CLIMATE change and “increasing urbanisation” is endangering the platypus population on the Mornington Peninsula, researchers say. The state’s platypus population is being assessed this spring breeding season using “eDNA testing”.…
AMBULANCE Victoria is reminding people to update their asthma action plans to stay safe as the weather warms up.Ambulance Victoria (AV) director of emergency management Justin Dunlop said creating an…
SIKH Volunteers Australia has built a new kitchen at its Langwarrin home to help feed the hungry. Members of Sikh Volunteers Australia have donated countless hours to helping those less…
INCUMBENT Dunkley MP Jodie Belyea has been preselected to run again at the next federal election.Belyea won the March by-election for the Labor Party – she defeated Liberal Nathan Conroy…
3G NETWORKS across Australia will shut off this week.From 28 October, Telstra and Optus will switch off their 3G networks. Phones which are only compatible with the 3G network will…
A POPULAR Langwarrin bike jump has been flattened, sparking a wave of backlash. The dirt jump was on land owned by Melbourne Water, between Beech Street and Alder Street along…
FRANKSTON was flooded during a wild storm on Friday, 18 October.In the two hours up to 11.45am, more than 35 millimetres of rain were recorded in Frankston. The Victorian SES…
PROVINCIALDROMANA has fired an early warning shot to the rest of the division after a dominant win over Heatherhill. Dromana wrapped up their second win of the season on Saturday…
SOCCER IT’S taken six years but Langwarrin head coach Jamie Skelly hopes it’s going to be well worth the wait. Wind the clock back to 2018 and Skelly is coaching…
A YOUNG BMX star from Frankston is flying high after a big win at a national competition this month. 10-year-old Harla Sinclair, a member of the Frankston BMX Club, joined…
PROVINCIAL SORRENTO have put themselves in a good position to defeat Baden Powell. Sorrento hosted day one of the two-day clash at David MacFarlane Reserve on Saturday. The Sharks batted…
By Brendan Rees MORNINGTON Peninsula-based screenwriter and crime author Christian White is excited to launch his new book, with events to be held at Frankston Library and Farrells Bookshop in…
NATIONAL Works on Paper is one of the finest art awards and exhibitions in the country, attracting Australia’s leading contemporary artists working with paper, and is on at Mornington Peninsula…
HONGLI Li has been named the winner of the Frankston Arts Centre’s 2024 open exhibition prize.Li won the award for his watercolour of a poplar trunk. Competition judge Suzette Wearne…
SIX new sculptures honouring outstanding women will be installed across Victoria as part of an initiative run by McClelland Gallery.The Langwarrin gallery is partnering with the state government to run…
SCIENTIST Hans Brunner, who helped exonerate Lindy Chamberlain, died last week on Thursday, 25 April.A large portrait, that he has referred to as representing “the other me”, has been entered…
GEORGE MORBY INGRAM was born in Bendigo in 1889, but lived much of his life in Hastings. He died in 1961 and is buried in Frankston cemetery.On 4 October 1918,…
FORTY years ago on the 26 September the nation was transfixed by the race between the two 12 metres, Liberty and Australia II, that was unfolding at Newport, Rhode Island.…
ENVIRONMENTAL warrior Warwick Exton passed away last week, aged 100. Exton was a passionate advocate for preserving Frankston’s waterways and green spaces. His efforts saw him named the Frankston citizen…
