EVERY walk has a start and a finish. On Friday 22 November Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Sam Hearn joined the…
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ARMADAS of the stinging bluebottle jellyfish (Physalia utriculus) have been washed up on the Mornington Peninsula’s ocean beaches and may…
THE Environment Protection Authority Victoria says beachgoers should check its forecasting service or sign up for its SMS service before…
IN a two-year trial the speed limits on 38 shire-managed, high risk sealed rural roads will be reduced to 80kph…
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision in Somerville on 25 February. It is…
TAKING part in the Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities competition was a “really positive experience” for students at St Joseph’s Catholic…
SOMERVILLE Primary School students have been busily knitting during Thursday lunch times for a special project. The students, along with…
SEVERAL hundred people marched through Hastings last Friday (22 November) to show their disgust of family violence. The fifth Taking…
MOUNT Martha resident Judi is calling for public assistance to locate five rings, believed lost. And while not one hundred…
NEW signs, blocking tracks and revegetation are the latest moves being made to stop cliff jumpers at The Pillars, Mt…
RESCUING a swimmer struggling in rough water under Frankston pier was all in a day’s work for policewoman and Mornington…
ELEVEN years after it was first suggested, Mt Martha seems set to have its own skatepark. Mornington Peninsula Shire is…
A GROUP of nine women who have grown up together over the past 75 years enjoy nothing better than getting…
BONEO Primary School teachers Liz Dewar and Ryan Jellie are joint winners of the $10,000 Outstanding Primary Teacher Choose Maths…
A SOMERVILLE drink-driver ploughed through an NBN junction box in his ute in Inglenook Crescent, Karingal, and severed the cable…
BURGLARS entered a Mt Eliza house through an unlocked garage door and stole keys to two BMWs in the garage,…
HOWLING winds blew down a section of the screen at Dromana drive-in last week. Owner Paul Whitaker, pictured, said a…
TWO dogs blamed for the mauling and killing of chooks and a lamb at Bittern last week remain in Mornington…
RYE’S Beach Clean Boards aim to help rid Mornington Peninsula beaches of marine litter and plastic pollution “two minutes at…
VICROADS is fixing hundreds of cracks in the retaining wall at the northern end of the Marine Drive underpass at…
VICROADS may be a major barrier to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s calls to trial 80kph speed limits on roads throughout…
DAVID Gill sees the influence Mornington Peninsula Shire had on the May 2018 federal election as one of council’s main…
A TRIAL of Plastic Free Places will be held at Mt Martha from this month. The trial over summer will…
DESPITE its lack of surf, Rye pier in Port Phillip was the beach of choice on Saturday for a board-based…
MEMBERS of Crib Point CFA were on the march last week, from their former fire station at 137 Disney Street…
An 18-year-old Bulleen man had more in mind than jumping off The Pillars and having a glass of pinot noir…
A man has died following a collision in Hastings last night. Police and emergency services were called to Hodgins Road…
THE glamour of Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach could be felt at Moorooduc Primary School last week when veteran lifeguard “Maxi”…
A NEW way of reducing the breeding grounds of mosquitoes, such as in stagnant water, is being trialled in the…
THE award-winning winery and restaurant Ten Minutes by Tractor is back in business since being forced to close by a…