VICTOR, the friendly goat who oversaw Oliver’s Hill, has passed away aged 15. The goat often poked through the fence of his Frankston home for pats and food. His owner…
TWO new playgrounds have opened in Langwarrin and Seaford for the summer holidays.Works have been completed at Monique Reserve in Langwarrin and East Seaford Reserve in Seaford. Frankston Council spent…
FREE swimming classes at PARC and the Pines Pool are helping novice swimmers stay safe this summer.January of 2024 saw drowning rates double compared to the year prior. Free swimming…
DONATIONS made to Frankston councillors during the 2024 local government elections have been revealed.Seven candidates who took part in the Frankston Council election have disclosed donations. In the neighbouring Mornington…
A SOMERVILLE businessman has failed in his bid to have a rehearing granted after a personal safety intervention order was made against him last year (Publisher ‘harassed’ and ‘intimidated’ woman…
TWO Seaford men were found dead at a Clyde North home last week after an alleged altercation.A 54-year-old and 23-year-old from Seaford were both found with stab wounds at the…
TRIBUTES are flowing for a Frankston-raised DJ who died in Bali this month. Courtney Mills, a popular DJ with more than 150,000 followers on her social media pages, fell from…
PROVINCIALDROMANA moved to the top of the MPCA Provincial division ladder with a win over Old Peninsula away from home last weekend. MPCA cricket returned after a lengthy Christmas break…
SOCCER LANGWARRIN and Seaford United were the winners on Saturday as the annual Steve Wallace Memorial Day took place at Lawton Park.Host club Langwarrin reached the Wallace Cup final with…
SOCCER THE focus of the local game switches to Lawton Park this Saturday and the 12th official staging of the annual Steve Wallace Memorial Day. The event commemorates the life…
SOCCER PENINSULA Strikers have signed attacking midfielder Kyle Eichenberger from Langwarrin.The 20-year captained Langwarrin’s under-23s last season, won the Golden Boot award and was runner-up in the Player’s Player Of…
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…
MUSICIAN Queenie, the alter-ego of Eloise Thetford, will perform in a free concert at Kingston City Hall in Moorabbin this weekend.The concert is part of a series of free events…
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…
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…
