A MAN wielding a knife allegedly threatened shoppers at Carrum Downs Shopping Centre yesterday.Police allege that at around midday on Sunday, 31 August, the man assaulted a woman and smashed…
VICTORIA Police’s Somerville Crime Reduction Team (CRT) is seeing results, with two high-risk teen brothers now back on track thanks to targeted intervention.The brothers were previously known to police with…
THE heritage-listed Norman Lodge gatehouse on Nepean Highway, Mount Eliza, has commenced the process of being dismantled, before being rebuilt metres away from its original site. The dismantling comes a…
KINGSTON Council says that the permanent closure of the Mordialloc Stabling Yard underpass is a “major inconvenience”, and is calling for a better solution. The Mordialloc Stabling Yard underpass closed…
TEACHERS at Edithvale Primary School took the cold plunge last week to raise money for the FightMND foundation.More than a dozen teachers and community leaders jumped into the ice bath…
DISCOUNTED pet vaccinations will be on offer in Carrum Downs next week. RSPCA Victoria will host a low-cost vaccination day at Lyrebird Community Centre on 3 July. It will also…
AWARD winning Bonbeach photographer, videographer, and storyteller Lucy Di Paolo is almost a regular on the dusty tracks of remote New South Wales opal mining town Lightning Ridge.Di Paolo’s keen…
By Brodie Cowburn PROVINCIALTHE MPCA season got off to a false start last Saturday, with most games washed out.A handful of overs were played at Overport Park. Langwarrin scored 4/68…
BEAUMARIS tried to prize Adam Jamieson from Mornington’s grasp just when he was weighing up his options for 2025. “For the first time in a long time I had offers…
HASTINGS FNC has appointed a new senior coach. Hastings is looking to bounce back after a tumultuous 2024. Financial issues at the Hastings Club have put the football club in…
SOCCER ADAM Jamieson (Mornington), Gus Macleod (Chelsea), Mark Larner (Somerville) and Gerry McDonagh (Mount Eliza) are among a host of local coaches expected to stay put for season 2025. As…
A SERIES of workshops and speeches for local creatives are coming up. Kingston Arts is putting together its Dialogues program. Through the program, speakers will give local artists advice on…
HOLEY Moley and Strike Bowling in Frankston are cutting prices for a day to raise money for headspace. Activities at the two popular spots will be reduced to just $5…
THE annual Wakkakiri Story-Dance performance festival comes to Frankston Arts Centre next week. Wakkakirri is a long-running program featuring performances from school children. The performances align with the theme “great…
MELBOURNE-based artist Penelope Davis creates jellyfish forms from a collage of components. Taking the detritus of contemporary technologies and combining these with organic source material such as leaves and seaweed,…




