Mates enjoy a day on the bay
MATES Day on the Bay participants on Sunday again enjoyed good weather, enthusiastic guests and volunteers and even a haul of some big, red snapper… Organisers Lynette and Trevor Hogan, who have host...
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Caught napping
A WOMAN found asleep in her car in Church Rd, Carrum, Thursday afternoon – with the engine running – has been charged with drug possession, theft, handling stolen goods, and possessing the proceeds o...
School gets a gong for teaching sustainability from the ground up
ST LOUIS de Montfort Primary School in Aspendale has received a 5 Star ResourceSmart Certification for its award-winning Sustainability Precinct. The award was presented this week by Education Minist...
Visit Chelsea police, MP asks minister
MORDIALLOC Labor MP Tim Richardson has asked the Minister for Police to visit Chelsea Police Station “to hear from local police officers and get an update on some of the priorities in my local area”....
Blitz warns on creek pollutants
THREE businesses have been issued Environment Protection Authority pollution abatement notices because their actions have the potential to contaminate Mordialloc creek. Staff from the EPA, Kingston C...
Year of the copperhead snake
FORGET the Chinese Year of the Sheep or Goat, in terms of snakes in the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston and southeast region, it’s the year of the copperhead snake. Peninsula licensed wildlife ...
Wake in fright
AN elderly Langwarrin woman got a fright when she was woken by a man in her bedroom, 5am, Sunday last week. The woman, 82, bravely confronted the man, in his 20s, and told him to “get out”, police sa...
New war memorial build finally begins
WORK will start on the new Frankston War Memorial next month at Beauty Park after Frankston Council approved the final design of stage one of the $480,000 project. Councillors agreed to give the go a...
Rescuers awarded life-saving honours
LIFE Saving Victoria on Wednesday recognised the efforts of two young men who dived into rough waters off Frankston pier to rescue two teenagers from drowning (‘Rescuers save couple in surging seas’,...
No Struggle Street as sun shines on Frankston
A SECOND series of SBS TV show Struggle Street looks set to be filmed in the western suburbs of Sunshine rather than Frankston. Several families in Sunshine have reportedly been “test-filmed” by the ...