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EFFORTS to save an historic section of Flinders pier have been reinforced with Mornington Peninsula Shire Council voting unanimously to…

FLAMES and smoke billowing over the past week from ESSO’s Long Island Point fractionation plant occurred because a customer had…

HOMICIDE Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Frankston on Saturday. The man’s body…

SURFERS driving to breaks along Boneo Road, from Rosebud to Flinders, were being checked for breaching the five-kilometre limit last…

MORNINGTON Peninsula Highway Patrol police are gearing up for a big AFL Grand Final long weekend. They will be taking…

TWO Mornington residents were awoken by a man possibly armed with a gun last week. Detective Senior Sergeant Eddie Lagonder,…

PLANS to expand Eco Park, Mount Martha, will be brought back to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council for approval before tenders…

COMMUNITY batteries each able to power up to 280 homes could be installed across the peninsula as part of a…

THE Mornington Peninsula and Frankston are considered self-harm “hot spots” with some of the highest suicide rates in Melbourne. The…

TWO men have been arrested over a series of burglaries and thefts on the Mornington Peninsula. Somerville CIU detectives with…

MORNINGTON boat builder Mal Hart last week launched a $2.8 million rough-weather boat, pictured, for the Tasmanian police. The Nautilus,…

A CAR at Mornington and two others at Frankston were among dozens targeted by thieves for their catalytic converters –…

THE driver of a car caught speeding at Tyabb last week will have to dig deep. The woman, 28, of…

A CAR allegedly stolen from outside a house at Dromana on the weekend was involved in a police pursuit and…

CFA crews took two hours to rescue an elderly man after his car crashed over a barrier and ran down…

POLICE have arrested and charged a Blairgowrie woman who allegedly posed online as a dog breeder and tricked potential buyers…

EQUINE vet Adam Matthews and Mornington trainer Lisa Enright have been questioned by police as part of an ongoing investigation…

FOUR top jockeys who were fined last week for breaching COVID-19 restrictions have been suspended by Racing Victoria for the…

AS if lockdown was not bad enough, United Energy made things a little harder for some Tyabb families last week…

POLICE are searching for men, above, who allegedly stole alcohol from the Thirsty Camel Bottle Shop on Nepean Highway, Mornington,…

A WELFARE agency that provides support services to disadvantaged people on the Mornington Peninsula is grappling with a range of…

Police are investigating a collision on Mornington Peninsula Freeway yesterday. A white Ford ute was reportedly driving erratically about 4.30pm…

THE Port of Hastings Authority has been fined $20,000 at Frankston Magistrate’s Court for unauthorised vegetation removal in February 2020.…

IT is lockdown No.6 and one year since Hastings-based photographer Celia Furt warned against feeding junk food to birds. Furt…