LIFEGUARDS from Waves Leisure Centre are celebrating after being crowned the winners of Life Saving Victoria’s Pool Lifeguard Challenge for 2026. The competition was held at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic…
FRANKSTON Council has agreed to review its family violence prevention measures. At last week’s meeting, councillors approved a proposal to “assess the current approach to family violence prevention and identify…
MORE than 6000 surgeries have taken place inside the newly redeveloped Frankston Hospital. The redevelopment of the hospital, now renamed the Peninsula University Hospital, cost $1.1 billion. The new hospital…
79 PEOPLE have been arrested as part of a police operation targeting car thefts across Frankston and the surrounding suburbs. The Frankston Crime Investigation Unit’s “Targeted Enforcement Crew” was set…
A FUNDRAISER for children living with heart disease will take place in Frankston this weekend. The annual Two Feet & A Heartbeat walk takes place at Ballam Park Primary School…
A GREAT relationship with the blokes at Chelsea Men’s Shed has led one woman to partner with them to launch a women’s program.Tamarin Young’s involvement with the Shed wasn’t about…
THE Pink Ladies Auxiliary have presented a cheque to Frankston Hospital for $360,000 from their fundraising efforts throughout the year.The Pinkies presented a cheque to Chief Executive Helen Cooper during…
SPORTS facilities in Carrum Downs and Carrum will receive upgrades after being awarded state government grants. The cricket nets at Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve are set to be redeveloped with…
THREE young athletes from Sk8house Artistic Club have returned home with podium finishes at the 2026 Taiwan Open Roller Skating Championships. The competition was held from 13 – 19 April…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONE SEN LANGWARRIN remains one of just two undefeated sides in MPFNL Men’s Division One Seniors, after dispatching the previously undefeated Mt Eliza on Saturday. The Redlegs…
Soccer SOMERVILLE Eagles have Tom Simmons to thank for their 4-3 away win over East Bentleigh on Saturday. He opened the scoring in the 17th minute with a moment of…
A GROUP of students from Frankston are hard at work on their second short film, and showing no signs of slowing down. 16-year-old Makayla Doyle directed her first short film…
THE sand sculpture exhibition is set to return to the Frankston waterfront this April. In 2018, the sand sculpture event moved from Frankston to the Mornington Peninsula. Sandstorm Events has…
THE headline acts for this year’s Mordi Fest event have been locked in. The 2025 Mordi Fest event takes place across Saturday, 1 March, and Sunday, 2 March, at Peter…
THE annual Waterfront Festival returns to Frankston next month. The free weekend festival takes place across Friday, 7 February, and Saturday, 8 February. Sneaky Sound System will headline the main…
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…
