Renaming town ‘unsound way to go’
A PROPOSAL to change the name of Rosebud West to Capel Sound was delivered to the shire council last week but it appears to be on shaky ground as many residents push back against the idea. Fourteen r...
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Panel backs South East Water
STATE government utility South East Water is one giant step closer to selling off a disused reservoir in Mt Eliza for housing. A planning panel has ruled in favour of the 2.8-hectare reservoir on the...
Spring start for $1.2m youth centre
MORNINGTON’S $1.2 million youth centre in Wilsons Rd will likely open in September as work to convert an old classroom block nears completion. Contractors are refurbishing half of the former Morningt...
Aldi to open second front
THE shopping complex Peninsula Home on Bungower Rd, Mornington, next to Bunnings will get a new restaurant and an Aldi supermarket, the second in the town. Formerly known as Peninsula Homemaker Centr...
Helicopters sparked ‘green’ email group
A PENINSULA-based email “clearing house” that distributed environmental and planning information to about 200 members is set to fold. Peninsula Exchange Inc – Pen-X for short – was started in 2006 by...
Greens give to MP’s autism walk, call for more support
MORNINGTON Peninsula Greens have donated money to Flinders MP Greg Hunt’s Walk for Autism. The $100 donation was handed to Mr Hunt, the federal environment minister, during his lunch break at Rye las...
Gondola plan to get going in summer 2016
THE Labor state government and Arthurs Seat Skylift have signed a 50-year lease for the gondola chairlift, Environment Minister Lisa Neville announced on Monday last week. Mornington Peninsula Shire ...
Litter cash after call ‘copy Sydney’
THE state government is offering money for a new round of litter prevention projects in an attempt to clean up waterways, canals, drains, rivers and creeks feeding Port Phillip. Environment Minister ...
Snags will sizzle for new pier
MORNINGTON pier’s new outer section will open on Saturday week, Ports Minister Luke Donnellan announced last Thursday when he visited the town’s iconic structure with members of the Parks Victoria bo...
Federal $6m for threatened species
GOOD news for the endangered hooded plover and other species last week with environment minister and Flinders MP Greg Hunt announcing a five-year threatened species strategy that will see $6.6 millio...
