A CHARITY has received a $40,000 grant to expand school-based paediatric clinics in Frankston.The grant was awarded to Menzies: Caring For Kids by Frankston Council. Menzies: Caring For Kids president…
AFTER more than two years in the pipeline, a multi-storey building has been approved by Frankston Council for 438-444 Nepean Highway.The approved proposal at the former Frankston Cinemas site is…
TWENTY-four CFA volunteers from Hastings and Langwarrin have received a prestigious honour following their heroic rescue of a man trapped under a ten-tonne roller last July. The harrowing industrial accident…
FRANKSTON mayor Kris Bolam says he is “uncomfortable” about an upcoming ratepayer-funded trip to Canberra. The trip, scheduled for 25-26 August, has been facilitated by the Committee For Frankston and…
SAGES Cottage Farm is already home to miniature ponies, pigs, alpacas and goats, and now the farm’s workers are on the lookout for two miniature donkeys.Wallara’s Sages Cottage Farm in…
MORDIALLOC resident Brendan Spencer is chasing a paralympic dream in blind football, backed by a lifetime of support from Guide Dogs Victoria.Born with vision impairment, Spencer has worked closely with…
WITH the memory of his late cousin driving him, 11-year-old Hudson Gates will shave his head next month to raise money for pancreatic cancer care.Hudson Gates’ cousin Jaz died from…
THE Mornington Peninsula Football Netball League is under fire for scheduling its women’s football finals matches on a Sunday night. Last week the MPFNL announced that the Women’s Division One…
MEN’S DIV ONE FRANKSTON YCW have held on to defeat rivals Sorrento in a classic shrouded in controversy. Frankston YCW led at each break of play, but just couldn’t put…
LANGWARRIN’S come-from-behind 2-1 win over Eastern Lions at Gardiner’s Creek Reserve on Saturday has secured its status as a VPL1 club for next season. The recent turnaround in the club’s…
MEN’S DIV ONE Mt Eliza kept their season alive last weekend with a win over fellow finals contender Dromana. Both sides have suffered from mixed results in season 2025. Mt…
A GROUP of students from Frankston are hard at work on their second short film, and showing no signs of slowing down. 16-year-old Makayla Doyle directed her first short film…
THE sand sculpture exhibition is set to return to the Frankston waterfront this April. In 2018, the sand sculpture event moved from Frankston to the Mornington Peninsula. Sandstorm Events has…
THE headline acts for this year’s Mordi Fest event have been locked in. The 2025 Mordi Fest event takes place across Saturday, 1 March, and Sunday, 2 March, at Peter…
THE annual Waterfront Festival returns to Frankston next month. The free weekend festival takes place across Friday, 7 February, and Saturday, 8 February. Sneaky Sound System will headline the main…
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…
