EARLY morning walkers at Safety Beach on Friday were horrified and saddened to see the white underbelly of a large…
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NEW Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Bryan Payne last week defended proposed laws regulating short stay rental accommodation on the…
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Jessica Cantwell. The 23-year-old Mount Martha woman is wanted for failing…
STRICTER planning rules are likely to be brought in for land around Western Port threatened by rising sea levels. The…
BEACH users, beach box owners and residents will next Saturday be presented with options for combating the sand loss and…
THE decision to lease out the running of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s aquatic and leisure centres to Belgravia Leisure has been…
FORMER deputy mayor Cr Bryan Payne, of Nepean ward, is the new mayor of Mornington Peninsula Shire. The now retired…
SHORT-TERM rental provider Stayz wants proposed local laws regulating “party houses” on the Mornington Peninsula to be rescinded once the…
Somerville Highway Patrol are appealing for witnesses after a car collided into a tow truck on Peninsula Link on Monday.…
A BRAND new vessel, purpose built to operate the French Island Ferry service, has arrived in Westernport Bay this week…
CONTINENTAL Hotel proprietor Julian Gerner has put the historic Sorrento pub back on the market after “coming to the conclusion…
OWNERS of so-called “party houses” on the Mornington Peninsula will be in for a tougher time if a new local…
MORNINGTON Peninsula residents are being offered access to new, free, mental health support services as part of a federal government…
Police are searching for a number of people following an aggravated burglary in Bittern this morning. It is believed three…
HUMAN remains found washed up on the beach at Fingal are thought to be those of a 78-year-old fisherman who…
THE sale of the final parcel of land held by the trustees of the late Sir Reginald Ansett estate in…
A CAMPAIGN to save stingrays in Port Phillip Bay has made authorities act to increase protection for the animals dubbed…
EYE emergencies can now be treated on the southern peninsula, thanks to the installation of an eyeConnect device at Rosebud…
The peninsula’s favourite sporting and events destination is ramping up for another stellar day trackside on Sunday 5 November when…
IT could cost up to $4 million to prevent further erosion of the cliffs and beach at Mt Martha beach…
TWO of the four MPs whose electorates cover Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula voted against the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill…
A Mt MARTHA-based animal rights group has protested to the state government over what it calls “unethical” kangaroo culls at…
Police are currently searching for a fisherman who failed to return home after a trip to Blairgowrie yesterday. Investigators have…
WESTERN Port residents are awaiting the results of the second stage of a detailed environmental investigation into the presence of…
A CAMPAIGN is underway to short circuit a $3 million road making scheme in Mt Martha. Signatures are being collected…
THE state government’s ban on single use plastic bags – and commitments by the big supermarkets to phase them out…
Homicide Squad detectives are investigating following the discovery of a body on a property in Tyabb last night. The body…
AGL Energy’s plans to use a floating gas terminal at Crib Point will be outlined later this month at Port…
DESPITE strong opposition, Mornington Peninsula Shire is determined to force a massive increase in the rent it receives from the…
LONG-time Portsea visitor Tony Clemenger warns that immediate action is needed to protect Portsea front beach near the Portsea camp,…