
Paul Mercurio MP - Labor MP
Frank Schiefler - Liberal for Hastings
Isaac Willoughby - Greens
Chloe Coulson - Animal Justice Party
Peter Angelico - One Nation

On Monday 16 November, Somerville Business Group will be holding a Somerville State Election Candidate Forum at the Senior Citizens Hall.

Here you will have an opportunity to hear from the candidates in attendance and ask questions that matter to you before heading to the polls.

Register your attendance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/somerville-state-election-candidates-forum-tickets-2003251822126

Email any questions before the evening to [email protected]

SAVE THE DATE - STATE ELECTION CANDIDATE FORUM

Monday 16 November - hear directly from the candidates standing in the November State Election as they share their vision for Somerville and surrounds, and what they would deliver for the Hastings electorate.

Submit your questions ahead of the forum so your interests can be considered.

Like and follow Somerville Business Group Inc -Vic for updates.

RECAPPING 2025

SBG Christmas Window Wonderland 2025 A pictorial view of Somerville Christmas Window Wonderland Competiiton 2025.Hosted by the Somerville Business Group for the businesses and community of Somer...

🌟 Calling All Somerville Businesses! 🌟

The Somerville Business Group Inc -Vic was established in 2021 and is all about connecting, supporting, and growing local businesses in our community.

Whether you’re a shop owner, home-based business, service provider, or not-for-profit organisation, being part of our group gives you:

✔️ Networking opportunities with our small group of fellow local Somerville business owners with combined decades of experience owning and running a business
✔️ Access to regular meetings, guest presenters, and promotion on our social media page - some of our posts reach over 20K views!
✔️ A stronger voice in our Somerville community to make it a better place to live, work and play by advocating all levels of government based on what our members tell us
✔️ Opportunities to collaborate and grow your business by being able to network with other local businesses
✔️ Community engagement through our yearly Santa Comes to Somerville event

Joining is simple and affordable — and it’s a great way to put your business on the map locally!

Interested? Send [email protected] an email or DM the page.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

A thankyou to those who made the day special!

Santa aka David Livingstone - the jolly red man who brought smiles, frowns and tears to many little ones faces throughout the day!

Georgia and Hannah - Santa’s elves who helped distribute gifts to the little ones.

Josh and his little elf from Amazing Toys who slowly warmed up to the festivities and got to work!

Fritz for delivering Santa in his corvette!

Southern Sounds Chorus for bringing their delightful carols to Somerville Central

Mornington Peninsula Shire for the grant that helped pay for the essentials on the day.

Signing off for 2025 and wishing all our followers a happy, safe and healthy festive season!

INTRODUCING OUR 2025 SUPPORTERS

🎄✨ A huge THANK YOU to all the amazing businesses that have supported the 4th Annual Somerville Christmas Wonderland Window Competition!

The next business we are featuring is Boundary Garden Supplies Somerville

Open 6 days a week offering quality and affordable building, landscape & garden supplies such as sand, soil, mulch, rock, steel, cement, compost and rock. Same day delivery available to the Mornington Peninsula.

Visit them at 49 Grant Road, Somerville or call them on 03 5977 5977.

We thank you for your support in 2025.

LUCKY VOTER

Congratulations to our lucky voter Michael and his family on winning this great hamper donated by local Somerville businesses!

Photos shared with Michael’s permission.

INTRODUCING OUR 2025 SUPPORTERS

🎄✨ A huge THANK YOU to all the amazing people that have supported the 4th Annual Somerville Christmas Wonderland Window Competition!

The next person we are featuring is Cr Kate Roper.

Cr Kate Roper is our Mornington Peninsula Shire Councillor representing Somerville, Tyabb and the east side of Baxter.

Contact Kate via email [email protected] or phone 0466 519 551.

We thank you for your support in 2025.

INTRODUCING OUR 2025 SUPPORTERS

🎄✨ A huge THANK YOU to all the amazing businesses that have supported the 4th Annual Somerville Christmas Wonderland Window Competition!

The next business we are featuring is STPL News - Somerville Times & Peninsula Local

STPL News is a community-focused, independent news outlet covering the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston areas. We publish the Somerville Times & Peninsula Local in print monthly and deliver daily digital news on our website or directly to your inbox.

Contact STPL News on 03 8692 0080 or email [email protected]

We thank you for your support in 2025.