A MT ELIZA teenager who gave up his time during year 12 to create positive outcomes in the Mornington community has been nominated for a young achiever award.Finn Mackay, 18,…
MORE than $2.1 million will be spent by Frankston ratepayers to redevelop the Frankston Arts Centre forecourt. Last week, Frankston Council awarded a $2.106 million contract to Maw Civil Pty…
MAJOR works to remove the level crossings at McDonald Street in Mordialloc and Station Street in Aspendale are beginning. Rail bridges will be constructed to replace the level crossings. A…
TREES and other vegetation are set to be removed from Groves Reserve in Aspendale by the Level Crossing Removal Project imminently in a move described by environmentalists as “mindless”.Groves Reserve…
A multi-vehicle car accident occurred on Baxter-Tooradin Road at Craigs Road in Pearcedale at around 9.30am on Tuesday 11 February. Paramedics responded to a collision at around 9:30am. Six people…
FRANKSTON Council has implemented new measures to avoid perceptions of political bias ahead of the upcoming federal election, the mayor says. Councillors who are nominated to run for higher office…
MORE crisis housing for women and children fleeing family violence will be established in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula.The federal government has distributed $100 million across 42 organisations to purchase…
PROVINCIALLANGWARRIN got off to a strong start in their two day match against Baden Powell. Opener Jack Marget top scored for the side with 63, and captain Ricky Damiano wasn’t…
SOCCER ALANA Murphy, 19, last week became the second Langwarrin junior to achieve senior national team recognition when called up to the Matildas squad for the looming SheBelievesCup.The event starts…
PROVINCIALLANGWARRIN is sitting in top spot with just three weeks left before finals. On day two of their match with fellow title contenders Pines at Lloyd Park last weekend, Langwarrin…
SOCCER PENINSULA Strikers added a State 1 scalp to their pre-season haul with an impressive 2-1 win over Old Scotch at Centenary Park on Saturday. Scott Morrison’s men are flying…
A GROUP of students from Frankston are hard at work on their second short film, and showing no signs of slowing down. 16-year-old Makayla Doyle directed her first short film…
THE sand sculpture exhibition is set to return to the Frankston waterfront this April. In 2018, the sand sculpture event moved from Frankston to the Mornington Peninsula. Sandstorm Events has…
THE headline acts for this year’s Mordi Fest event have been locked in. The 2025 Mordi Fest event takes place across Saturday, 1 March, and Sunday, 2 March, at Peter…
THE annual Waterfront Festival returns to Frankston next month. The free weekend festival takes place across Friday, 7 February, and Saturday, 8 February. Sneaky Sound System will headline the main…
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…
