Three people have been arrested – one facing serious drug trafficking charges – after police seized half a kilogram of cocaine and a suitcase full of cash from a home…
KINGSTON’S mayor says that council does not require a state government-appointed municipal monitor to effectively function. The municipal monitor appointed to oversee Kingston Council began his tenure on 25 August.…
FRANKSTON and the Mornington Peninsula have a new top cop, and vehicle crime, theft, and road trauma are at the top of her agenda. Superintendent Anne Rudd moved into the…
AUSTRALIAN cricketer Usman Khawaja has declared his support for reforms proposed by the anti-gambling inquiry chaired by the late Dunkley MP Peta Murphy. Khawaja visited Parliament on Thursday, 28 August,…
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…
THE Beaumaris Life Saving Club and the Beaumaris Sea Scouts are two of 22 successful applicants for the latest round of South East Water’s community grants.South East Water announced the…
DOZENS of at-risk young people are attending a drop-in centre in Frankston for support and connection each week.Street Peace is a Frankston-based not-for-profit which runs outreach programs for young people…
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…
AFTER a long and distinguished tenure, David Friend has announced his retirement from the role as President of the Frankston Football Club, to spend more time with his family in…
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,…
A SERIES of abstract artworks exploring the emotions of human faces is on display in Frankston. Faces, an exhibition by Cameron Howe, is now on display at Frankston Arts Centre’s…
CHICAGO comes to Frankston this week. The acclaimed jazz musical Chicago will open at the Frankston Arts Centre this Friday. The satirical show, set in the Windy City during the…
MARGARET Fulton – ‘the first lady of Australian food’ was born in Scotland in 1924, moving to Glen Innes, NSW with her family when she was just three years old.…




