A TEENAGER was arrested at Carrum Downs Shopping Centre last week after he was allegedly caught concealing a machete.Police attended the Hall Road site at around 3.30pm on 10 November…
ALLEGATIONS of more illegal works being undertaken along Frankston Beach are being investigated by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. Outcry broke out earlier this year when alleged…
Bayside police officers have arrested the alleged driver of a speeding vehicle in Melbourne’s southern suburbs early hours this morning. Police caught sight of a white Holden Commodore in the…
THE recipients of Frankston Council’s latest round of community grants have been announced, with $130,000 set to be shared between 34 not-for-profits. Grants worth between $1500 and $7500 were awarded…
IT was a full house at Eliza Archery on Sunday (16 March) for a female-only archery event in celebration of International Women’s Day. The day was free for all participants,…
UNEMPLOYMENT, health issues, and homelessness are among the challenges that a group of women will tackle with force later this year when they participate in the “Spirit of Transformation” program.The…
A CHARITY leader and a stem cell scientist have been named joint winners of the Kingston Woman of the Year award for 2025.At an International Women’s Day event on 7…
Soccer PENINSULA Strikers are on course for State 1 status if Scott Morrison’s second-placed side can maintain the momentum gathered in recent weeks. Strikers made it five on the trot…
MEN’S DIV TWO Somerville picked up a vital win over Devon Meadows on Saturday afternoon. Both sides came into the match at Glover Reserve in the mix for finals spots.…
Soccer Skye United has blown the State 2 South-East promotion race wide open after Friday night’s 2-0 away win over Casey Comets. Skye became the first team this season to…
Men’s Division One After a string of thrilling wins, luck has finally turned against Langwarrin. The Kangaroos have won a series of nail-biters this season. They took on Pines at…
ONE of Australia’s favourite sporting heroes, John Bertrand AO, who skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America’s Cup, will be guest speaker at the Mornington Yacht Club’s foundation…
THNDO is set to headline a free music festival in Moorabbin this weekend. The inaugural Moorabbin Music + Arts festival will take place at the Kingston Arts Centre in Moorabbin…
MORDI Fest will return to Peter Scullin Reserve next month. The Pierce Brothers, Teen Jesus and The Jean Teasers, The Vanns, and Tim Rogers & The Twin Set will headline…
THE queen of soul Aretha Franklin’s life story will be told on the Frankston Arts Centre stage next month. RESPECT follows the iconic singer’s journey from the 1960s to the…
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…
THE latest series in the TV show Underbelly focuses on the 1920s life and crimes of Melbourne criminal Leslie ‘Squizzy’ Taylor – a feared thug with a reputation for violence…
ONE of Frankston’s most colourful personalities at the turn of last century was an unlikely celebrity who sought obscurity in a hermit’s existence. According to stories circulating at the time,…
In 1932, two people drowned after their car plunged off the end of Mordialloc pier. The following account is taken from contemporary newspaper reports. ROYDEN Kennedy Patterson was a wealthy…
