IT’S been an “extraordinarily busy” start to 2019 for members of the Rye CFA – and especially the 16 firefighters…
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“IT was good to see people still have good hearts.” Elderly Rosebud resident Maureen Baldwin was speaking after strangers came…
SAFETY Beach will be the scene of frenetic athletic activity when the Sufferfest Triathlon takes over the foreshore on the…
The left-wing lobby group GetUp! Has selected Flinders Liberal MP Greg Hunt as one of its main “targets” in the…
THE state government has been called on to declare the Mornington Peninsula “drought affected” to quickly help businesses hit hard…
BITTERN’S Patrice Hunder is writing her own chapter in the book of animal husbandry. There are no grand stud farms,…
FARMER Eddie Matt is leading the push by Mornington Peninsula farmers for easier access to Class A treated water going…
FRANKSTON MP Paul Edbrooke has remained tight lipped on the progress of a business case investigating the extension of the…
Clean-Up Australia Day volunteers at Mt Martha are happy to report “significantly less rubbish” being found than in previous years.…
THE proposal by German-based Kaufland for a super store at Mornington remains up in the air despite the company being…
REBEL Liberal-turned-independent MP Julia Banks and Victorian Liberal Party deputy leader Cindy McLeish headline a forum at Langwarrin this month…
WITH no end in sight to the recycling crisis Mornington Peninsula Shire has backed the Municipal Association of Victoria’s plan…
Politicians are being asked to forget their differences and adopt a bipartisan approach to provide the Mornington Peninsula’s “hinterland” with…
Slow ahead: The Safety Beach Coast Guard tows the stricken boat back to calmer waters out from the Rosebud Motor…
Nathan Lesslie, pictured, has been named as the Australian Greens candidate for the seat of Flinders in the May federal…
A SWORD was thrust through the security door of a Mornington house during a dispute, 10.10pm, Wednesday 6 March. Detective…
A HASTINGS man was severely injured in a dispute with another man while riding his bike in Hastings, 11.20am, Tuesday…
PLANS by a Mt Eliza couple for a lifestyle change have been shattered by the finding of a woman’s body…
MANY people living with dementia, as well as their carers, are reluctant to use in-home support services even when they…
WHAT’S been good for women should also be good for men, right? That rationale has led to the creation of…
Fishing charter boat operator Charlie Micallef, who knows a thing or two about catching gummy sharks, believes their numbers are…
A man has died in Port Philip Bay off Mount Eliza this afternoon. Police were called to Daveys Bay, Pelican…
Police want to remind the community to enjoy themselves responsibly across the Mornington Peninsula area over the Labour Day long…
WILDLIFE rescuers have been stunned by the hundreds of native animals killed during last weekend’s searing heat. Australian Wildlife Protection…
TROY Thornton, the former officer-in-charge at Mornington Fire Station who chose to end his life in a Swiss euthanasia clinic…
RESIDENTS in the Dalsten Grove area of Mt Eliza are concerned about the safety of mainly elderly pedestrians near Canadian…
PROTESTERS against the Kaufland “mega store” being built on the Bata Shoes site in Nepean Highway, Mornington are taking to…
IT’S getting hot and crowded on the stairs at Birdrock Beach, Mt Martha. While some visitors are happy to enjoy…
AN animal welfare body offering subsidised cat desexing on the Mornington Peninsula has been kept busy. The Humane Society…
THE discovery of a metre-long tiger snake behind a Dromana fish-and-chip shop was an unwelcome surprise for proprietor June Wu,…