Somerville Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal collision in Frankston South this morning. It is believed a motorcyclist was riding…
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POLICE have experienced a rise in aggravated burglaries across the Mornington Peninsula and are pleading with residents to lock their…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors are backing moves to reduce speed limits on roads surrounding a “hidden gem of the peninsula”.…
THE Hastings-based Dolphin Research Centre says there is a growing need for understanding the presence and absence of whales along…
PLANS for a 24-hour fast food restaurant and convenience store at Safety Beach have been knocked back for a second…
THE heritage-listed Norman Lodge gatehouse on Nepean Highway, Mount Eliza, faces demolition after a structural engineer’s report identified the building…
MOOROODUC Fire Brigade last week took delivery of a heavy tanker and an ultra heavy tanker to increase its firefighting…
SKATEBOARD and scooter riders are being invited to have a say on designs for a $1 million upgrade to the…
THE latest in advanced radiation therapy treatment will soon be available closer to home for cancer patients on the Mornington…
A PLANNING scheme amendment that allows for 1,200 new homes a year to be built on the peninsula was adopted…
A NUMBER of state government-managed toilet facilities in Mornington Peninsula tourist hotspots have been closed for months, with padlocked doors…
STORIES about the kidnapping of Aboriginal women by sealers at Point Nepean and their being taken to islands in Bass…
A NEW community group has been formed to back an independent candidate for the federal seat of Flinders, now held…
AN interactive online map shows that cyclists view a section of Frankston-Flinders Road as one of the most dangerous on…
INCREASING numbers of homeless people and spiralling demand for emergency help are fuelling the housing crisis on the Mornington Peninsula.Rising…
THE future of foreshore camping is being considered by the Mornington Peninsula Shire. The shire has begun its first round…
HELEN Cooper has been named the new boss of Peninsula Health. Adjunct Associate Professor Cooper was appointed the organisation’s chief…
VOTERS have until Wednesday next week (7 August) to make sure they are enrolled to vote in elections for Mornington…
POLICE are investigating the theft of a large tract of steel fencing from a property in Pearcedale.The fencing bounded one…
ONLY one third of residents on the Mornington Peninsula are registered as organ donors. Australian Organ Donor Register data shows…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire last week agreed to televise online briefing meetings that are held behind closed doors. The decision was…
A TELECOMMUNICATIONS tower has been approved on green wedge land in Stumpy Gully Road, Balnarring, by Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.Senior…
REDEVELOPMENT costs of Flinders Civic Hall have blown out by nearly $400,000. Work to upgrade the “no longer fit for…
AGED care workers at Bolton Clarke homes in Rosebud went on strike last week. Bolton Clarke is a privately-run aged…
Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man with 41 offences following a series of aggravated burglaries and…
Mornington Peninsula Criminal Investigation Unit detectives are investigating following the theft of a tractor from a vegetable farm in West…
PENINSULA Health CEO Felicity Topp has resigned after more than six years in the top job.Peninsula Health runs Frankston Hospital,…
Somerville Highway Patrol members were left severely disappointed when a driver blew almost five times the legal alcohol limit after…
FLINDERS MP Zoe McKenzie wants voters to “please consider” Australia’s use of nuclear power.In support of the Liberal Party’s federal…
ORGANISERS of the ‘Peninsula Peace Walk for Palestine’ in Mornington last Sunday week (7 July) say the event turnout showed…