KINGSTON Council has committed to continuing in-home support services amid the federal government’s sweeping aged care reforms. Major changes to aged care funding were implemented by the federal government on…
NAIRM Marr Djambana has signed a 50-year lease at its Jubilee Park home, allowing the not-for-profit to continue its work improving outcomes for First Nations people. The Gathering Place launched…
A MENTONE tobacco shop went up in flames last week in a suspected arson attack. At around 10.50pm on Friday, 7 November, a car allegedly crashed into a tobacco shop…
THE heritage-listed Norman Lodge gatehouse on Nepean Highway, Mount Eliza, has completed being dismantled with the owners expected to lodge a “dismantling report” to Heritage Victoria by this Friday (14…
LOW-cost pet vaccinations will be offered by the RSPCA in Pearcedale this week. The RSPCA will take over Pearcedale Community Centre on Thursday, 13 March. Cats and dogs can be…
THE annual Street Art Festival returns to Frankston’ CBD this month. Between 17 and 23 March, artists will paint large-scale murals across Frankston. More than 100 murals will be painted.Artists…
SAGES Cottage in Baxter has launched its own nursery for locally grown plants and products. The Baxter cottage hosts people living with disabilities, and allows them to gain work experience…
Soccer Joe Tweats and Bailey Head are the latest players to arrive on the local scene after joining Langwarrin and Peninsula Strikers respectively. Tweats, 23, was signed from Northcote City…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONEROSEBUD are back on the winner’s list after beating Pines on Saturday.Ladder leaders Rosebud came into the match off of a shock three point loss to Langwarrin.…
SOCCER MORNINGTON expects ex-Manchester United midfielder Liam Grimshaw to arrive this week. The 30-year-old came through youth ranks at United before signing a professional contract with the English giant in…
STEPS to reopen the Frankston Motorcycle Park have been taken. The motorcycle track at 102R Old Wells Road, Seaford, has been closed since December 2017. 16-year-old Sebastian D’Imperio died in…
TASMANIAN Aboriginal artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell will deliver a talk at McClelland Gallery this weekend. Nichols-Mansell is cultural adviser to Dark Mofo and the founder of Blackspace Creative Arts and Cultural…
A BOOK on the history of art in Frankston has won a major award. On Bunurong Country: Art and Design in Frankston was edited by University of Melbourne art historian…
AWARD-winning author Alice Pung will speak at Mentone Public Library next month. Pung is the author of the novels One Hundred Days and Her Father’s Daughter. She has also edited…
THREE decades of the Mornington Peninsula’s surfing history are being carried around in a mobile museum. The seven new surfboards in the museum represent the pointy end of surfing -…
