DESPI O’Connor will donate the $12,164 she was paid by Mornington Peninsula Shire while contesting last month’s federal election to community organisations. O’Connor, one of 10 candidates for seat of…

ALTHOUGH now into the sixth year of a five-year plan to achieve “carbon neutrality”, Mornington Peninsula Shire dropped $200,000 from its $273 million budget earmarked to buy credits from “offset”…

MORE than 700 signatures are on a petition protesting at Mornington Peninsula Shire’s plan for social housing to be built on a reserve at Capel Sound. Residents say they are…

THE opening of 75-tonne travelling lift crane at Yaringa Boat Harbour, Somerville, is expected to boost boat building and servicing opportunities. The mobile crane will enable businesses at the marina…

MORE than 1000 beach box owners on the Mornington Peninsula are facing a 4.6 to 4.8 per cent rate rise as their beachside assets have increased in value. The highly…

A SHELTER belt and biolink for the Mornington Peninsula’s koala population was created over the weekend with the planting of 900 trees. Despite blisteringly cold conditions, volunteers booted up and…

MORNINGTON Cycling Club will host their season’s highlight, the MCC Road Club Championships, in Main Ridge on Saturday 10 November. The sixth annual Road Club Championships concludes a tremendous year…

MORNINGTON-based trainer, Logan McGill, has a seriously quick horse on his hands. The four-year-old son of Written Tycoon, Written Choice, made it back-to-back victories for the trainer on Friday 26…

SOCCER BAXTER and Frankston Pines have hit the ground running with preparations for next season. Last week Baxter announced that Robert Mathieson was the new assistant to head coach George…