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 have seized allegedly stolen passports from a Mordialloc factory as part of investigation into a drug trafficking ring.Police allege that the drug trafficking ring spans across Lilydale and Mordialloc.…
FRANKSTON mayor Nathan Conroy will get a second chance to contest Dunkley at the next federal election.Conroy was chosen as the Liberals’ candidate for Dunkley at a party meeting last…
FRANKSTON was flooded during a wild storm on Friday, 18 October.In the two hours up to 11.45am, more than 35 millimetres of rain were recorded in Frankston. The Victorian SES…
AN increase in motorcycle fatalities has prompted calls for greater caution on the road.Statewide there had been 52 motorcyclist fatalities at the beginning of October. There were 53 recorded in…
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…
PREPARE to enter a world of entertainment where your imagination will soar like never before, in this re-imagined modern circus spectacular. Silvers has been a household name since the 70’s…
A GROUP of actors young and old are working on a series of short plays on the history of Australian aviation. The performers, from Chelsea, Mentone and Mordialloc, are part…
KINGSTON City Council is thrilled to announce the return of the highly anticipated Seniors Festival throughout October. Celebrating positive ageing and the contributions of our older community members, the 2023…
Carrum Downs artist Jaq Grantford has been named as the Archibald Prize 2023 ‘People’s Choice’ winner for her winning portrait of former Playschool presenter and beloved Australian personality Noni Hazlehurst.…
John Allnutt the eldest son of Josephine and George Allnutt lived his early life on a market garden in Centre Dandenong Road Cheltenham. The house Trianon is still standing on…
LATE in 2014 Keith Stevens, DFM, a long-time resident of the Village Glen at Rosebud, was informed that the President of the Republic of France had awarded him the highest…
Frankston’s Avenue of Honour In her book “Echoes from the Front”, Val Latimer tells how as early as 1917 a committee was formed to honour all those from the Frankston…
THE Gallipoli Campaign has long been regarded as being the birth of our nation; the moment the newly Federated Australia proved itself worthy to stand on its own two feet…
