MORE than 150 smiling faces are expected at this year’s Chelsea Community Christmas Lunch. The annual lunch on Christmas Day has been running for a decade. Organiser Vanessa Heredia said…
AN interactive theatre project teaching local students about family violence won an award at the 2024 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards last week. The “This is not who I…
MORE than 50 women set off from Frankston Pier last week to walk all the way to the Cape Schanck lighthouse.The “Frank to Schanck” trek was organised by the Women’s…
CARRUM MP Sonya Kilkenny has been promoted to the Attorney-General position.Kilkenny assumed the position after former Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes was named the new treasurer. Kilkenny will retain her role…
A MAN has been charged with murder after an alleged stabbing in Langwarrin on Boxing Day.Yvonne Beres was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband John Beres at their home…
CARMEL Russell was farewelled by mourners last week following her death aged 81 in the days before Christmas. Carmel Russell was the mother of Natalie Russell, who was killed in…
Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a woman in Langwarrin this morning. Emergency services responded to reports that a woman was stabbed at a Wood Duck Court address…
SOCCER THERE are derbies galore in State 4 South next year and Ben Symonds can’t wait to throw himself headlong into the action. The 21-year-old Rosebud midfielder is fresh off…
PROVINCIALDROMANA wrapped up a win over Old Peninsula on Saturday to maintain its spot on the top of the ladder.Dromana bowled out Old Peninsula for 182 runs on day one.…
Soccer CAN Derren Elliott and Mount Martha defy the critics and join the race for promotion from State 5 South next season?The Mariners were granted State League status in late…
AN audit of the Mt Eliza Junior Football Club has concluded. Earlier this year amidst a committee overhaul, the Frankston and District Junior Football League banned Mt Eliza JFC from…
FOR over 70 years, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has kept millions of people from across the world on the edge of their seats. Local audiences will get the chance to…
THE short film Dreamweavers – Gidja Walker OAM, by award winning filmmakers Heather Forbes-McKeon and Yanni Dellaportas, will be screened as part of the 2024 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.The 21-minute…
FOUR artists will headline a contemporary opera performance at McClelland Gallery later this month. Performers on the schedule include First Nations soprano Nina Korbe, soprano Jesse Linke, mezzo-soprano Syrah Torii,…
PERFORMERS from BAM Arts in Frankston were treated to a visit from entertainment royalty last week. In March the BAM Arts crew was scheduled to perform in front of Moomba…
By Barry Morris TUCKED away in a closed-up shed at the back of a Mornington Peninsula property rests a cardboard box of mouldy, moth-eaten papers and documents from long ago.…
PHILIP Robinson, founder of Robinson’s Bookshop in Frankston, has died aged 89. Mr Robinson died at home with his family by his side on Monday, 10 June. Mr Robinson first…
THE latest publication from the Mornington Peninsula Family History Society centres around the history of culturally-significant Frankston Mechanics’ Institute and free library located on ‘the Hill’ in Bay Street, Frankston.…
BONBEACH couple Reginald and Joyce Musgrove celebrated their 70th anniversary on 22 January. The two were married at Chelsea Congregational Church in 1949, and have been together ever since. Mr…
