SOLAR power pools and battery storage projects in the Dunkley electorate are set to receive $1.425 million in funding from the federal government. The money – which comes from the…
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a double fatal collision which occurred in Mentone on Wednesday evening. Investigators have been told a car and motorcycle collided on the Nepean…
WORKS on the Frankston railway line are progressing, with the beams for the new rail bridges in Mordialloc and Aspendale now being lifted into place and a date set for…
A CONTENTIOUS plan to build a three-storey childcare centre has been rejected by Kingston councillors. The childcare centre was proposed for 93 – 95 Centre Dandenong Road in Cheltenham catering…
THE Salvation Army has been out in force across Frankston and Mornington to raise money for the 61st annual Red Shield Appeal. Nationwide the Salvation Army hopes to raise $38…
FREE plants will be given away to Kingston residents as part of a bid to increase local vegetation. Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley said “we are committed to expanding our biodiversity…
A LEGENDARY local fisherman is the subject of a new mural at Mordialloc Railway Station. The mural, painted by renowned street artist Smug, depicts Terry Titchener. Titchener wears many hats,…
SOCCER FOUR games from glory – that’s what most local State League clubs are facing in the run-in to the 2025 season finale. Mornington, Peninsula Strikers and Skye United are…
ROAD safety was at the top of the agenda during the statewide AFL Road Safety Round last week.Players across the state wore blue armbands to honour those who have died…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONE DROMANA picked up a hugely important win on Saturday at home against Edithvale-Aspendale. Dromana were the better side from the get-go. A five-goals-to-one first term put…
Soccer ALEX Van Heerwarden’s transfer deadline-day return to Skye United played a crucial role in Friday night’s 2-1 win over near neighbours Peninsula Strikers. There was much to play for…
THE Kubik lights and music show has arrived in Frankston.Kubik got underway at the Frankston Waterfront on 5 April, and will run until 20 April. The event features a lineup…
A SERIES of huge murals will transform Mordialloc’s industrial laneways this month. Street art festival Wall to Wall has teamed with Kingston Council for the project. Seven Australian street artists…
ARIA-nominated, award-winning singer Emma Donovan will tour to Frankston Arts Centre to share her trademark soul and country songs, and new music recorded in Gumbaynggirr and Noongar languages. Emma is…
SINGER Emma Donovan, a neon lights show, and a drag performance are among the headline acts at this year’s South Side Festival. The 2024 South Side Festival will take place…
IN 1915, Inuk Pavia Janssen, a Scandinavian from Greenland who had lived and worked in Australia as a miner in Ballarat and Kalgoorlie before settling in Mentone, was waiting for…
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…
