Serious issues behind annual fun match
A SOCIAL match at Tyabb Cricket Club this week will focus attention on an incident that shocked the country back in 2014: the murder of young Luke Batty by his father at cricket training. The 2021 Lu...
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Lib bid to ban quarry
DRAWINGS by children opposed to the proposed Hillview quarry at Arthurs Seat have been shown in state parliament and included in Hansard. About 50 children wrote letters and drew pictures last month ...
Fight to save peninsula’s kangaroos
ENVIRONMENTALISTS, animal protection groups and landowners are concerned that kangaroos may become extinct on the Mornington Peninsula. There are no reliable statistics of kangaroo numbers on the pen...
Dogs and dolphins ‘don’t mix’
DOLPHINS have become victims of their own popularity when they come close to shore in Western Port. After years of becoming an attraction at Balnarring for appearing to swim alongside racehorses bein...
Drivers warned of school risks
SOMERVILLE Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to slow down at school zones as the school year resumes. Police will strictly enforce the 40kph speed limits and be on the lookout for unsafe driving be...
Player remembered
TRIBUTES flowed on social media for Frankston Bombers footballer Ben Tournier, pictured, who died after his car struck power poles and rolled in Mornington, 12.15am on Australia Day. Police believe T...
Teens arrested
THREE teenagers have been arrested following a series of alleged incidents on the Mornington Peninsula as well as at Carrum Downs, Bendigo, Bentleigh, Blackburn, and Toorak, from 1-5 January. The thr...
Operation Unity gets results
HAVING no marine-related injuries or collisions between boats or jet-skis over the Australia Day weekend proved the success of Operation Unity, police say. Peninsula police teamed up with the Water P...
Australia Day awards for ‘community givers’
MORNINGTON Peninsula Citizen of the Year Julie Saunders puts her community first. Like others named in the shire’s Australia Day Local Awards last week, she has spent years working to improve the liv...
Shire backs down on tin-rattle ban
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council says it is not responsible for telling Rye CFA not to hold its annual tin rattle on the first weekend in January. Despite sending an email saying the tin rattle cou...
