MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire councillors will push for a compulsory lobbying policy to be created at local government level to improve transparency and best practice standards. Councillors voted unanimously at their…
The owners of two fast-food franchise stores including one at Rosebud Plaza could be hit with almost $250,000 in fines for allegedly breaching child employment laws. The Donut King operator…
Six people have been taken to hospital after a multi-vehicle crash in Pearcedale on 11 February, which left one car on its roof. Emergency services were called to the incident…
POLICE are investigating after a male damaged an ATM outside Commonwealth bank in Hastings on 5 February. “It’s believed a teenager on a scooter used a hammer to damage the…
Mornington Divisional Response Unit officers have charged a man and woman following a warrant in Safety Beach where they allegedly located a commercial quantity of 1,4 Butanediol and a stolen…
Firefighters contained a scrub fire that spread over two hectares in Cape Schanck, with a water-bombing helicopter called in to tackle the blaze on 6 February. The fire broke out…
MORNINGTON pier was the focus of the town’s attention on Saturday as it provided a safe berth for vessels from the past. Tied to the pier was the 27-metre Enterprize,…
WESTERN Port Community Support prepared 350 hampers of food and toys to be handed out on 13 December during its annual Christmas Giving Program. Businesses, churches, schools, community groups, and…
PEOPLE in need on the Mornington Peninsula and beyond will receive a helping hand this Christmas with South East Water employees raising almost $12,000 through their annual appeal. The Christmas…
CRICKET PROVINCIAL BAXTER overcame a first innings loss to grab an outright win against Sorrento on day two of their match on Saturday On day one, Baxter succumbed to a…
MOUNT Martha 12-year-old Mathew Basso travels the country to race go karts. Basso has just wrapped up the 2022 karting race season by taking out the six-race Victorian country series,…
THE success of the Socceroos in the World Cup is being felt throughout Australia and no more so than at The Den in Bittern. The Den, at Graham Myers Reserve…
CRICKET PROVINCIAL AN eight-wicket masterclass from Jake Wood was the difference between Baxter and Sorrento on Saturday. Sorrento batted first at David Macfarlane Reserve on day one of the two…
PARKS and reserves throughout the southern Mornington Peninsula are holding free winter holiday activities for children. Parks Victoria’s Junior Rangers Program is designed to provide outdoor adventures instead of online…
The who’s who of the peninsula gathered at Sorrento on Friday 23 June to channel their inner “Torvill and Dean” at the launch of Sorrento’s winter pop-up, Skating at Sorrento.…
ROSS Woodward remembers the first record he bought as an 11-year-old in 1974 – Abba’s first UK hit single Waterloo. He bought the band’s second UK hit, too – Mamma…
A GARDENER at Mt Eliza’s Peninsula School unwittingly set comedian Sammy J off a planned legal career garden path and into a world of adventure and justice dispensed by The…
