Author Archives: Stephen Taylor

Arrest after principals report on ‘squatters’

October 19, 2020
REPORTS of underage drinking, graffiti attacks, verbal abuse of neighbours, assaults, throwing rocks and leaving rubbish in Somerville prompted a fast response from Hastings police. Senior Sergeant W...

Signing up against quarry

October 19, 2020
CONSERVATION groups are stepping up their campaign against a proposed quarry right next to Arthur’s Seat State Park. The #SaveArthursSeat petition passed 18,000 signatures last week. “We have seen an...

Court bid over rules

October 19, 2020
NOT one to do things by halves, Sorrento restaurateur Julian Gerner is leading what’s been described as a “novel” and “bold” High Court bid to force a relaxation of Victoria’s tough COVID-19 lockdown...

Trees down as wildlife moves out

October 19, 2020
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire planning compliance officers conducted an “urgent inspection” at a Rye property earlier this month after neighbours complained of unauthorised and extensive tree felling. T...

Cakes on the menu for cancer fight

October 19, 2020
MOUNT Eliza resident Joanne Gunnersen believes Christmas is a time for giving, not receiving, and has seen her bountiful taste treats raise more than $162,000 for the Cancer Council of Victoria over ...

Friends seek unity to fix foreshore

October 19, 2020
THE Friends of Williams Road Beach are pleased that Hengyi Pacific has acknowledged the public open space between its proposed retirement centre at Mount Eliza and the foreshore. The developer is kee...

Hunger pains threaten Big Goose’s future

October 13, 2020
THE proprietor of the Big Goose animal petting farm Justin Orr says, with some irony, that he has never sought charity, but that’s exactly who came to help as he battled to supply food to his animals...

The day a family’s world changed forever

October 12, 2020
NEIL Farnsworth was buying hardware at Red Hill South when he learned his wife and two of his sons had been involved in a horrific car crash on the Point Leo Road, about five minutes’ drive away, ear...

Big screen crowd waits on Grand Final nod

October 12, 2020
DROMANA Drive-In has scored two quick goals in getting permission from the AFL and Channel 7 to live telecast the AFL Grand Final. But the result won’t be known until owner-operators Paul and Shelley...

On a course for success

October 12, 2020
SOPHIE Jackson took after her father and grandfather in learning to sail in the sheltered waters of Mornington harbour beginning in the summer of 2009. Although she was always known around the Mornin...