SUE Baker has been elected the new mayor of Frankston. Cr Baker was elected to the top job by councillors on 10 December. She defeated Cr Nathan Butler to win…
Frankston City Council has announced the successful recipients of the 2025–2026 Small Business Grants Program, with 22 local businesses awarded a record total of $200,000. From a creative party hub…
On Friday 5th December, Somerville Highway Patrol intercepted a driver on Cranbourne Road, Frankston who appeared to have an unrestrained child in the back seat. When officers spoke to the…
RYMAN Healthcare has decided not to proceed with a contentious retirement development of Mt Eliza’s Moondah Estate on Kunyung Rd and is reported to have offloaded the site at a…
AS the temperatures rise, so do tensions between humans and territorial birds protecting their young.Swooping season has officially arrived as native birds enter their breeding season.“Swooping is a normal, temporary…
A BREAST care nurse working across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula is celebrating 25 years in the healthcare industry.Jenny Macindoe has been a breast care nurse for 25 years. For…
MENTONE and Mordialloc lifesavers were recognised for their efforts in the water last week at Life Saving Victoria’s Awards of Excellence.In front of more than 500 people at the Sofitel…
SOCCER CHARLIE O’Connell hopes to celebrate Baxter’s 50th anniversary next year with promotion from State 4 South-East. The 27-year-old returned to Baxter Park last season after winning successive promotions with…
Soccer SOMERVILLE Eagles attacking midfielder Alessio Izzo flies to Thailand in a fortnight for a professional trial. The 32-year-old contacted a player agency through social media and now has a…
PROVINCIAL SORRENTO played Red Hill in a nailbiter on Saturday, with the Sharks winning by the finest of margins. Red Hill was sent in to bat first on their home…
PROVINCIAL Langwarrin batted brilliantly to claim a hard-fought win over Sorrento at David MacFarlan Reserve on Saturday. The Kangaroos headed into day two with a tall mountain to climb. Sorrento…
THE South Side Festival returns to Frankston next month. The festival will make a comeback between 8 May and 18 May. Neon lights will illuminate Beauty Park this year, in…
A LARGER-than-life hot-air balloon sculpture – the giant Skywhale and Skywhalepapa – will grace the skies over Mornington in what promises to be a sunrise spectacle. Created by leading Australia…
WATCH in amazement as Australia’s top sand sculptors bring the most iconic literary and film villains to life with 300 tonnes of sand! Plus, have your say on who should…
KINGSTON’S Pet Expo will return to Kingston Heath Reserve this Saturday, 29 March.The Lost Dogs Home will host a dog behaviour talk to kick off the event at 9am. Also…
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…
THE giant Christmas tree has made its way out of storage once again, as work gets underway to erect it as part of Frankston’s Christmas Festival of Lights . Tony…
OBITUARY John Houston Buzaglo OAM11 July 1924 – 4 August 2018Naval officer, advertising manager, boat-builder, international yachtsman, sailing instructor JOHN “Buz” Buzaglo was perhaps destined to co-create a radical racing…
A MOVE from premises in Mentone to new digs in early 2016 was the impetus for an art group to paint a picture of its own history in book form.…
