Restaurant patrons help feed the needy
A CHANCE conversation has led to a meals program being cooked up for needy clients of Mornington Community Information and Support Centre. It began when Mt Martha restaurant Volpino owner David Weill...
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Policing in a state of emergency
AVOIDING close contact with other people is a luxury police cannot afford. Their role in the state of emergency brought on by COVID-19 is a combination of things they have never done before and thing...
Quarantine station, where life was lived apart
THE Quarantine Station at Point Nepean played a vital role in keeping early Victorians well away from those carrying disease, with a period of intense activity to shield the colony from the Spanish F...
Shire tips are open to all
POLICE have given assurances they will take no action against residents legitimately dumping rubbish at Mornington Peninsula Shire’s transfer station in Watt Road after identifying it an “essential s...
Milestone for childhood sweethearts
AN “iconic” Mornington couple who have contributed to their community over the past 50 years will celebrate their 60th anniversary on Thursday 23 April. Noel and Pauline Scott were planning a big lun...
Fears of rise in family violence
A DROMANA woman who has been volunteering as a family violence victim advocate for the past three years fears enforced isolation because of the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to an increase in abuse. Ger...
Police patrols on lookout for holidaymakers
HOLIDAYMAKERS visiting the Mornington Peninsula over Easter and planning to stay at holiday rentals, such as Airbnb properties, run the risk of being turned around and sent home. Somerville CIU Senio...
Search goes on for missing men
POLICE hold grave concerns for two fishermen who went missing on Western Port Bay, Sunday 5 April. The men, aged 20 and 33, set out in their tinnie from Flinders boat ramp about 6am and have not been...
Friends, neighbours bale out trail riders
A PLEA for feed or the use of pasture to graze their 60 horses during the COVID-19 virus has proven positive for Gunnamatta Trail Rides. Proprietors Karen and Bekim Alija said a letterbox drop to nea...
Morning mayhem on Peninsula Link
A MAN died in a three-vehicle collision at Frankston South, Friday 3 April. He was the driver of a van which was extensively damaged when it hit a four-wheel-drive causing it to crash into a truck no...
