THE state government has given the green light to the upgrade of the intersection of Forest Drive and Nepean Highway,…
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POLICE are seeking public help to identify three males who may be able to assist with inquiries into an assault…
SOMERVILLE Highway Patrol was kept busy over the long weekend as part of Operation ARID. Before members could grab a…
WORK has started on a $4.5 million camp ground at Point Nepean National Park on the lawn outside the historic…
CONTRACTORS hired by Mornington Peninsula Shire are struggling to keep up with demand to clear debris from last year’s storms.…
MEDICAL practices on the Mornington Peninsula have been turning away new patients as they struggle with staff shortages and bureaucratic…
AN alliance of community groups wants support to plant a carbon forest on the Parkdale Estate land in Dromana. This…
WORK is already underway to make part of the footpath a 172-seat outside dining area for Sorrento’s Continental Hotel despite…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council has restated its preference for the peninsula to be “peri-regional”, a classification it says would protect…
Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two men following a drive-by shooting in Mornington last year. A 29-year-old…
Somerville Highway Patrol are appealing for witnesses after a driver failed to stop at a breath testing site and subsequently…
A VOLUNTEER environmental group concerned about illegal parking at Mornington’s beach car parks is lobbying Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for…
THE new pedestrian lights on Bungower Road, Mornington, remain switched off almost one year since they were installed. The lights…
MANY Mornington Peninsula towns are faced with a future that will require coping with the impact of rising sea levels,…
ADVOCATES of protecting the Mornington Peninsula’s green wedge-zoned areas are calling on supporters to get submissions in before 8 April…
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have reacted angrily to news that an artificial reef will this month be submerged at the southern end of…
HOMICIDE Squad detectives have charged a 49-year-old Baxter man over a fatal shooting in Baxter in 2017. The man was…
By Keith Platt and Liz Bell ACCUSATIONS of “laziness” and “inaction” over the failure to begin work on two major…
GAMBLERS on the Mornington Peninsula are again losing big at the pokies, with spending going up compared to lockdown figures.…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Anthony Marsh visited Flinders last week to show his support for the Save Flinders Pier…
A SCHEDULED five-day hearing at the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal may help clear the air over the ongoing operations of…
BALNARRING’S Wattle Court residents are mourning the loss of much-loved neighbour Helen, one of the earliest recipients of a COVID-inspired…
CHARITY organisation Seafarers has been inundated with support following a call for help to repair storm damage to its Hastings…
RESIDENTS’ battle to save a manna gum overhanging a road in Balnarring has been lost. Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors have…
Somerville Highway Patrol officers are appealing for public assistance after a car crashed and burst into flames on Peninsula Link…
THE likelihood of development is again looming over a former water reservoir in Kunyung Road, Mount Eliza, six years after…
THREE Mornington Peninsula cinemas will share in $130,000 of federal government money to support the recovery of the arts and…
HASTINGS police have caught nine illegal mini bike riders and seized their bikes in and around Hastings and Crib Point.…
A 51-YEAR-OLD Rye man who allegedly had a loaded gun in a vehicle that was tracked to High Street, Frankston…
POLICE are appealing for public assistance in relation to a series of crimes around Mt Eliza between 19 and 20…