By Barry Morris IN the wake of the sexual abuse crisis engulfing the Catholic Church in Australia, 24 Melbourne parishes…
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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A $2.36 million grant to Dromana Secondary College will go towards knocking down and rebuilding outdated classrooms.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…
THE Bridge Bosses of Balnarring Primary School were judged the best model bridge builders in a competition at BlueScope Western…
By Barry Morris CATHOLIC parishes should make halls and other buildings available to people who are sleeping rough, a homelessness…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council says it will continue to press the state government for the extra $5 million needed to…
A MAN refuelled a green Holden ute at a service station on Baxter-Tooradin Road, Baxter, and left without paying, Saturday…
TOOLS and equipment were stolen from the Western Port Men’s Shed sometime over the weekend, 15-16 June. The haul included…
HASTINGS police have thanked the public for help in identifying a man and a woman shown on CCTV allegedly stealing…
SOMERVILLE Highway Patrol members say they are doing their bit to “relieve traffic congestion and improve road safety on Frankston…
THE COMPLEXITIES of parent-child relationships, family conflicts and rising living costs are some of the hidden factors behind elder abuse…
ROSEBUD Primary students and residents of Rosebud Retirement Village both get a lot of enjoyment out of the school’s interactive…
FLOODED footpaths and overflowing gutters after heavy rains like we had last week in Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, are bad…