Esso smokes to cut gas impacts

BLACK smoke belching from oil-company Esso’s Long Island smoke stacks was part of “scheduled maintenance works on the main process units”, a company spokesman said last week. Communications advisor T...

Foxes on the run in Merricks North

FARMERS near Buckleys Reserve, Merricks North, are being trained to kill foxes and rabbits. The training is part of a feral control project by members of Merricks Coolart Catchment Landcare Group. Di...

Shire ‘no’ to land sale offer

MELBOURNE Water has confirmed it made several unsuccessful attempts to sell a 5.6 hectare piece of prime Rosebud land to the Mornington Peninsula Shire for community use, before applying to have the ...

The Tortoise and The Hair. Turnbull Vs Trump

The following is a reconstruction of the ACTUAL phone call between President Trump and Prime Minister Turnbull done by MPNG’s Stuart McCullough. It does contain FAKE NEWS, such as the claim tha...

BERG Mount Martha working bee

BERG Mount Martha – Sunday working bee information – Sunday 12 February 9am – 12pm WHERE: Meet in carpark at end of Seppelt Ave, as working on hillside above 1st oval. WHEN: Anytime...

Asbestos in reserve

A SECTION of Buckley Reserve in Merricks has been cordoned off after asbestos was found to have been illegally dumped. The 40cm section of asbestos roofing was uncovered while workmen were clearing a...

Cars, bike stolen

A JEEP Cherokee, Audi sedan and a Ducati motorcycle were stolen from a Mt Martha house during a series of break-ins overnight Saturday 4 February. Thieves broke into the Cornwall Crescent house and s...

Artist takes minister for prize ride to the polo

NEVER one to miss an opportunity to make fun (and make a point) of those he sees as benefitting from the public purse, Seaford artist Tony Sowersby has chosen Foreign Minister Julie Bishop as the sub...

Run and have fun for a cause

A DIAGNOSIS of terminal cancer was the last thing Mt Eliza father of two Geoff Nyssen was expecting three weeks after turning 40. Life was on track in 2014 for the corporate high-flyer who lived a “n...

Fete for historic Mt Eliza church

MT ELIZA Anglican Church on Nepean Highway, Mt Eliza, will hold its annual fete, 9.30am-1.30pm, Saturday 25 February. On offer will be homemade treats, trash and treasure, barbecue and café, plants, ...