THE Flinders ocean-front mansion Horizon fell short of its asking price but still topped records when its sale was announced…
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Council chooses to be run without a pledge or a prayer MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council is set to drop the…
By Associate Professor Janet Stanley and Professor John Stanley* THE natural areas of Melbourne are under threat at the same…
RYE and Sorrento CFA crews have a long history of helping the community, but they now need help from the…
SUNDAY 11 July started with such promise. Reignite Democracy Australia Party’s Mornington Peninsula chapter were gathering for an anti-vaxxer ‘rally’…
THE McCrae lighthouse restoration project has received a $1 million grant from Heritage Victoria. The grant will return the 33.5…
A SPATE of “mindless vandalism” at Rosebud Heart Soccer Club caused lots of damage but failed to dent members’ spirit…
Politicians are used to debating, but rarely do their sparring words spill over into the public realm as much as…
Joseph Misuraca and Keith Platt FORMER Liberal Dunkley MP Chris Crewther wants the chance to regain the seat he lost…
MORNINGTON and Mount Martha residents are questioning the suitability of a three-storey development set to combine a 96-place childcare centre…
THE Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has knocked back Ryman Healthcare’s proposed retirement village at Mt Eliza. The VCAT hearing…
CHANGES to state electoral boundaries see Labor as having a small winning margin in two of the Mornington Peninsula’s three…
A DAMAGED car found in Lyall Street, Hastings, last week led to the arrest of a man allegedly involved in…
THE state coroner is investigating the death of a Padua College student whose body was found at The Pillars cliff…
THE NAPIER Street Plaza facelift at Rye is complete. The revamped space in the township is designed to be a…
VOICES are being heard and issues being raised across the Mornington Peninsula in the search for an independent election candidate…
WORK to redevelop the Sorrento ferry terminal precinct is awaiting state government approval. Mornington Peninsula Shire is working with Searoad…
THE stricken Otama submarine is likely to be towed closer into the shallows at Crib Point to stop it sinking…
ROGER McMillan Real Estate Dromana is negotiating with “multiple bidders” after Arthurs Hotel atop Arthurs Seat was passed in at…
THE installation of an illuminated advertising sign out front of the Arcare Aged Care home being built at Balnarring is…
A BOY’S body was found at the Pillars, Mount Martha, on Saturday morning, 26 June. Sergeant Daniel Patton, of Mornington…
TWO cars were stolen from a house at Mount Martha, Saturday 26 June. Sergeant Daniel Patton, of Mornington police, said…
FANCIED competitors in the Australian Ninja Warrior TV show which returned to Channel 9 last week train together on the…
NEW bike tracks and an increased capacity to respond to coastal hazards are features of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council’s…
THE stakes in the war-of-words over the catching of giant spider crabs at Rye and Blairgowrie took a strong political…
SPEED limits in a host of Dromana streets will be cut to 40kph. This follows the Safer Residential Areas community…
PENINSULA Community Legal Centre has praised recent changes to Victoria’s rental laws, which include the introduction of “basic standards” and…
THE pending removal of a row of 150-year-old cypress trees at Sorrento is upsetting some residents. Mornington Peninsula Shire is…
THE capital improved value of residential properties on the Mornington Peninsula rose 9.04 per cent in the year to January…
THE new Marna Reserve netball courts have opened at Dromana. The $530,000 upgrade is open to sporting clubs and the…