THE new executive committee of the Disabled Surfers Association Mornington Peninsula Branch (DSAMP) went to Point Leo last week for…
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By Barry Morris TV footage of bombed-out cities, streams of people fleeing war or persecution, the tiny body of a…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council will push the state government to fully finance a $80.3 million car ferry link between Stony…
HEADS turned and diners whispered … hey, isn’t that Hillary Clinton at that table over there? The US former First…
WILDLIFE carers are apprehensive as they wait to hear from VicRoads about timelines for the second round of clearing vegetation…
THE federal government has promised $225 million to extend the metropolitan train line from Frankston to Baxter. The money is…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Bryan Payne thinks the floating gas terminal proposal for Crib Point is “a good thing”.…
A KUNYUNG Primary School pupil is speaking out about what he sees as the evils of factory farming of domestic…
A PHONE scammer who nearly tricked a Mornington man into handing over his credit card details and paying a bogus…
By Barry Morris SCOTLAND’S Loch Ness has its monster and Balcombe Estuary at Mt Martha has its . . .…
EVEN at 90, Hans Bruner is not the type of guy to sit down and take it easy. A member…
By Barry Irving RYE Junior fire brigade members and 1st Tootgarook Cub Scouts enjoy getting together each year to promote…
WITH a state election due in November, the Mornington Peninsula Greens and its supporters are out and about in the…
CLASSICAL musician, Sean Ross, echoes claims by the Spanish artist Salvador Dali that his art was influenced by memories from…
SKYE local Melanie Rees was able to spend every precious last moment with her late husband Joel in hospital before…
WORK has started to restore a 150-year-old Anglican church at Moorooduc. The church, built in 1863, had been left unused…
A WOMAN who allegedly stole a mobile phone while grocery shopping in Frankston last month is being sought by police.…
PASSING motorists alerted Somerville Highway Patrol police to a woman who they said was “blind drunk”, 4.30pm, Friday 28 April.…
A SIX-MONTH mosquito trapping program is being conducted by Mornington Peninsula Shire to help eradicate the Buruli ulcer. The measure…
THE state and federal governments are being urged to upgrade old water recycling infrastructure in a move to “drought proof…
Missing camper Sebastian Orefors has been located on a farming property in Toora North earlier this morning. Sebastian walked to…
FLU vaccines are available free for children over six months and under five years through Mornington Peninsula Shire’s immunisation service.…
FOND memories of 47 dachshunds gleefully running amok at her swimming pool for dogs a few years back still makes…
A GROUNDSWELL of opposition is building to AGL’s floating gas terminal at Crib Point and a hydrogen gas to liquid…
NUDE bathers in undesignated areas at Moondah beach, Mt Eliza, risk being fined under the Summary Offence Act. The issue…
FOUR men were arrested following police investigations of an aggravated burglary in Flinders early on Monday 23 April. Detective Harry…
WHILE most people know to slow down when they see an emergency vehicle ahead with red and blue lights flashing,…
TWO men with their faces covered threatened staff at the Hungry Jacks restaurant in Nepean Highway, Mornington, last week before…
MORNINGTON MP David Morris says Ryman Healthcare’s plans for a multi-million dollar retirement village and nursing home at Moondah Estate,…
SCIENTISTS and health experts have joined forces in the battle to stop the spread of the debilitating Buruli ulcer. The…