EXAMS are over and six years of secondary college are completed, so now it’s time to unwind. Mornington Peninsula Shire…
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By Hugh Fraser* WASTE was offensive and stuck in the ground to be forgotten until typhoid and cholera reared their…
A SIZEABLE majority of voters across the federal electorates of Dunkley and Flinders backed same-sex marriage in the marriage equality…
THE decision to lease out the running of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s aquatic and leisure centres to Belgravia Leisure has been…
FORMER deputy mayor Cr Bryan Payne, of Nepean ward, is the new mayor of Mornington Peninsula Shire. The now retired…
SHORT-TERM rental provider Stayz wants proposed local laws regulating “party houses” on the Mornington Peninsula to be rescinded once the…
SOUTHERN Peninsula Food For All president Ken Northwood said a large donation from the Southern Peninsula Community Fund had boosted…
Somerville Highway Patrol are appealing for witnesses after a car collided into a tow truck on Peninsula Link on Monday.…
THE Atticus Health Medical Clinic in Carrum has received a welcome shot in the arm as the winners of the…
A BRAND new vessel, purpose built to operate the French Island Ferry service, has arrived in Westernport Bay this week…
REMEMBRANCE Day came into its own this year when 200 St Joseph’s Primary School children and their parents laid a…
THE ability to provide a quick refuelling stop to police search-and-rescue helicopters proved the worth of the new heliport at…
“The Voice of the Peninsula”, community radio station RPP FM, has opened its first pop-up studio, away from its Mornington…
THE Mornington Peninsula Regional Group of the Order of Australia Association held its 2017 Annual Schools Award ceremony at Beleura…
A PLUMBING problem continues to plague the two main swimming pools at the Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre. The PARC’s main…
PIPING in the haggis was a highlight of the 60-year celebration party put on by the Rydels of Dromana and…
LIBRARY users are being invited to have their say on proposed new opening hours at Hastings, Mornington, Rosebud and Somerville…
AN electrical fire which started in power lines caused $30,000 damage to an elevated holiday house at Rye, 8pm, Monday…
POLICE breath-tested about 14,000 drivers in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Shire council areas over the Melbourne Cup long weekend…
A CARER information and support advocate will work two days a week at the Uniting Church, Rosebud, to assist those…
A UNION for the unemployed may seem like a contradiction in terms but that’s exactly what an organisation setting up…
CONTINENTAL Hotel proprietor Julian Gerner has put the historic Sorrento pub back on the market after “coming to the conclusion…
OWNERS of so-called “party houses” on the Mornington Peninsula will be in for a tougher time if a new local…
MORNINGTON Peninsula residents are being offered access to new, free, mental health support services as part of a federal government…
Police are searching for a number of people following an aggravated burglary in Bittern this morning. It is believed three…
HUMAN remains found washed up on the beach at Fingal are thought to be those of a 78-year-old fisherman who…
A PLEDGE by the state government to run “more trains, more often” along the Frankston line has been welcomed by…
THREE phone towers will be built at Tuerong, Tuerong West and Main Ridge West. They will offer “consistent mobile coverage…
A SECOND rally to Save Mornington Pound Animals’ Lives will be held outside the Mornington Shire Offices, Queen St, later…
ENVIRONMENTAL group BERG Mt Martha is celebrating what it regards as a “vital step”, in conjunction with Mornington Peninsula Shire,…