Author: Bayside News

FRANKSTON Council officers will patrol local hotspots over the summer period to keep an eye on public behaviour. Council has established a new “rapid response team” to patrol beaches, reserves, retail shopping strips, and town centres. The team will operate year-round, but resources will be directed to the foreshore area over summer. Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy said that the rapid response team would reduce crime rates. “While crime rates have continued to drop in our municipality, summer brings with it a new set of challenges. People love visiting our beautiful foreshore, especially during summer. And daylight savings means more people…

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A NEW music festival will take over Frankston Park on New Year’s Eve. The Lucky Day Out will feature performances from Tigerlily, Kid Ink, Joel Fletcher, and Frankston local Brynny. Tigerlily said “I’m super excited to be playing at Lucky Day Out Frankston. 2022 has been an amazing year and I can’t wait to end the year with a bang.” The festival has been organised by promoter Lucky Ent. Its director Luke Udorovic said “it’s really exciting to be bringing a major festival to the Frankston area on New Years Eve, and we’re thrilled to be partnering with the Frankston…

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THE only local playground with water play features is now open at Ballam Park. T hree more new playgrounds are set to open around Frankston by Christmas – at Brolga Reserve in Carrum Downs, Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve, and Orwil Reserve in Frankston. First published in the Frankston Times – 20 December 2022

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VCE students state-wide received their ATAR results this week. The class of 2022 were given their results on the morning of 12 December. At Mentone Girls Grammar, more than 42 per cent of the cohort received ATARs of above 90. Vivian Zhang was named dux with a near-perfect score of 99.85. Mentone Girls Grammar principal Natalie Charles said “our Year 12s are to be congratulated on a stellar year; their hard work, discipline, passion and spirit, have resulted in an extraordinary set of results and we could not be prouder. Every ending contains a new beginning, and today is a…

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THE new school buildings at Yarrabah School in Edithvale have been officially opened. The new buildings were funded by the state government. It announced it would spend $20 million redeveloping the school in 2017. Yarrabah School is a special development school. Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson attended the opening. He said “I was lucky enough to join the school community to help them officially open their new school buildings, which we committed to funding in 2017. I was blown away to see the joy and support these new facilities bring to the children and their families, and to join this amazing…

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