A PROPOSAL to release information about the standing down of Cr Jane Agirtan has sparked disagreement between Kingston councillors. Councillor Jane Agirtan was stood down under section 229 of the…
SESSIONAL kindergarten will be discontinued at the Carrum Family and Children’s Centre. Kingston Council will no longer offer the service at the Carrum centre from 2026. It will continue to…
OWNERS of vacant land in Frankston’s city centre are set to face big rate increases. Under a proposal put forward by Frankston Council, vacant properties within the Frankston Metropolitan Activity…
MARK Dreyfus has been elected member for Isaacs for a seventh time. Dreyfus was first elected in 2007. On Saturday he comfortably retained the seat as Labor secured a landslide…
A FRANKSTON-based paramedic has raised more than $30,000 for men’s health by taking part in Movember.Chelsea resident Rohan Anstey, who works in the Frankston region, raised the money over the…
MORE than 150 smiling faces are expected at this year’s Chelsea Community Christmas Lunch. The annual lunch on Christmas Day has been running for a decade. Organiser Vanessa Heredia said…
AN interactive theatre project teaching local students about family violence won an award at the 2024 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards last week. The “This is not who I…
PROVINCIALPINES have narrowly beaten fellow title contenders Dromana in an epic matchup at Eric Bell Reserve.Both sides have been locked in a battle for top spot on the ladder this…
Soccer DAVID Stirton, Hayden Taylor, Matt Harrington, Conor Mcfall, Tristen Stass and Daniel Bancroft are some of the names that fell under the local spotlight last week.Stirton and Taylor have…
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…
THE finalists of the 2024 Rick Amor Drawing Award have been announced. The drawing competition, overseen by McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin, is in its second year. It had 150 applicants…
AFTER touring Europe in 2023 the Chamber Philharmonia Cologne will return to Australia to perform in Frankston this year. The Chamber Philharmonia Cologne has performed at home in Germany and…
A NEW exhibition from the artist behind the Love Flower sculpture has opened at McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin. John Meade created the Love Flower with Emily Karanikolopolous. It has been…
A LINEUP of live music has been scheduled for The Strand in Chelsea this summer. Four new picnic tables have been installed at The Strand to complement the music and…
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…
