A SPATE of break-ins around a Mount Martha “hot spot” has residents calling for more intensive policing. In recent weeks…
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THE release of the mainly Aboriginal names for Mornington Peninsula Shire’s 11 wards coincides with public approval being sought to…
NEW boundaries and nine new names have been announced for 11 single-councillor wards on the Mornington Peninsula. The changes will…
Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a teen after he was found sleeping in an allegedly stolen vehicle…
Frankston Sexual Offences & Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives are investigating an incident after a man was masturbating on a…
THE SUDDEN influx of white-winged butterflies on the Mornington Peninsula has some people reaching for the insecticide, but experts say…
A CONTROVERIAL Harry Potter-themed sound and light show will be relocated to a fenced dog park within the Briars community…
JET ski rider behaviour is again being spotlighted after a frightening incident at McCrae beach where a swimmer alleges he…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council is today (Tuesday) expected to back down on its insistence that the Harry Potter: A Forbidden…
EIGHT candidates will contest the Saturday 2 March Dunkley by-election to replace former Labor MP Peta Murphy who died from…
A PANAMANIAN-flagged liquid petroleum gas tanker that lost its propellor in Bass Strait was forced to anchor for several days…
IT IS an unfortunate and increasingly deadly fact that the koala breeding season coincides with the busiest times on Mornington…
After weeks of pressure and protests at the selection of The Briars wildlife sanctuary for Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest…
MAREE Feutrill was last month made CEO Saltbush Balnarring Beach, a not-for-profit group that provides respite holiday accommodation to families…
THE Liberal Party has promised to spend $900 million to electrify the rail link from Frankston to Baxter if it…
A FURORE over foreshore access has highlighted the divide between conservation and public right of use. A recent decision by…
A FRESH push for the decommissioned water reservoir in Kunyung Road Mount Eliza to be protected from development and kept…
A teenaged motorcyclist has been arrested after allegedly clocking speeds of up to 160km/h while evading police on the Mornington…
GARDENERS are being urged to use wildlife-friendly netting when trying to protect their backyard crops, as wildlife carers and authorities…
A MOUNT Eliza man, 49, is one of two people charged with murder over the suspicious disappearance of Colombian national…
COMMUNITY group Peninsula Voice is holding a public meeting to discuss the detrimental effects and ways of combating climate change.…
EYEWITNESS accounts of cats and kittens being dumped on the Mornington Peninsula have alarmed animal welfare bodies and environmental advocates,…
By Liz Bell and Keith Platt A PUBLIC meeting organised by the Save Our Briars protest group and attended by…
Police have resumed their search this morning for a man missing in waters off a beach near Rye. Emergency services…
Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of a man at Rye Pier this morning. Emergency…
The Water Police Squad will have a new eye on hoons as they team up with local officers to crack…
ORGANISERS of the Rosebud Hospital rally on Wednesday (24 January) are hoping the large turnout of community members will convince…
TENSIONS are again running high among users of the closed Beleura cliff path at Mornington because of “spy cameras” installed…
A man has died following a collision in Mount Martha earlier this month. Emergency services were called to reports a…
WHILE Mornington Peninsula Shire might make box office money from allowing The Briars wildlife sanctuary to be used as a…