New CEO to oversee Oberon ’s key projects
NEIL Armstrong, above, has been appointed CEO for the next two years of the Western Port Oberon Association. A justice of the peace and a former Mornington Shire councillor and a board member of Metr...
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Snake in the grass
THE discovery of an illegal eastern corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus) at Hastings has prompted police to ask if anyone has information about it or any other exotic species of reptile. The white snak...
Drivers wanted
EXPERIENCED drivers are being sought to help supervise learner drivers as part of the Transport Accident Commission’s L2P Program on the southern Mornington Peninsula. The program is paid for by the ...
March close for bank
THE demise of suburban bank branches is continuing with the Rosebud branch of the ANZ shutting its doors on 18 March 2021. The bank’s general manager for Victoria Michael Wake reeled off what have no...
Budget help to probe Buruli
APART from national issues, the federal budget contained few specific finance packages for the Mornington Peninsula. The largest was nearly $1.5 million for Stopping Buruli ulcer in Victoria, the fle...
Police looking out for flashers over summer
MORNINGTON police are planning to step up patrols against flashers on the foreshore between Mount Eliza and Mount Martha this summer. Senior Sergeant Paul Edwards said the problem was “not of epidemi...
Wind delivers knock-down blow
STRONG winds brought down a gum tree in Esperance Court, Mount Martha last week. “The tree narrowly missed a child when it fell, 5.30pm, Thursday 8 October,” resident Klaas Kalma said. “It could have...
Carjacking arrest
A ROSEBUD man has been charged with aggravated carjacking, false imprisonment and a raft of driving offences after he allegedly stole a taxi at knife point and forced the driver to sit in the passeng...
Jeep, pc stolen
A BLACK Jeep was stolen from a property in Balnarring last week. Hastings Senior Sergeant Warren Francis-Pester said the thief entered the back door of the Balnarring Beach Road house and stole the c...
Time to burn
BURNING-OFF restrictions will be eased on small properties during October. Open air burning is permitted 9am-4pm, Fridays and Saturdays, on blocks between 500-1500 square metres, provided that the pr...
