Rage ramps up over ‘neglect’
THE state government is being urged to hurry up its takeover of managing Mornington Peninsula’s boat launching ramps. It is believed the state of the boat ramps was high on the agenda during a recent...
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Tennis heads roll in hard ball game
IT HAS been a tough 12 months on and off the court for Mornington Tennis Club. The board of the 100-year-old club was taken to the County Court of Victoria by its coaching services provider Elite Ten...
Grassroots bid to block retirement village
SAVE Reg’s Wedge campaigners have been letterboxing, handing out flyers, and “donating time and money in grassroots, community campaign” to stop the proposed Ryman Healthcare development at Mount Eli...
Landowner seeks help to avoid rabbit takeover
A HASTINGS man is fed up with the lack of support he is receiving in trying to control rabbits coming onto his property. Colin Fitches said the rabbits were from a much larger property behind his 0.8...
Litter problem shown up by clean-up
A GRAPHIC illustration of the amount of litter on beaches was highlighted when a Beach Patrol event at Mount Martha collected 151 kilograms in one hour. “After many months of no organised clean ups d...
Court reacts hard to concrete dumper
A POLLUTER has been fined $50,000 in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for illegally dumping tonnes of concrete along roadsides, many on the Mornington Peninsula. Kashyap Shingari, who pleaded guilty,...
Village goes to market
THE pending sale of the Mornington Village Shopping Centre will “test the market as the first core Victorian neighbourhood shopping centre offering of 2021”. Agent Stonebridge Property Group says the...
Arrest but no charges after ‘screams in the night’
NEIGHBOURS rushed to help when they heard a woman’s screams coming from bushland near Rosebud Tennis Club, 9.45pm, Saturday 13 February. One resident, who asked not to be named, said he and others ca...
Firefighters behind cheeky campaign
THE Only Butt campaign is a finalist in the prestigious Community Banksia Awards coming up on 24 March. The campaign – devised by 2020 Victorian Local Hero and Australian of the Year Josie Jones – ai...
On the road again
TWO 93-year-olds went for a “run” together to last weekend’s Hastings Cruise Night at Westernport Marina. One was a car – a 1928 Kissel of the type that was all the rage in the glamorous days of earl...
