DUCKS have just two weeks to lie low until the end of this year’s shortened duck hunting season. The season,…
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OVER the next six weeks, Mornington Peninsula motorists will see blue and white signs in danger areas highlighting reasons to…
ENVIRONMENTAL activist Josie Jones, of Rye, got into more than the spirit of things when she removed 5738 northern Pacific…
STAFF from Hillview Quarries joined members of the Habitat Restoration Fund to plant 100 trees in Arthurs Seat State Park.…
MORNINGTON roads campaigner Ken McBride says members of the community would be “surprised and disappointed” to learn that there are…
PUBLIC hearings into Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s proposed 2020/21 budget has exposed a clash of expectations between the shire and…
ABOUT 200 school students, parents and supporters at Mornington joined others across Australia in the first national school strike since…
THE federal government says it will provide immediate financial assistance to women who “make the brave decision to leave a…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire says its Reconciliation Action Plan has led to more Aboriginal children attending three-year-old kindergarten and more goods…
ARTISTS from around Australia have been asked to create artworks and murals as part of a Mornington Peninsula Shire anti-graffiti…
DROMANA and Langwarrin CFA brigades are among the first in Australia to receive cutting-edge, battery operated road rescue equipment. The…
MANY of us give our unwanted clothing a new life by donating it to op-shops, giving it to a friend…
THE long-awaited landscape strategy and concept plan for the Rye foreshore was approved last week, but not before being changed…
MEL Barker is the new chief executive officer of Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Foundation. The biosphere’s chair, Jo…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council has withdrawn a $400 fine issued to a dog walker for not having their dog under…
A “PERFECT storm” of bushfires, industry cutbacks, COVID, people working from home, and government incentives for new home building and…
ONLINE gambling is now regarded as a major player in the gambling industry. National advocate The Alliance for Gambling Reform…
Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigations Unit officers are investigating the theft of a jewellery case containing bespoke jewellery worth $20,000. A…
A SOMERVILLE man was airlifted to hospital following an alleged assault, Sunday, 9 May. Police were told the victim got…
MOTHER’S Day is not supposed to be disappointing, but that’s how Carmel Cuthbertson of Hastings felt when she discovered her…
A WOMAN with a “wealth of experience in trade, investment, tourism and systems of government, and an authentic passion for…
A TRUCK rollover closed the left-hand lane of Peninsula Link south-bound for four hours, Monday 3 May. The cement mixer,…
A P-PLATER who obtained her driver’s licence in December had it suspended for 11 months last week on drink-driving counts.…
TALKS on a merger between two of the Mornington Peninsula’s most prestigious golf clubs are back on track after stalling…
FOUR people have died so far this year on peninsula roads, but no deaths have been recorded on the 33…
PROJECTS and activities to improve or sustain the environment make up most of the nine projects entered by Hastings in…
FIRE crews fought a house fire in Maxwell Street, Mornington, Friday afternoon 7 May. Two trucks from the Mornington brigade…
A MOUNT Martha dog owner says he will “go to jail” rather than pay a $248 dog-at-large fine incurred last…
POLICE in the Mornington divisional van had an interesting morning chasing a “very lost and scared” Border Collie off Mornington’s…
A PUBLIC meeting will be held on Saturday (8 May) in support of keeping the remaining 180 metre wooden section…