Electric bike stolen
POLICE are seeking help from the public to recover an electric bike stolen from outside a Hastings fast food restaurant earlier last month. A woman, above, described as about 30, solid build, wearing...
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Audi driven off
AN Audi A6 valued at $80,000 was stolen from a Mornington house while its owner was in bed, Monday 2 March. Detective Senior Sergeant Miro Majstorovic, of Somerville CIU, said possibly one burglar en...
Midden find stops water works
DISCOVERY of an Aboriginal shell midden put a stop to South East Water works at Sorrento late last month. Works crews uncovered the midden, right, while installing a pressure sewer system for a resid...
‘Endangered’ wine turned into turtles
IT may sound a bit biblical, but a Mornington Peninsula wine is being turned into turtles. The wine is labelled “endangered” and some of its sales profits are helping turtles survive in North Queensl...
Six charged over hit, run roo ‘slaughter’
SIX young people alleged to have run down and killed 10 kangaroos and destroyed $20,000 of wire fencing at a Flinders property are due to face Dromana Magistrates’ Court on 9 April. The wild spree in...
‘Moving’ gender equality launch
CAMPAIGNERS against family violence Rosie Batty and Natasha Stott Despoja have helped launch Mornington Peninsula Shire’s first gender equality strategy. Last week’s launch – part of an Interna...
Model shows bees’ role in nature
ALICE McKinnon, above, got a buzz showing off a robotic bee made from recycled materials at Our Lady of Fatima, Rosebud, last week. Her creation was made to form part of a mechanical garden sculpture...
Police investigate Mornington assault
Officers from Mornington are investigating a serious assault which occurred in Mornington earlier this year. Investigators have been told a 19-year-old Mount Martha man was walking along Albert Stree...
Pensioner’s plea for benefit of pain relief
AN elderly man suffering from what he describes as the “worst pain known to man, or the suicide headache” is pushing for the most effective – but most expensive – treatment to be added to the Pharmac...
Peninsula misses out while Frankston gets transport ‘priority’
EXPANDING public transport in Frankston has been listed as a “priority initiative” by Infrastructure Australia. Infrastructure Australia’s latest priority list shows that “optimising the existing bus...
