Eight people have been arrested – five of whom have been charged – after police dismantled a sophisticated cannabis crop in Melbourne’s southeast, with thousands of plants seized worth $15mil.…
THE Australian National Veterans Arts Museum (ANVAM) has received a $4000 community grant from Australia Post to support its Mornington Peninsula arts-based veteran wellbeing program. The program, called Making Space,…
THE City of Kingston has announced plans to develop a new framework aimed at helping improve accessibility to its beaches and foreshore.Council wants to ensure the 13 kilometres of coastline…
THE final stage of works to upgrade the Kananook Train Stabling Yard has been completed, with Frankston Line trains now able to be serviced, washed and stabled at the facility,…
THE peninsula branch of the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation will host its annual Gala Ball fundraiser next month.The Blue Ribbon branch has been fundraising to install two Extracorporeal Membrane…
A FATHER at Sorrento Beach has thrown caution to the wind by diving into the water to rescue his daughter. He saved his daughter’s life, but it nearly came at…
THEATRE director Maggie Morrison happened upon her Legends Of The Skies performing arts concept by fate; a stroke of luck which has helped earn her a Medal of the Order…
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONELANGWARRIN have kept their finals hopes alive with a gritty win over Mt Eliza. After a tight opening term at Lloyd Park on Saturday, Langwarrin took control…
SOCCER FOUR games from glory – that’s what most local State League clubs are facing in the run-in to the 2025 season finale. Mornington, Peninsula Strikers and Skye United are…
ROAD safety was at the top of the agenda during the statewide AFL Road Safety Round last week.Players across the state wore blue armbands to honour those who have died…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONE DROMANA picked up a hugely important win on Saturday at home against Edithvale-Aspendale. Dromana were the better side from the get-go. A five-goals-to-one first term put…
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…
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…
