Author Archives: Stephen Taylor

‘Close peninsula’ call to stop virus spread

July 19, 2020
A SOMERS health expert has added her voice to calls the Mornington Peninsula should be excluded from the Greater Melbourne lockdown area to help beat COVID-19. “We need a checkpoint as they have at t...

Mornington store shuts after COVID-19 case

July 16, 2020
THE Telstra store at Mornington Central shopping centre was temporarily closed today (Thursday 16 July) after a staff member contracted coronavirus. Spokesperson Matt Smithson told The News: “A staff...

Tech ‘park’ to bring jobs and growth

July 14, 2020
NAVIGATION technology company Sealite is the major player behind plans for a $540 million technology park at Somerville. The company says the proposed Mornington Peninsula Technology Park will activa...

CEO blocks budget backflip

July 13, 2020
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire CEO John Baker has ended a bid by Cr Hugh Fraser to have the council take a step back and reject a budget adopted at its 23 June meeting. Cr Fraser had sought to overturn d...

Long stay ends with a breath of fresh air

July 13, 2020
IT’S not an accomplishment he aspired to, but Rosebud man Glen Grumont’s long road to recovery from illness has set a record. He was released from Rosebud Hospital last week after a combined seven mo...

Outsiders stay away – mayor

July 13, 2020
THE Mornington Peninsula should be excluded from the metropolitan “lockdown” areas to prevent infected outsiders coming in, the mayor Cr Sam Hearn said last week. He fears residents from hard-hit are...

Business ‘suffers’ from being ‘metro’

July 13, 2020
THE impact of tougher COVID-19 restrictions is “having a dire impact” on  Mornington Peninsula businesses”. The doomsday scenario described by the mayor Cr Sam Hearn followed the state government’s i...

Up front plan to ‘save’ shop

July 13, 2020
HISTORY buff Margaret Howden is waiting to hear back from Heritage Victoria about saving a Mornington shop front from demolition. Ms Howden said the “gorgeous” old hardwood frontage at 27 Main Street...

Budget replay a ‘disaster’

July 6, 2020
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire’s Cr Hugh Fraser says a decision to rewrite the 2020-21 budget is a “disaster for the [peninsula’s] economy at this time”. The shire’s annual budget is normally adopted by ...