A FRANKSTON High School student chosen to take part in a surf life saving program has used his skills to help save a young boy from drowning.The United Energy-sponsored surf…
A FRANKSTON-based paramedic has raised more than $30,000 for men’s health by taking part in Movember.Chelsea resident Rohan Anstey, who works in the Frankston region, raised the money over the…
MORE than 150 smiling faces are expected at this year’s Chelsea Community Christmas Lunch. The annual lunch on Christmas Day has been running for a decade. Organiser Vanessa Heredia said…
THE Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre in Frankston will permanently shut down its childcare service this month. The final day of operation for the childcare program will be Friday, 20 December.…
A SEAL freed from fishing wire in Frankston is expected to make a full recovery. An Australian Fur Seal was found on Frankston Beach near Oliver’s Hill with fishing hook…
A man has been charged after allegedly performing the Nazi salute and displaying the Nazi symbol, as well as threatening a police officer in Frankston yesterday. The man was allegedly…
A NEWLY elected Kingston councillor is already facing backlash after publishing the name and workplace of a person she alleges has been criticising her online.On 10 November, three days before…
SOCCERNEW Frankston Pines president Liz Diaz is under no illusions about the enormity of the task ahead. After slumping to a second successive relegation the Monterey Reserve club has now…
PROVINCIALDROMANA have wrapped up a win over Pines in less than a day.Pines was sent in to bat first at Dromana Reserve on Saturday. They lasted just 33 overs -…
SOCCER THERE are derbies galore in State 4 South next year and Ben Symonds can’t wait to throw himself headlong into the action. The 21-year-old Rosebud midfielder is fresh off…
PROVINCIALDROMANA wrapped up a win over Old Peninsula on Saturday to maintain its spot on the top of the ladder.Dromana bowled out Old Peninsula for 182 runs on day one.…
SILVIE Paladino will headline next weekend’s Carols by Kingston event at Bicentennial Park in Chelsea.The annual Christmas Carols will be held from 5pm on Sunday, 8 December. Joining Paladino on…
THE Frankston Christmas Festival is set to return for its 26th year at the end of this month. Christmas celebrations across Frankston will kick off on Saturday, 30 November. The…
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…
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…
