60 YEARS have passed since he first signed up, but time hasn’t stopped Edithvale Fire Brigade member Phil Jones from making a contribution. Jones joined the CFA in 1963. Last…
A PENINSULA Aquatic Recreation Centre teacher has been named the country’s best at a national awards night. Shannon Gardner was named the “swim teacher of the year” at the 2024…
FIRE Rescue Victoria has issued a plea for people to check their smoke alarms and make plans to prevent fatal house fires this winter.Children, elderly people, smokers, and people with…
Police are currently searching for and appealing for public assistance to help locate missing Frankston man Justin. The 36-year-old man left an address in Shaftesbury Street in Frankston about 7.30pm…
FRANKSTON mayor Nathan Conroy has written to the state government to criticise its cap on council rates just three days after publicly calling for council officers to investigate a rate…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged four people in relation to a series of thefts across Langwarrin and Caulfield in June and July. Officers executed a search warrant at…
AN assault at Bayside Shopping Centre which left one alleged offender with self-inflicted wounds is under investigation. Police were called out to the Frankston shopping centre at around 11am on…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONEMT ELIZA came from behind to beat Sorrento in a thriller last weekend.Sorrento managed the torrid conditions better in the first quarter, and got out to an…
SOCCER CHELSEA blew a great chance to continue its promotion push when it couldn’t beat 10-man Baxter in Saturday’s feisty State 4 South derby at Edithvale Recreation Reserve.The 1-1 scoreline…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONEROSEBUD came close to pulling off an upset against Dromana last weekend, but fell just short.Dromana has lost just twice this season, and sits on top of…
SOCCER CHELSEA has set the State 4 South title race alight by becoming the first team since 2022 to inflict a loss on table-topping Hampton Park United. A solitary goal…
FOR over 70 years, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has kept millions of people from across the world on the edge of their seats. Local audiences will get the chance to…
THE short film Dreamweavers – Gidja Walker OAM, by award winning filmmakers Heather Forbes-McKeon and Yanni Dellaportas, will be screened as part of the 2024 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.The 21-minute…
FOUR artists will headline a contemporary opera performance at McClelland Gallery later this month. Performers on the schedule include First Nations soprano Nina Korbe, soprano Jesse Linke, mezzo-soprano Syrah Torii,…
PERFORMERS from BAM Arts in Frankston were treated to a visit from entertainment royalty last week. In March the BAM Arts crew was scheduled to perform in front of Moomba…
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…
