A BOOK launched in Mornington last week comes about after a chat between an author and a Main Street book…
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A GREEN sea turtle found sick and tired on a Rye beach last August is now back at sea somewhere…
A “50 Shades of Grey” adoption promotion ending next Sunday (25 March) is aimed at finding new homes for 30…
CRISIS accommodation is now available for women, children and their pets fleeing family violence. The Eastern Domestic Violence Service (EDVOS)…
A STRONG show of public support helped swing the vote in favour of building a 50-metre swimming pool at a…
SENIOR police on the Mornington Peninsula are pleased with the drop in crime across almost all categories over the past…
AS part of its commitment to become “carbon neutral” Mornington Peninsula Shire is trying out electric cars with a view…
CLOSE friends and family of Joel Hawkins gathered on a Dromana roadside last Saturday near where the 17-year-old cyclist was…
Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit today charged a teenage girl following a fatal crash in Frankston last year.…
An off-duty police officer fought off a man armed with a knife in an attempted aggravated carjacking in Frankston. The…
THE Western Port Biosphere organisation wants volunteer citizen scientists to help keep an eye on foxes. The biosphere has been…
HASTINGS volunteer Sue King is out to encourage more people to be involved with Peninsula Health’s community advisory group. “I…
CONSULTANTS have drawn up an $80.3 million plan for a Stony Point to Phillip Island car ferry service. The business…
PARENTS, pupils and staff at Tootgarook Primary School were in shock on Friday after learning of the death of eight-year-old…
AN old TV set, ceramic pipe, umbrella, bike helmet, 900-amp jump starter and two plastic drums were added to the…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council will continue childcare services formerly offered by Mornington Community Contact. Parents were left wondering where to…
ALTERNATIVE car parking spaces will be made available to commuters while Frankston train station is redeveloped. Works will see 120…
TWO brothers out fishing in a “tinnie” two kilometres off Mornington are lucky to be alive after being rescued by…
ROAD rules were ignored near the epicentre of Sunday’s Mt Martha Triathlon. There was little evidence of the normal courtesies…
THE triathlon which turned Mt Martha’s main road into a racetrack last weekend was described as an overwhelming success by…
POLICE fired three shots at a stolen car during a dramatic pursuit along back roads in Red Hill, Dromana and…
KANGAROOS and wallabies may be more safely crossing Mornington Peninsula roads at night thanks to a trial of electronic signs…
SHEY Osborne “still doesn’t have words” to describe her emotions after searching for, and finally meeting, her father Michael Thorne…
MORNINGTON Peninsula residents are being asked their views on future uses of land within the green wedge zone. The zone…
A TOOTGAROOK mother with a sick daughter is training for a gruelling 120 kilometre walk to raise money for the…
Police are investigating after their van was rammed by a vehicle in Hastings earlier this morning. Officers attempted to intercept…
A teenage girl has died in hospital following a crash in Carrum Downs on Friday. It is believed a car…
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a 41-year-old woman following the death of a child in Tootgarook yesterday (8 March). Police…
Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy in Tootgarook this afternoon. Police attended the Alma Street…
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing Rosebud woman Alanna Johnstone. The 20-year-old was last seen at…