REGULAR campers along the Rye and Sorrento foreshores are being hit with big site fee increases while campers at Rosebud…
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CONTINENTAL Hotel owner Julian Gerner must have been warmed by the strong showing of support he received at last week’s…
THE tide is turning against jet-ski hoons who face curbs on their antics at popular bay beaches. Mornington Peninsula Shire…
A GROUP of Community Lifestyle Accommodation mums, dads and potential residents took a walk through the new Murray Anderson Road…
VICROADS is being blamed for flooded roads and gutters dampening trade along Rosebud’s shopping strip. Mornington Peninsula Shire Council says…
THE owners of an art gallery say a telecommunications tower planned to be built within the Mornington Peninsula’s green wedge-zone…
BURGLARS ransacked a steel shed at a property at Somerville stealing thousands of dollars in tools, equipment and even a…
A FOOLHARDY boatie got into more trouble than he bargained for when launching a tinnie in freezing, blustery conditions at…
A MAN will be without his car and is more than $1000 out of pocket after having his car impounded…
A MAN wanted in relation to a fatal stabbing at Chelsea Heights last month was arrested at a property at…
By Barry Morris IN the wake of the sexual abuse crisis engulfing the Catholic Church in Australia, 24 Melbourne parishes…
SOPHIE Perez’s depiction of the land as it falls away to Bass Strait on the southern edge of the Mornington…
Emergency crews have rescued three young men trapped on cliffs near The Pillars, off the Esplanade, Mt Martha. A fence…
IMPROVING the well-being of some of the most vulnerable people in the community is a cause worth pursuing. So, a…
A CAR snapped off a boom gate arm at the railway crossing on Baxter-Tooraddin Road, Baxter, Monday 1 July. The…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s requirement that Peninsula Aero Club conform to planning rules could jeopardise the staging of next year’s air…
AN announcement that AGL is delaying its plans to import gas through Crib Point by one year has renewed calls…
BEACH Patrol Safety Beach/Dromana members had fine weather for their recent clean up, Sunday 16 June. About 24 volunteers turned…
“DRIVING too fast on a wet road – what could possibly go wrong?” asked Somerville Highway Patrol’s Greg Wolfe. Well,…
THREATS to a scout hall caused by waves at Canadian Bay, Mt Eliza have been overcome with a beach protection…
WHILE repairs are being made to the sandbag seawall at Portsea front beach investigations continue into preventing erosion at the…
FLINDERS MP Greg Hunt was back at The Bays Hospital, Mornington last week signing off on the federal government’s $10…
DETECTIVES are calling for public assistance as they hunt for New Zealand national Alex Manuel following a fatal stabbing at…
NEW research shows the postcode you’re born in can radically impact your whole future. That’s the finding of research conducted…
A $2.36 million grant to Dromana Secondary College will go towards knocking down and rebuilding outdated classrooms. Money for the…
A SELL-OUT lunch at Sorrento last week raised $16,300 for the fight against motor neurone disease. International MND Awareness Day…
THE number of homeless people on the Mornington Peninsula is increasing and waiting lists for emergency housing are getting longer.…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is opposing state government moves to relax planning rules for quarries. The shire’s opposition to extending the…
Police are investigating a fatal two car collision in Flinders this afternoon. It is believed the vehicles collided on Boneo…
Stephen Taylor and Keith Platt AN uneasy truce has been declared over the issues of planning and operating permits for…