WESTERN Port Secondary College students embraced the brave new world of remote flexible learning during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Years 11…
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THE state opposition has waded into the debate over the time being given for the public to comment on an…
IN May two residents who live at Village Glen were widely celebrated as they enjoyed their centurion birthdays. What an…
A MOTORIST who copped an $85 fine for parking in a space reserved for boat trailers at Safety Beach may…
NEW regulations proposed for beach boxes will eventually see their ownership restricted to Mornington Peninsula residents or ratepayers. At present,…
A MAN allegedly stole two bottles of alcohol from a Hastings bottle shop, 9.30pm, Friday 15 May. Police said he…
POLICE found more than expected when they searched a car during a routine intercept in a Mornington street, 3.40am, Tuesday…
MORNINGTON Senior Sergeant Paul Edwards said the relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions was “not the time to think everything’s back to…
ON National Sorry Day, Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors rejected adopting an Aboriginal name for the $50 million aquatic centre being…
BORDER Watch officers have asked Mornington Yacht Club members to “look out for anything suspicious when [they are] out on…
THE state government has given $5 million towards the $22 million redevelopment of the ferry precinct at Sorrento. Nepean MP…
Police have allegedly busted a probationary driver speeding and drink driving in Mornington. Members from Mornington Police Station pulled over…
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 30-year-old Somerville man Nathan Shannon. Nathan was last seen in…
RETIREMENT village operator Ryman Healthcare says it scaled back plans for a multi-storey development in Kunyung Road, Mount Eliza, to…
THIRTEEN captive-bred orange-bellied parrots have been released in Western Port. This is the first time the critically endangered parrots have…
A COLOURFUL sign woven into the fence at Crib Point clearly showed power company AGL is not welcomed by all…
MORNINGTON’S Mr Movies has drawn the curtains for the last time on his three screens in Main Street. Mornington Cinemas…
A HERITAGE locomotive number plate (above) was stolen from the Mornington Railway Preservation Society’s depot at Moorooduc in an early…
CAR owners may breathe a little easier with the arrest of a Mount Martha man over a spate of late…
PENINSULA Grammar made 13 non-teaching roles redundant in a major staffing shake-up before this week’s resumption of the second term.…
MORNINGTON footwear manufacturer Bata is donating shoes to health care workers fighting COVID-19. The offer is part of the company’s…
Clarification (The News 2/6/2020): VETS on the Mornington Peninsula are regulated as to what they can and cannot do with…
AUSTRALIANS reportedly lose more money on gambling each year, per person, than residents of any other country. Encouraging them to…
VULNERABLE members of the community are “working off” unpaid fines rather than spiralling into depression at the mere thought of…
COPPING an $85 fine for parking in a space reserved for boat trailers has a Safety Beach resident seeing red.…
STUDENTS Molly, Sara, Isla and Grace were jumping for joy when they found out their classmates would soon be joining…
THREE Mornington Peninsula “hot spots” for vehicle collisions with wildlife, especially eastern grey kangaroos, are being assessed for a trial…
POINT Nepean Men’s Shed members are cock-a-hoop after receiving shire approval to build a shed for their mobile workshop van…
THE first whales of the 2020 season have been spotted off the Mornington Peninsula’s Number 16 beach. In between Blairgowrie…
THE Better Buses campaign has been hailed as Mornington Peninsula Shire’s “most successful advocacy and community engagement to date”. The…