New faces set to dominate council
JUST five of Mornington Peninsula Shire’s 11 councillors will stand for re-election in October. The five councillors who will recontest their seats are the deputy mayor Kate Roper (Cerberus Ward), Da...
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Ageing now seen as a ‘positive’ event
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 ...
Two women wanted over Mt Eliza cannabis crop
Police from the Southern Metro Divisional Response Unit are seeking public assistance to identify two women in relation to a cannabis crop house in Mt Eliza. Police uncovered a commercial quantity of...
Shire, aero club head for VCAT showdown
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 ...
EES ‘proof’ of gas import plan fears
COMMUNITY group Save Westernport says details of power company AGL’s plans for a gas import terminal at Crib Point have “proven correct the fears of Mornington Peninsula residents”. With just one wee...
Savage attack during daily dog walk
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...
No buts to delaying no-smoking rules
IN a strange twist of fate, Mornington Peninsula Shire’s efforts to combat one known source of death and illness is being hampered by another, totally unexpected threat. However, councillors last wee...
Don’t bet on always keeping a hedge
IN some countries hedges are a thing of wonder. They are regarded as tourist attractions and the life that goes on in and around them is often illustrated in children’s books. But hedges, it seems, a...
Trees axed for firewood
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...
Politics and ‘olde’ law a potent mix at Portsea
A SECTION of Point King Beach, Portsea being claimed by trucking magnate Lindsay Fox is turning into a legal and political quagmire. Not unaccustomed to controversy surrounding his expansive Portsea ...
