THE federal government will spend more than $900,000 on a new shared path on Towerhill Road in Frankston South. The $923,650 project will “upgrade existing infrastructure to enhance safety by…
A NEW tenant for the former home of Sofia’s restaurant on the Frankston Waterfront has been chosen. After an expression of interest process, Frankston councillors last week confirmed that Ecco…
Chelsea police have charged a man following an alleged hit and run collision in Seaford on Saturday. Officers have been told a cyclist was travelling at the rear of a…
Two men were arrested in Seaford last night after they broke into a storage yard and made off with a passenger bus. The alarm was raised when a witness noticed…
APPLICATIONS are now open for Kingston Council’s charitable fund and bi-annual grants programs. Council handed out more than $70,000 to 11 charities through its charitable fund last year, and also…
JUDI McKee’s dedication to community service has deep roots that stretch back to her childhood in country Victoria. “Most people would say we were a middle-class family with supportive parents…
A FRANKSTON paramedic is ready to call time on his career after 50 years of saving lives. Kevin Cooper marked 50 years of service earlier this month. He began working…
PROVINCIALPINES have narrowly beaten fellow title contenders Dromana in an epic matchup at Eric Bell Reserve.Both sides have been locked in a battle for top spot on the ladder this…
Soccer DAVID Stirton, Hayden Taylor, Matt Harrington, Conor Mcfall, Tristen Stass and Daniel Bancroft are some of the names that fell under the local spotlight last week.Stirton and Taylor have…
PROVINCIALDROMANA moved to the top of the MPCA Provincial division ladder with a win over Old Peninsula away from home last weekend. MPCA cricket returned after a lengthy Christmas break…
SOCCER LANGWARRIN and Seaford United were the winners on Saturday as the annual Steve Wallace Memorial Day took place at Lawton Park.Host club Langwarrin reached the Wallace Cup final with…
SIX new sculptures honouring outstanding women will be installed across Victoria as part of an initiative run by McClelland Gallery.The Langwarrin gallery is partnering with the state government to run…
ART and design students at Chisholm Institute TAFE have created more than 100 artworks for an exhibition in Frankston.Small Works – a Show of Big Ideas is now showing at…
THE Moorabbin Junction After Dark event will return next month.The 2024 edition will feature interactive neon light installations, rides, a creature hunt, a giant snow globe, a silent disco, glow-in-the-dark…
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…
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…
