PRESSURE is mounting to stop demolition of the iconic building that once housed Manyung Gallery in Mt Eliza. More than…
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THE latest “discussion paper” released by Infrastructure Victoria estimates building a container port at Hastings will cost more than double…
BOOZE on the ratepayers’ tab was nearly back on the menu at Mornington Peninsula Shire when councillors considered revising their…
LAST year’s protests which forced Mornington Peninsula Shire to scrap its plans for a concrete footpath in Somers has prompted…
DINNERS will still be dished out to ratepayers who sit down to break bread with councillors at regular community council…
RYE residents are being asked to help shape the future of the community and have a say on what happens…
STATE Planning Minister Richard Wynne is now the deciding factor in whether or not a skateboard park is built close…
RESIDENTS of a historically-significant “garden” suburb in Mt Eliza have launched a legal challenge to protect the character of the…
BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder, and the bright blue colour scheme of Morgan’s fish and chippery in…
A MOTHER and son arrested in Somerville last week allegedly supplied cannabis to school students over the past 12 months.…
AN overseas trip at ratepayers’ expense could be on the horizon for Mornington Peninsula Shire CEO Carl Cowie thanks to…
DESPITE knowing it would be a breach of the Local Government Act, Cr David Gill says he won’t sign a…
CONTINENTAL Hotel proprietor Julian Gerner is upbeat after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal agreed to change conditions imposed by…
MORNINGTON Peninsula detectives are appealing for help in reuniting swags of allegedly stolen booty with its rightful owners after a…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire has refused to confirm the remuneration of council CEO Carl Cowie and four executives who report directly…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire council is refusing to respond to concerns that a private jetty being rebuilt at Sullivan Bay, Sorrento,…
A GROUNDSWELL of opposition to a new boat ramp at Rye flooded in to the Mornington Peninsula Shire council chamber…
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Andrew Cini. The 50-year-old is wanted on warrant for failing to…
A motorcyclist has been charged after his speed was checked at more than 100kms over the speed limit in Mornington…
CFA brigades from Baxter, Langwarrin, Hastings and a breathing apparatus van from Frankston battled a fire which destroyed a portable…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire CEO Carl Cowie has been accused of “unfair and underhanded” tactics by the union negotiating council staff…
CASES of Ross River virus have been confirmed in Frankston and Casey, prompting health officers to warn residents to protect…
SORRENTO residents fear their access to a popular beach has been blocked because a private jetty being built to replace…
FIRE crews fought a “small” blaze at the Somerville Recreation and Community Centre on Sunday 5 February. Detectives from the…
WITHOUT an urgent injection of funds the Western Port Biosphere could collapse within two months. Dire financial circumstances being faced…
IT could be a scenario from Alice in Wonderland. One of those scenes where nothing lines up; there are plenty…
A SHOREHAM dog has survived a bite from a deadly tick species that was thought not to exist on the…
A BID to waive the need for planning permits in certain circumstances at properties on the “inland” side of Point…
WHILE politicians and environmentalists are on a collision course over plans to build a coal gasification plant at Hastings, Kawasaki…
TOURIST hotspot the Pillars at Mt Martha will be fenced off for two years in a bid to stop further…