Feature
MCCLELLAND Gallery has assembled an online program for the school holidays. Among the activities scheduled are DIY programs, wellbeing sessions, meditation sessions, and sound walks. McClelland director Lisa Byrne said…
THE pandemic hasn’t stopped a small Seaford-based charity from helping families in crisis. Mums Supporting Families in Need works with welfare agencies to provide essentials for families doing it tough.…
News
Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Frankston last night. It’s believed a 58-year-old woman and her 17-year-old son were at their Dandenong…
A MAN was allegedly caught driving four times over the alcohol limit in Keysborough on Monday night, 13 September. Police were called and told that a Mitsubishi Outlander had crashed…
A MAN allegedly carrying guns in his car was arrested in Aspendale last week. Police began pursuing a black Mercedes on the Monash Freeway near Ernst Wanke Road at around…
Mornington Divisional Response Unit officers have seized drugs and cash after executing a warrant in Carrum Downs on Tuesday. Police executed the warrant at a residential address on Fairhaven Road…
COVID-19
THE emergency department at Frankston Hospital has been named a tier one COVID-19 exposure site. A person who presented to the hospital on 3 September subsequently tested positive to COVID-19.…
VICTORIA’S sixth COVID-19 lockdown is nearing its fourth week. The vaccination hub at Bayside Shopping Centre in Frankston was named a tier two exposure site last week after a positive…
THE end date for Victoria’s sixth lockdown has been extended by another two weeks. On 16 August, Premier Daniel Andrews announced that COVID-19 restrictions would remain in place until Thursday…
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Despi O’Connor teamed up with Frankston Council mayor Kris Bolam at the studios of radio station RPP FM to encourage everyone to get vaccinated against…
Sport
HORSE RACING SHANE Nichols is adamant there’s another good race in his star galloper Streets Of Avalon. The ever-consistent gelding finished just off the placegetters in the Group Two Feehan…
SOCCER PENINSULA Strikers told Football Victoria last week that they would not compete in the elite junior boys’ NPL competition next year. This leaves the local area with just two…
AFL THE 2021 MPNFL and SEWF seasons have been called off. After weeks of inactivity on the field because of COVID-19 restrictions, AFL South East finally made the decision to…
HORSE RACING MORNINGTON-based trainer Cliff Brown is back training winners in Australia. The 15-time Group 1 winning trainer in Singapore returned to Victoria in May and broke through for his…
Entertainment
A GROUP of young local musicians have recorded a compilation album, which is due for release soon. The Fresh Compilation Album 2021 is expected to release in September. It features…
THE car park of the Frankston Arts Centre became a temporary stage earlier this month when a crew used it to shoot footage for a short film. Answer your Phone…
FRANKSTON Arts Centre has enhanced its commitment to our arts community with artist grants now open to inspire, nurture and energise our creatives. North East Ward Cr Suzette Tayler said…
A SERIES of Sunday Soirees starts on a Sunday in September with a string quartet. McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park in Langwarrin is hosting the events. The musical program kicks…
Local History
THE Frankston Historical Society has prepared a curriculum package to help local students learn about Frankston’s rich history. Frankston Historical Society president Glenda Viner said the project was a “great…
MARJORIE Andrew celebrates her 108th birthday. Picture: Gary Sissons A WOMAN who has been a part of Melbourne’s growth and prosperity for more than 100 years celebrated her 108th birthday…
Six victims: Top left: Allison Rooke Top middle: Bertha Miller Top right: Catherine Headland Bottom left: Ann-Marie Sargent Bottom middle: Narumol Stephenson Bottom right: Joy Summers Pictures colourised by Cinta…
BEVERLEY and Ivan Guy. Picture: Supplied By Laura Green CARRUM Downs couple Beverley and Ivan Guy celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last Saturday, July 18. The couple, who met at…
