Hall hire hike puts squeeze performers

STUDENTS and community groups are facing higher rental charges following a rise in prices to use Mornington Peninsula Shire’s community halls and meeting rooms. Regular hirers were invited to informa...

Upset at high-density housing

A ROW is brewing over a proposed high-density housing estate in Mt Martha in which 47 units and townhouses will be crammed onto one big block. The 180 Bentons Rd site with its existing large, old hom...

Long ride to deliver message of comfort

A CFA career firefighter is riding across Victoria to raise awareness of mental health as a result of his experience with depression. Wangaratta-based operations officer Terry Heafield stopped off at...

Ram raiders leave trail of destruction

RAM-RAIDERS have crashed their way into five businesses at Pearcedale, Somerville, Baxter, Langwarrin and Frankston. They used a stolen Suzuki Swift, an Isuzu utility and crowbars to smash through th...

Crop in police hands

POLICE are praising “astute members of the public” for helping them seize a massive haul of cannabis in Rosebud last Thursday. Sergeant Chris Russo, of Mornington Peninsula CIU, said 164 plants were ...

Dixon chooses ‘life’ over politics

NEPEAN MP Martin Dixon says the realisation that “life can be too short” is behind his decision to retire from politics at the 2018 state election. The “life” reference refers to his former wife and ...

Single lanes for safety

A ROSEBUD road with an unenviable crash history is set for a safety upgrade next month. Works will begin on Eastbourne Rd between Jetty Rd and Boneo Rd which Mornington Peninsula mayor Cr Graham Pitt...

Woman saved in house fire

FIREFIGHTERS from Rosebud and Rye had to break down a laundry door to rescue a woman trapped in a burning house in Coleman Crescent, Rosebud, early this morning (Wednesday 10 August). The woman aged ...

Fishermen swim to safety after boat flips

THREE Balnarring fishermen were lucky to survive hypothermia after being forced to swim 800 metres in freezing waters, 6pm Saturday (6 August). The men, one in his 50s and two in their 30s, were fish...

Pupils inspired by scarecrows

HOW to make a scarecrow? That was one class especially enjoyable for grade 5 pupils at Eastbourne Primary School. Red Hill artist Michael Leeworthy was at the Rosebud West school as part of the Morni...