Frankston City Council has announced the successful recipients of the 2025–2026 Small Business Grants Program, with 22 local businesses awarded a record total of $200,000. From a creative party hub…
On Friday 5th December, Somerville Highway Patrol intercepted a driver on Cranbourne Road, Frankston who appeared to have an unrestrained child in the back seat. When officers spoke to the…
RYMAN Healthcare has decided not to proceed with a contentious retirement development of Mt Eliza’s Moondah Estate on Kunyung Rd and is reported to have offloaded the site at a…
AN EDITHVALE man was taken to hospital last week after a stabbing at a Keysborough high school. Keysborough Secondary School principal Aaron Sykes was allegedly stabbed by a staff member…
LANGWARRIN Park Primary School students donned beach gear last week as part of a campaign to highlight the importance of water safety. The students took part in “Swim to School…
AROUND 200 motorcyclists are set to make their festive run from Frankston Pier to Rosebud Secondary College for the 24th annual Southern Peninsula Food For All toy appeal. The 6…
MEN’S health and wellbeing was the focus of a forum at Frankston Football Club last week. Dunkley MP Jodie Belyea hosted the event last Wednesday, in partnership with fellow MP…
THE girls’ volleyball team at Frankston High School have been crowned winners in their inaugural season. The school established its first girls’ volleyball team earlier this year to compete against…
PROVINCIAL SOME good bowling from Baden Powell has put Pines at risk of its first defeat for the season. Pines, who are 6-0 in season 2025/2026, hosted Baden Powell at…
SOCCER JEROME Valadon and Sonny Lindsay are the first new signings of the Ross Wallis-Stephen Duffy era at Peninsula Strikers. The Centenary Park outfit has been on the hunt for…
PROVINCIAL RED Hill put up a good fight on Saturday, but still fell short against Pines. Pines came into the two-day match undefeated, and put a whopping 347 runs on…
AUSTRALIA’S “Queen of Carols,” Silvie Paladino, will bring Christmas joy and grace the stage at Cruden Farm on Saturday the 13 December. Silvie will perform more than two hours of…
On Saturday, 7 March 2026, the Mornington Peninsula will welcome a bold new cultural experience: Sculpted Sounds, an outdoor music festival set against the breathtaking backdrop of McClelland Sculpture Park…
A FIRE festival will come to Frankston in mid-2026 to light up the waterfront. The Frankston Winter Fire Festival is set to take place on 13 June, 2026. Frankston Council…
THE artist collective Peninsula Studio Trail Inc. (PST) is opening its members’ working studios for two weekends, inviting the community to see art being made and to meet the people…
A WORLD War II veteran living in Parkdale will celebrate his 100th birthday this week.John Davis will celebrate the milestone with friends and family at Bentleigh RSL Club.Davis is a…
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.…
