MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have voted for the shire’s CEO, Mark Stoermer, to prepare and present a “Climate Resilience Plan” to council, replacing the Climate Emergency Declaration and the Climate…
WHILE Rosebud Hospital will undergo a major $4m refurbishment to boost patient safety, modernise facilities, and improve emergency care access, Member for Nepean Sam Groth has told The News the…
A tragic incident has claimed the life of a person after being struck by a vehicle this morning, 3 October. Emergency services were called to the Boundary Rd, near Jetty…
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build a giant high-tech industry and business park in Somerville is a step closer after Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors backed an independent planning panel’s report.The proposed…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors have voted to endorse a plan that could see height limits raised in Sorrento’s town centre, despite strong community concerns over heritage and coastal character impacts.Under…
THE Mornington Peninsula Fwy is set to be upgraded as part of a state-wide road maintenance blitz.The state government said all roads would be prioritised based on expert assessments and…
MOVES are being made to protect one of Somerville’s few remaining historic treasures, Seaton Carew House, from development.Hastings MP Paul Mercurio has been urged to join the community push to…
By Captain Diana Jennings FROM the Mornington Peninsula to the shores of Gallipoli, Able Seaman Musician Laura Campbell, right, will represent the ADF at the 2024 Anzac Day dawn service…
HASTINGS not-for-profit Kindred Clubhouse has launched a new project to increase mental health awareness and care in the community, while raising money for peer support and homelessness.Kindred Clubhouse offers a…
MPFNL WOMEN’S DIV ONEWARRAGUL Industrials has written its name in the history books by becoming the inaugural MPFNL Women’s premiers in the top division. Warragul Industrials played Mornington in the…
SOCCER HAYDEN Taylor is the new senior coach of Baxter after Saturday’s shock 5-4 loss to visitor Brighton. He replaces his father in a caretaker capacity following Kevin “Squizzy” Taylor’s…
MORNINGTON Peninsula boxer Caitlin Parker is bringing home a bronze medal after making it to the final four in the women’s 75kg division at the Paris Olympic Games. The win…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONEFRANKSTON YCW and Dromana finished all square after a brilliant Tigers fightback last weekend. The Stonecats hosted the ladder-leading Dromana at John Coburn Oval on Saturday. The…
ENDURING 1990s band Chocolate Starfish and the Nola Lauch Band, pictured, will perform in Rosebud on 21 February at a bushfire relief concert. “The need for bushfire relief is still…
A NEW year, new decade and a new era have begun at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery as it enters its 50th anniversary year. The 2020 program celebrates the development, growth,…
PENINSULA-born playwright, Joanna Murray-Smith, tackles the confronting and heartbreaking issue of gun violence in American Song. Originally commissioned by Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, the play tackles the confronting and heartbreaking issue…
PENINSULA Chamber Musicians starts its eighth concert season playing Haydn’s Cello Concerto No 2 with Serbian born virtuoso Svetlana Bogosavljevic. Ingrid Martin, pictured, will return as guest conductor. Mark Fitzpatrick,…
