22 Dec 09 | THIS handsome creature is a Christmas beetle, a harbinger of the festive season that appears with the first hot weather.
22 Dec 09 | A 13-YEAR-old boy faces charges of attempted armed robbery and serious assault after thugs set upon a father and son who were walking their dog in Frankston.
22 Dec 09 | FRANKSTON Council will push ahead with plans to build an aquatic centre despite divisions among councillors over potential costs.
22 Dec 09 | IT was all hands to the boxes on Thursday when footballers and bankers got together with Southern Life Community Care preparing hampers for needy families.
22 Dec 09 | THE work of two very different Melbourne artists is on display at Frankston Arts Centre.
A retrospective of Anthony Breslin's paintings is showing in the arts centre foyer, while a huge glass chand
22 Dec 09 |
FRANKSTON Council missed a November deadline to make a submission to the State Government's Homelessness 2020 Strategy, despite complaining throughout the year that it was not bein
22 Dec 09 | 'The council awaits the findings of the independent consultants in order to determine any further courses of action.'
Mayor David Gibb (left)
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Mayor David Gibb
22 Dec 09 | 'These critical new reforms will strengthen our local police's ability to deal with drunkenness and disorder.'
Alistair Harkness MP
NEW random search and move-on laws passed last week to com
22 Dec 09 | BEACHES from the Mile Bridge to the Carrum Bowling Club at Keast Park will become 'pet friendly' as part of a trial to allow dogs over summer.
Dog owners will now be able to take leashed animals t
22 Dec 09 | 'It gives the lie to Mr Madden's claim the Government is protecting the peninsula and opens up the whole area to resubdivision.'David Morris MP
PLANNING Minister Justin Madden has undon
22 Dec 09 |
FRANKSTON Mayor Chris Richards has warned that unfenced or poorly fenced swimming pools could lead to a tragedy that would ruin Christmas for families.
"Every year there are tragedies, usually
22 Dec 09 |
THE declared fire danger period in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula has started.
22 Dec 09 |
MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire's local liquor law will be enforced by Victoria Police during the
New Year's Eve period on the peninsula.
The liquor law includes special provisions for the end o
22 Dec 09 |
ALTHOUGH boats carrying asylum seekers arrive in northern Australia, the sometimes acrimonious debate over refugee rights is fought mainly in the south.
David Spitteler co-ordinates the Asy
22 Dec 09 |
THEY may ride pushbikes and be years away from getting a driver's licence, but the pupils of St Anne's Primary School, Seaford, really appreciate a motorbike.
Their
22 Dec 09 | THE Valente family of Red Hill is dismayed that thieves stole their Santa from his chair perched outside their apple and cherry orchard overnight last Saturday week.
Ange Valente, whose family ha
22 Dec 09 |
A WAR of words has broken out between a Tyabb ratepayer and Mornington Peninsula Shire over the appointment of Alex Atkins to replace the retiring Bruce Douglas.
Mr Doug
22 Dec 09 | Summer music fest
ARTISTIC director Julia Fredersdorff has assembled 24 Australian and international musicians to perform in churches, halls and theatres from Mornington to Flinders and Shoreham to
22 Dec 09 |
THE Brekky Club is planning to serve up a special meal on Christmas Day.
Presented along with the usual fare of nutritional food will be a brown paper bag filled
22 Dec 09 |
SOUTH East Water has reassured Frankston residents after the distribution of a pamphlet claiming the town's water supply was contaminated.
The water authority last week announced it was taking
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