CAR owners are being reminded to keep their car keys out of sight in the house, after another prestige car theft in Mount Eliza on Monday night or early Tuesday morning, 20-21 June. A white Audi was stolen from a house in Kunyung Road after thieves got into the locked house and stole the car keys while the occupants were asleep. Police say criminals breaking into homes and swiping car keys while unwitting owners sleep is still a problem on the Mornington Peninsula. They are urging home occupants to lock their doors at night and do not keep car keys…
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A PROGRAM for people living with disabilities has received a grant funding boost from Frankston Council. Eight businesses were recently awarded the ratepayer-funded business grants. The Perpetual People Co in Frankston received more than $28,000 to go towards setting up a gardening program and a sports program. Perpetual people Co-owner Prini Swinton-Lee said that the grant funding will “do so much good to the people that we support.” “It opens up the opportunity for our clients to work in the community as well as become self-sufficient such as learning to grow their own fruit and veggies at home,” she said.…
THE Carrum Bowling Club has received a $9000 grants from the state government. The funding will go towards sending women at the club to coaching and umpiring courses. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said that the grant would help get women into leadership positions at the club. “I’m so proud to see more funding for Carrum Bowling Club to get more women involved in such a great sport. Congratulations to the Carrum Bowling Club on receiving this funding and for taking such an active role in promoting greater gender equality at the club,” she said. “I encourage more women to take…
INDIGENOUS songwriter Kutcha Edwards will perform his live show at Kingston Arts Centre this Friday. Edwards’ show explores the themes of country, birth, youth, politics, love, culture, healing, and hope. The concert will feature music from his new album CIRCLING TIME. Edwards, a Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta and Nari Nari man, is a three-decade veteran of the Australian music industry. The concert will take place on Friday, 24 June. To buy tickets visit kingstonarts.com.au/PERFORMANCE/MUSIC/Kutcha-Edwards First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 22 June 2022
THE state government has announced a series of huge reforms to kinder. From next year, parents will be able to access 15 hours of government-funded three-year-old kinder for free. Four-year-old kinder will also be made free, and will undergo a complete transformation over the next decade. In the next ten years four-year-old kinder will be overhauled into “Pre-Prep”, the state government has announced. Pre-Prep will be a universal program consisting of 30 hours a week of care. The state government will spend $9 billion on the project. Premier Daniel Andrews said that the changes would help “set our kids up…