FOLLOWING a well-worn plot, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council appears to have arrived at a compromised, but happy, ending by continuing…
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WILDLIFE groups are frantically seeking to save a large mob of kangaroos from being slaughtered on a Cape Schanck property.…
The Mornington Peninsula was rocked by a wide ranging earthquake at 9.15am today (22 September 2021). The earthquake’s epicenter was…
PARKS Victoria says that a scientific study has found that the effect on weedy seadragons by works to demolish part…
EFFORTS to save an historic section of Flinders pier have been reinforced with Mornington Peninsula Shire Council voting unanimously to…
FLAMES and smoke billowing over the past week from ESSO’s Long Island Point fractionation plant occurred because a customer had…
THE deadline to bring former HMAS Otama submarine ashore has been pushed out to 2 October. Western Port Oberon Association…
A PROJECT seven years in the making and described as an “excellent example of the council, government and community coming…
HOMICIDE Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Frankston on Saturday. The man’s body…
SURFERS driving to breaks along Boneo Road, from Rosebud to Flinders, were being checked for breaching the five-kilometre limit last…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Highway Patrol police are gearing up for a big AFL Grand Final long weekend. They will be taking…
TWO Mornington residents were awoken by a man possibly armed with a gun last week. Detective Senior Sergeant Eddie Lagonder,…
A PROSTATE cancer campaigner is urging men on the Mornington Peninsula to find out their prostate cancer risk as data…
THE re-emergence of Matthew Guy as state Opposition Leader saw Mornington MP David Morris lose his position in the shadow…
THE mental health and wellbeing of community gardeners on the Mornington Peninsula is being tested by the continuous COVID-19 lockdowns.…
IT comes too late to save Greg Merlo’s community garden, but Mornington Peninsula Shire seems to have turned a new…
HASTINGS has been named Australia’s most sustainable community in this year’s Australian Sustainable Communities – Tidy Towns Awards. Beginning in…
PLANS to expand Eco Park, Mount Martha, will be brought back to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for approval before tenders…
COMMUNITY batteries each able to power up to 280 homes could be installed across the peninsula as part of a…
THE Mornington Peninsula and Frankston are considered self-harm “hot spots” with some of the highest suicide rates in Melbourne. The…
A PETITION presented to the Victorian Legislative Council on Tuesday 7 September by Victorian Greens leader Dr Samantha Ratnam aiming…
TWO men have been arrested over a series of burglaries and thefts on the Mornington Peninsula. Somerville CIU detectives with…
A DROMANA school was last week declared a COVID-19 Tier 1 exposure site and closed for deep cleaning. It is…
A GROUP of Balnarring residents is fighting hard to save a huge manna gum from the chainsaw. Members met with…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council has put off making any decision on its preferred role of the Port of Hastings at…
THE stricken submarine HMAS Otama was on the move last Saturday, with the aid of two tugs. The stricken sub’s…
THE Voices of Mornington Peninsula group says any Australian Electoral Commission investigation into its financial sources would reveal an organisation…
MORNINGTON boat builder Mal Hart last week launched a $2.8 million rough-weather boat, pictured, for the Tasmanian police. The Nautilus,…
A CAR at Mornington and two others at Frankston were among dozens targeted by thieves for their catalytic converters –…
THE driver of a car caught speeding at Tyabb last week will have to dig deep. The woman, 28, of…