CARRUM MP Sonya Kilkenny has promised $3.24 million to upgrade Carrum Primary School if the state government is re-elected. The election promise was announced last week. Kilkenny said “Carrum Primary…
THE Len Phelps Pavilion at Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve is set to be developed after matching commitments from the state government and state opposition last week. Both the Labor and…
KINGSTON Council is set to review its current arrangement for maintaining Patterson Lakes waterways. Kingston councillors last week called for a report assessing beach maintenance within Patterson Lakes Waterways, which…
THE 50th anniversary of the former Baxter Technical School is being celebrated. The first classes at the school were taught in 1976, with an initial intake of 115 students. It…
PRE-SCHOOL children from Mordialloc have been making connections with aged care residents as part of a new program. The program, titled Jellyfish: Joining Enriching Learning Laughter Young Fun Intergenerational Supporting…
A WALK to raise funds and awareness for those impacted by childhood-onset heart disease (CoHD) will take place at Ballam Park Primary School on 24 October. Two Feet & A…
A NEW “bush food garden” opened at Moonlit Sanctuary last week as part of the park’s 25th anniversary celebrations. The new garden at the Pearcedale sanctuary features native Australian plants,…
SOCCER HAVING played, coached at junior and senior levels, been a team manager, sponsor and committeeman putting his hand up for the presidency seemed the next logical step in Travis…
MPCA MENS WITH wet weather affecting many of the mens’ games on Saturday 31 October, and no women’s games this weekend, again results were few and far between. PROVINCIAL THERE…
MPCA MENS PROVINCIAL WILD weather wreaked havoc on the cricket on Saturday with two of the four games in Provincial Division abandoned due to rain. Mornington are still to notch…
SOCCER GETTING the gang back together could be the underlying theme of the return to the coaching helm of one of Peninsula Strikers’ favourite sons in Scott Morrison. In just…
PERFORMERS from BAM Arts in Frankston were the stars of the 2026 Special Olympics Australia opening ceremony last week. BAM Arts is an inclusive performing arts organisation for people living…
THE sounds of saxophone will fill the air at Kingston City Hall next month during a free concert. Eight-piece band JAZZPARTY will perform a free concert at the hall on…
THE Spring Fair event returns to Keeley Park this Saturday, 17 October. Live music, dance workshops, food trucks, and rides are scheduled for the free annual event. Kingston mayor Georgina…
FANS of one of the world’s most iconic entertainers are invited to experience the music, story and spirit of Barbra Streisand when Simply Streisand comes to Frankston Arts Centre as…
FRANKSTON resident Jack Matthewman celebrated his 100th birthday last week. Matthewman was born in England in 1926. He and his family migrated to Australia just six months after his birth,…
OBITUARYRoger Hardinge Redston23 March 1938 – 13 April 2026 ROGER Redston, who served as a physician on the Mornington Peninsula for over 35 years, died peacefully on 13 April 2026,…
RECORD crowds are turning out for this year’s Australian Open, but things may look different if not for a series of tournaments in Frankston nearly five decades ago. 45 years…
A WORLD War II veteran living in Parkdale will celebrate his 100th birthday this week.John Davis will celebrate the milestone with friends and family at Bentleigh RSL Club.Davis is a…
