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WHILE it’s more common to see CFA volunteers fighting fires in the bush, their Coast Guard counterparts are also around…
WITHOUT any public announcement or the type of fanfare usually associated with “good news”, Mornington Peninsula Shire has installed signs…
STATE planning minister Richard Wynne is expected to decide before the end of the month on the need for power…
SOUTH East Water crews were busy last week trying to repair a broken pipe which sent raw sewage cascading down…
Unexpected erosion has caused delays and a change in engineers’ plans to protect crumbling cliffs at Mt Martha North beach.…
THE owner of a motor launch washed ashore at Fisherman’s beach, Mornington, on Friday hired an excavator to dig a…
AN experienced Pt Leo surfer paddled out to rescue a teenage girl stranded in choppy and gusty conditions last week.…
A WOMAN on the run after she and her male friend crashed a stolen car on the Frankston Freeway last…
FRANKSTON Hospital could be set to receive a major facelift, after the state Labor government promised $562 million for its…
FIFTY-SIX active and engaged groups on the Mornington Peninsula are waiting anxiously to see the results of the Pick My…
A FREE community expo during Anti-Poverty Week (14-20 October) offers “support and hope to anyone experiencing hardship”. The expo will…
WHILE most young people on the Mornington Peninsula have the benefits of living within strong family structures supported by positive…
Police are appealing for information following a suspicious house fire in Blairgowrie this month. The blaze broke out about 5.30pm…
A PERFORMANCE space, market space, and nature-based play area, is being built at Balnarring to encourage outdoor recreation activities while…
AUSTRALIA’S new Prime Minister Scott Morrison has made first visit to Frankston as leader, visiting Leawarra station to reaffirm the…
A RE-ELECTED Andrews Labor government will spend $562 million to build an 11-storey tower at Frankston Hospital. The announcement was…
THE former Russian fighter plane that crashed in Gippsland last week killing the pilot was previously owned by a member…
SEAWEED and litter build-up on Tassels Cove beach at Martha Cove is irritating one user who thinks the council should…
THE cause of a house fire at Blairgowrie, Sunday 2 September, is being investigated by police. No one was at…
A DESIRE to give something back to the community after she retired prompted occupational therapist Pamela Farrington to start the…
WHEN Dave Smith crosses the finish line in the Dystonia Walk next month he will have his two daughters beside…
POLICE have apprehended three men after a violent incident in East Melbourne early Friday morning, 7 September, in which a…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council has appointed Kelvin Spiller (right) as its interim CEO while it searches for a permanent replacement…
THE state government has postponed building a rock wall at Portsea beach aimed at further preventing sand erosion, and will…
IN what seems like a win for animal rights devotees, Mornington Peninsula shire will open the animal shelter and pound…
TWO peninsula community volunteers were honoured for their selfless efforts at last week’s Delys Sargeant Age-Friendly Awards. John Drysdale, a…
DESPITE “struggling with this terrible carpark situation for years” there’s light at the end of the tunnel for the community…
LIKE Phoenix rising from the ashes, so, too, is one of Hastings’ favourite op shops: Holy Trinity Church Op Shop,…
IN a few weeks an elderly Hastings man will forego the comforts of home for a long spell behind the…