Rye intercept has some explaining to do
Officers from State Highway Patrol got more than they bargained for following an intercept in Rye last night. Members observed a Honda Civic driving erratically along the Mornington Peninsula Highway...
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Gallery boss told to leave after 16 years
SOMEONE with an intimate knowledge of the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s latest exhibition Sublime Sea – Rapture and Reality won’t be around to admire the paintings. In what is seen as a sho...
Millions poured into beach sand
MILLIONS of dollars in taxpayers’ money is being spent restoring two Mornington Peninsula beaches despite experts being unable to find a permanent solution to sand loss. At Portsea, heavy machinery i...
Time short for burn-offs
THE CFA says there is “still a short window of opportunity” for properties across the Mornington Peninsula to be cleaned up before the start of declared fire danger times on Monday 16 December. If fi...
Man charged after Seaford fatal collision
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 20-year-old man after a fatal crash in Seaford yesterday that claimed the life of a Mount Martha woman. Emergency services were called to ...
Start on Latrobe Valley hydrogen supply
WORK has officially started on a plant in the Latrobe Valley to extract hydrogen gas from brown coal which will be tuned into liquid at Hastings for export to Japan. The liquification plant now being...
Drivers let down by tyre slasher
A TYRE slasher is costing Mt Martha motorists thousands of dollars in repairs and replacements. Using a box cutter or sharp knife the man has slashed the tyres of 23 cars parked outside their owners’...
Peninsula speed limits to be cut
IN a two-year trial the speed limits on 38 shire-managed, high risk sealed rural roads will be reduced to 80kph from mid-December. The state government last week approved appeals from Mornington Peni...
Detectives charge man for Somerville fatality
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision in Somerville on 25 February. It is alleged a utility collided with a motorcycle on Tyabb-Tooradin Road ab...
Peaceful march against violence
SEVERAL hundred people marched through Hastings last Friday (22 November) to show their disgust of family violence. The fifth Taking a Stand Against Family Violence march organised by Westernport Res...
