HEARTKIDS, the only charity dedicated to supporting Australians impacted by congenital heart disease, will take place for the first time in Frankston this year, on Sunday 13 October.Two Feet &…
FOR artist Emma Davies, the enchanting beauty of the Mornington Peninsula is not just a backdrop; it’s a wellspring of inspiration that helps create her creations. The Frankston South resident…
KALA Petronijevic has been named the 2024 Kingston Young Citizen of the Year. Petronijevic lives with severe vision impairment. She has introduced a blind tennis program to Cheltenham to bring…
MORE police could soon patrol Frankston on bicycles as part of a plan revealed by Frankston councillors last week.Newly-elected Frankston councillor Nathan Butler raised the idea at last week’s council…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two boys, following an alleged armed robbery and a collision, in Melbourne’s southern suburbs yesterday (7 December). It is alleged that two offenders…
A NEW facility for radiation therapy opened at Peninsula Private Hospital in Langwarrin last week. The $8 million radiation therapy centre features a bunker insulated by 400 cubic metres of…
TWENTY alleged shoplifters were arrested during a police operation in Frankston last month. The police operation ran between 13 and 15 November. 20 people aged between 13 and 58 were…
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…
ONE of Australia’s favourite sporting heroes, John Bertrand AO, who skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America’s Cup, will be guest speaker at the Mornington Yacht Club’s foundation…
THNDO is set to headline a free music festival in Moorabbin this weekend. The inaugural Moorabbin Music + Arts festival will take place at the Kingston Arts Centre in Moorabbin…
MORDI Fest will return to Peter Scullin Reserve next month. The Pierce Brothers, Teen Jesus and The Jean Teasers, The Vanns, and Tim Rogers & The Twin Set will headline…
THE queen of soul Aretha Franklin’s life story will be told on the Frankston Arts Centre stage next month. RESPECT follows the iconic singer’s journey from the 1960s to the…
JOHN Schultz knows a thing or two about football jumpers. He’s grabbed plenty as their wearers flashed past on the footy field. But he also knows they were once the…
FLEDGLING surfboard makers Paul and Phil Trigger thought they had a great idea when it came to naming and identifying their surfboards: “Let’s start with the First Dimension”. This was…
“A SURVIVOR” is how Alan Scoble describes his late-grandfather Handley Scoble, who enlisted for World War I at the Frankston Mechanics’ Institute in early 1917 and then joined the other…
HISTORY buffs know about the Rose Series of postcards produced by Victorian photographer George Rose’s business, the Rose Stereograph Company. Many scenes of the Mornington Peninsula were captured by Rose…
