THE annual mayor’s reading challenge will return in August, with a series of free events scheduled across Frankston’s libraries. Preschoolers who read 60 books, and students between Prep and Year 2 who read 30 books or comics throughout August will be eligible to win prizes. Frankston mayor Kris Bolam said “we’re thrilled to bring the Mayor’s Reading Challenge back for another year, encouraging kids to share in the joy of reading and explore their imagination.” “As someone training in education, I know first-hand the importance of early literacy and how vital it is to make reading both fun and accessible,”…
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SHORT films created by Nepean School students are on display at the Arts Centre Melbourne’s Smorgon Family Plaza.Students from the specialist school have been working alongside professional sound designers, puppeteers, and filmmakers to bring their concepts to life. They have worked with puppeteers Sarah Kriegler and Tim Sneddon from Lemony S Puppet Theatre, and filmmaker Zia Gul Sadeqi.The students, aged between five and 18, will have their short films displayed as part of Arts Centre Melbourne’s Stories in the Wall exhibition. Stories in the Wall program manager Delsa Evotia Tuitea said “it is a rare and special opportunity to have…
KINGSTON Council is urging for continued investment from other levels of government to fix local roads.The federal government has committed to spending $25 million to upgrade the Thompson Road and Mornington Peninsula Freeway intersection at Patterson Lakes, and $3 million to improve traffic flow at the McLeod Road and Station Street intersection in Carrum.Kingston deputy mayor Chris Howe said that the planned upgrades are welcome, but more work is needed. “This investment will make a real difference, particularly the long-awaited safety improvements at the Carrum intersection, where we’ve seen serious crashes and lengthy traffic queues,” Howe said. “Traffic engineers are…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough A UNIQUE event took place on Tuesday last at Frankston, when the Mayor of Prahran, Cr. J. C. Pickford, brought along about 300 boys from the State and Technical schools of Prahran, for the purpose of planting several acres of land with pine trees in view of the urgent necessity of providing against the tremendous shortage of timber which will take place in this country in the course of a few years.The Mayor has conceived the idea of interesting the school children of Prahran in this matter, and after negotiating with the officers of the Education…
AN investigation into a car allegedly stolen near Carrum Railway Station has led to the discovery of guns and weapon parts, police say. The car was allegedly stolen from Carrum on 17 July. The next day, around 12.15am, police spotted the Subaru Impreza in the carpark of a fast-food restaurant at the corner of Wellington Road and Dandenong Road in Clayton.After police moved in, the car allegedly fled. The police helicopter followed the car to Notting Hill, where a man allegedly dumped something in a shed. Police attended the property and arrested two men. They allege they found a 3D…