SHOCKING numbers of family violence cases in Frankston have prompted calls for action. Around five domestic violence cases are reported on average each day in the Frankston local government area.…
SMOKE covered Cheltenham and Moorabbin last week after a massive factory fire. The factory on Chesterville Road in Cheltenham went up in flames at around 8.30am on Thursday, 30 January.…
Police have arrested two people and seized three allegedly stolen vehicles as part of an ongoing investigation in Baxter. Frankton Crime Investigation Unit detectives attended a property on Harold Court…
LANGWARRIN Park Primary School principal Richard Barren has been charged with possessing child abuse material.On 31 January the Victorian Department of Education sent a letter to parents at Langwarrin Park…
THE Australian Conservation Foundation (Mornington Community Group) is calling on the state government and the Environmental Protection Authority to immediately implement sustainable procedures to ensure roadside cleanliness in Victoria on…
LIFE for women after traumatic events will be the focus of a keynote speech in Moorabbin next month.Cat Dunn is leading the “Life After I Left” event. Dunn is a…
CLIMATE change and “increasing urbanisation” is endangering the platypus population on the Mornington Peninsula, researchers say. The state’s platypus population is being assessed this spring breeding season using “eDNA testing”.…
PROVINCIALDROMANA has fired an early warning shot to the rest of the division after a dominant win over Heatherhill. Dromana wrapped up their second win of the season on Saturday…
SOCCER IT’S taken six years but Langwarrin head coach Jamie Skelly hopes it’s going to be well worth the wait. Wind the clock back to 2018 and Skelly is coaching…
A YOUNG BMX star from Frankston is flying high after a big win at a national competition this month. 10-year-old Harla Sinclair, a member of the Frankston BMX Club, joined…
PROVINCIAL SORRENTO have put themselves in a good position to defeat Baden Powell. Sorrento hosted day one of the two-day clash at David MacFarlane Reserve on Saturday. The Sharks batted…
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…
TASMANIAN Aboriginal artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell will deliver a talk at McClelland Gallery this weekend. Nichols-Mansell is cultural adviser to Dark Mofo and the founder of Blackspace Creative Arts and Cultural…
CHILDREN attending Sunday school at Aspendale Presbyterian church in 1927 received their religious teaching while sitting under a tree. It was adults only inside the church. In the past 90…
MEMORIES good and bad came flooding back when a former child patient of a now-dilapidated and disused Mt Eliza children’s hospital visited the Jacksons Rd site last week. Don Lawson,…
WITH a cake, candles and a happy birthday buzz, Frankston Hospital last week celebrated 75 years as an integral part of the Mornington Peninsula community. Since opening on 30 November…
VICTORIA’S longest serving police officers were honoured at a special morning tea at Parliament House last week. Police Minister Lisa Neville and Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton hosted the event in…
