THREE local volunteer emergency services groups will share $57,000 in state government grant money.The Aspendale Lifesaving Swimming and Youth Club, Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter Service – Victoria, and Mordialloc Life…
A FRANKSTON North mother has gone back to school to complete her VCE aged 44. Melissa Carling dropped out of high school to have a child. Now a mother of…
THE Australian Conservation Foundation (Mornington Community Group) is calling on the state government and the Environmental Protection Authority to immediately implement sustainable procedures to ensure roadside cleanliness in Victoria on…
DOGS are now banned from being off-leash along most beaches on the Kingston foreshore after 10am.The new guidelines for off-leash dogs came into effect on 1 November. At Carrum, Bonbeach,…
VICTORIA Police is sending out officers to aged care facilities to inform staff about the dangers of elder abuse. The police presentations are designed to educate aged care workers on…
A CRIB Point man has been arrested for allegedly performing a Nazi salute at a protest earlier this year.The 63-year-old Crib Point man allegedly attended the protest at the Land…
THE Carrum Downs community is rallying around a young woman who is facing life-changing injuries. More than $120,000 has been raised for Carrum Downs woman Ashley Howlett. She suffered horrific…
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…
