PENINSULA Grammar made 13 non-teaching roles redundant in a major staffing shake-up before this week’s resumption of the second term.…
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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…
SURFER Beau Telley’s fun day in the water ended before it started. Instead of riding waves at a point break…
Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested a man after a number of criminal damage offences were committed in…
SWIMMING pool and spa owners on the Mornington Peninsula have until Monday 1 June to register them with the council…
THE battering ram called COVID-19 has placed enormous stress on staff at the Mount Martha-based Fusion Mornington Peninsula. Some staff…
STAFF at a Mount Eliza florist were terrified when they spied an intruder lurking in the darkness early on Mother’s…
ANGLERS could not resist the lure of the bay and golfers were destined to seek their fairway to scorecard heaven…
PENINSULA Grammar will stand down staff in the school’s administration, marketing and maintenance departments”. The Mount Eliza private school, which…
ANIMAL management breaches prompted Mornington Peninsula Shire officers to issue 587 infringements during the first three months of the year.…
Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors last week held their first virtual council meeting. Like schoolchildren and businesses throughout the country, councillors…
By Barry Morris* BALCOMBE Estuary Reserves Group has warned of an “environmental disaster” if sediment continues to fill the estuary…
LONG time environmental campaigner Chris Chandler died of cancer on 30 April. Articulate and well-researched, Mr Chandler, who lived on…
THE state government is under pressure to “do the right thing” and delay making any decision on power company AGL’s…
ALTHOUGH there is no shortage of days dedicated to particular issues, some frivolous and many that draw attention to worthy…
DESPITE being hit by high winds and storms, work continues on the sandbag seawall at Portsea’s front beach. New sandbags…
EXTRA measures to ensure those experiencing domestic, family and sexual violence know where to get help during the coronavirus pandemic.…
HASTINGS police arrested and charged a Gippsland couple with a range of offences last week. The couple, in their 20s,…
A WOMAN arrested at Rye last week has been charged with 11 counts of burglary of homes and holiday homes…
THE Peninsula Community Legal Centre is offering free over-the-phone legal assistance during the coronavirus crisis. The centre can help with…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire will support small scale residential village-style accommodation for low-income earners away from the foreshore as part of…