Author Archives: Stephen Taylor

Shire calls for help to protect green wedge

August 31, 2020
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council wants residents to back its push to have Planning Minister Richard Wynne sign off on an amendment to the peninsula’s planning scheme. The amendment seeks to shield ...

Farm gates going ‘outside’ to source produce

August 31, 2020
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council is on a collision course with farms selling “farm gate produce” not grown or produced there or on neighbouring properties. While the shire says it is “committed to ...

Budget affected by COVID-19

August 24, 2020
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council’s half-year finances had been “sharply impacted” by the effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns forcing it to make $3 million in cuts while facing a predicted $6.4 millio...

Ageing now seen as a ‘positive’ event

August 24, 2020
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council last week adopted a draft five-year positive ageing strategy while acknowledging the “growing body of evidence… [that] the social and economic contributions of the ...

Cyclists want to close ‘gaps’ in trail

August 24, 2020
THE Bicycle Network – previously Bicycle Victoria – is urging Mornington Peninsula residents to provide feedback to the shire’s plans to “improve the cycling experience on the peninsula”. The RideSaf...

Wreath honours brave, but neglected, service

August 18, 2020
HASTINGS police laid a wreath at the cenotaph at Hastings commemorating the war service of veterans representing US Army Small Ships, Saturday 15 August. The small service performed by Acting Sergean...

Shire, aero club head for VCAT showdown

August 18, 2020
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council has taken the unprecedented step of publicly airing its grievances with the Peninsula Aero Club in the form of a “position statement” before the two parties headed ...

Long life (still) being well lived

August 17, 2020
AGE offers insight and understanding; it provides a well-rounded perspective on life’s events often overlooked by a youth-focused society. The benefits of longevity certainly haven’t been lost on Mor...

Savage attack during daily dog walk

August 17, 2020
A RYE woman says she will never again walk her dogs in her street after they were savagely mauled by what she thinks is an American pit bull. Leila Ivanoff and her 16-year-old, deaf, and almost blind...

Trees axed for firewood

August 11, 2020
VANDALS are chopping down trees at a Crib Point reserve for firewood. Mornington Peninsula Shire Council planning compliance manager Paul Lewis said the council was aware of the illegal felling and w...