Jun 5, 2024 · PLANS for a huge water park in Dingley Village have been approved by the state government. The “SurfnPlay” water park is proposed for 321 Old Dandenong Road. Plans for the $120 million development show a giant outdoor pool, and indoor water slides and playgrounds. The plan was given the green light by the state government

Jun 17, 2024 · A MURDER investigation is underway after a man died in Frankston last week. Just after 11.30pm on 10 June, emergency services were called out to Ashleigh Street in Frankston. A man had been found with critical injuries. The man, a 30-year-old from Heatherton, died at the scene. CPR was performed, but he could not be

Jan 28, 2025 · WAYNE Holdsworth has been named Frankston’s citizen of the year for his work in suicide prevention.Holdsworth’s 17-year-old son Mac died by suicide in October 2023 aged just 17. Mac Holdsworth was the victim of sexual extortion before his death. Since his son’s passing, Wayne Holdsworth has created SmackTalk. The organisation raises …

May 13, 2024 · Established in 2006, Mornington Peninsula News Group (MPNG) is a locally owned and operated, independent media company. MPNG publishes five weekly community newspapers: the Western Port News, Mornington News, Southern Peninsula News, Frankston Times and Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News.

Jan 13, 2025 · THE annual Waterfront Festival returns to Frankston next month. The free weekend festival takes place across Friday, 7 February, and Saturday, 8 February. Sneaky Sound System will headline the main stage on Friday. On Saturday, popular folk duo the Pierce Brothers are the headline act. Other performers set to take the stage over the weekend

Jan 13, 2025 · MUSICIAN Queenie, the alter-ego of Eloise Thetford, will perform in a free concert at Kingston City Hall in Moorabbin this weekend. The concert is part of a series of free events being promoted by Kingston Arts and PBS. Live at City Hall: Sunday Sounds will take place over three Sundays in January, February, and March,

Nov 11, 2024 · SIX people have been arrested in relation to a Frankston North shooting which left a man with life-threatening injuries. A man was found with a serious gunshot wound on Armata Crescent at around 7.20pm on 4 November. The victim, a 36-year-old man from Dandenong, was taken to hospital. Police allege that the victim was shot

Dec 17, 2024 · PENINSULA Health chief executive Helen Cooper has announced that Peninsula Health intends to merge with Alfred Health and Kooweerup Regional Health to create a new entity, tentatively named Bayside Health. A statement supplied to The Times said the merger will come into effect from 1 January 2026, and “is an important step in improving health

Oct 22, 2024 · FRANKSTON mayor Nathan Conroy will get a second chance to contest Dunkley at the next federal election.Conroy was chosen as the Liberals’ candidate for Dunkley at a party meeting last Tuesday, 15 October. He narrowly defeated former Carrum MP Donna Hope to win preselection, The Times understands. Conroy also contested the March by-election, triggered by

Jul 30, 2024 · FRANKSTON councillors have given approval to a high-rise apartment building in Frankston, but its fate will ultimately be decided by VCAT. The application submitted was for a 14-storey building at 424-426 Nepean Highway, Frankston. A planning permit for the site was first issued in September 2018, but the proposal has since undergone numerous changes. Earlier