Feature
AN exhibition drawing inspiration from the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of 2020 is ready to go on display at the Frankston Arts Centre. The works on show aim to capture…
A TEAM of footballers made history when they ran onto the field last week. For the first time in its 134-year history, the Frankston Football Club fielded a women’s side.…
News
SITE reviews are underway to find a home for a new local aquatic centre. Kingston councillors have approved an Aquatic Facility Plan. Council plans to construct a new swimming centre…
THE federal government has been spared the need to make a formal decision on power company AGL’s plans to import liquified natural gas through a floating terminal at Crib Point.…
THREE men are wanted over a burglary at a Carrum Downs business last month. The Silkwood Rise property was broken into just after 1am on 27 March. The offenders used…
THREE men have been arrested over a series of aggravated burglaries last week at Mount Martha, Mount Eliza, Glen Iris, Toorak, Camberwell and Malvern. Detectives from the Southern Metro Crime…
COVID-19
THE COVID-19 testing clinic at Frankston Hospital. Picture: Peninsula Health TWO stores at Bayside Shopping Centre have been listed as COVID-19 exposure sites. The Department of Health and Human Services has…
It’s a milestone: Peninsula Health staff Yvonne Santvoort and Jodi Foley with cupcakes representing 100,000 COVID-19 tests. Picture: Gary Sissons THE 100,000 swab tests conducted by Peninsula Health for COVID-19…
FRANKSTON Library staff. Picture: Supplied FINES at Frankston’s libraries have been abolished. Past fines have also been waived in a bid to get people borrowing more. Frankston Libraries manager Tammy…
Picture: Supplied FRANKSTON’S maternal and child health centres have reopened with COVID-19 prevention measures in place. Nurses are now transitioning back to in-person consultations, after the pandemic forced them to…
Sport
SOCCER MORNINGTON remained on track to achieve its aim of joining Victoria’s elite club competition with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Beaumaris at Dallas Brooks Park on Saturday. Sam Scott…
HORSE RACING MATT Laurie has made the tough call to retire his promising sprinter Alfa Oro with injuries cutting his time on the racetrack short. The six-time winner who earnt…
MPNFL – DIVISION ONE ROSEBUD have fired a warning shot to the rest of the league with a big win against Pines away from home. Pines caught Rosebud flat-footed in…
MPNFL – DIVISION TWO MORNINGTON got the win in a one-point thriller on ANZAC Day. The Bulldogs played Devon Meadows at Glover Reserve. The Panthers were boosted by the addition…
Entertainment
COMEDIAN Claire Hooper will host a storytime session at Cruden Park this month. Illustrator Jackie Nguyen will join Ms Hooper for the Party in the Park event at 10.30am on…
RECORD collectors will find plenty of albums to get their hands on in Frankston this month. The Frankston Foreshore Pop Up Record Fair will take place on 17 April. Event…
SPARK Youth Dance Company will perform its eight-dance Circuit Breaker in the grounds of McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery, Langwarrin on Friday 9 April and Saturday 10 April. Members of the audience…
AUGMENTED reality technology is being used for a free virtual Easter egg hunt around Frankston this week. Bunnies will be seen on local footpaths and walkways from 29 March to…
Local History
OBITUARY John Houston Buzaglo OAM 11 July 1924 – 4 August 2018 Naval officer, advertising manager, boat-builder, international yachtsman, sailing instructor JOHN “Buz” Buzaglo was perhaps destined to co-create a…
A MOVE from premises in Mentone to new digs in early 2016 was the impetus for an art group to paint a picture of its own history in book form.…
OBITUARY John Aylmer Leaver AO RFD ED 1930-2018 School chaplain THE Reverend John Aylmer Leaver AO RFD ED died on 15 May at the age of 87. It was estimated…
FAMILY and friends celebrated the centenary of long-time Baxter and Somerville resident Mabel Grace Blum at Somerville Bowling Club on Sunday 24 June. The mother of five, grandmother of 10,…
