ARTISTS will transform Mordi Village with murals and artworks this April. The Wall To Wall festival returns to Mordialloc between 5 and 6 April. Juddy Roller will curate a selection of murals from ten street artists.Juddy Roller creative director Shaun Hossack said the Wall to Wall festival “has always been more than just an art event—it’s a cultural celebration.” “As we mark our tenth anniversary, we’re celebrating the over 110 stunning murals that we’ve brought to life across four different locations, and the inspiring legacy that endures long after the walls are painted. It’s amazing to see the journey we’ve…
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SAGES Cottage in Baxter has launched its own nursery for locally grown plants and products. The Baxter cottage hosts people living with disabilities, and allows them to gain work experience and build their skills. Sages Cottage client Callum is among the workers at the new nursery – he said it is an “amazing opportunity for everyone.” “I’m excited, ecstatic, happy— all the emotions. I want it to do well. I’m excited about the plants going inside the nursery,” he said.Sages Cottages CEO Phil Hayes-Brown said “Sages’ new farm gate shop will provide more work opportunities for clients as well as…
FUNDRAISING by the Blue Ribbon Foundation is underway to purchase two new life support machines for Peninsula Health.The extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines cost $300,000. The new machines will be installed at the redeveloped Frankston Hospital. The machines offer temporary life-support for patients with severe or acute respiratory and cardiac failure. The Frankston E.C.M.O Unit is expected to be named in memory of the four police officers killed on the Eastern Freeway in 2020: Lynette Taylor, Kevin King, Joshua Prestney, and Glen Humphris.Blue Ribbon Foundation CEO Neil Soullier said “we can do nothing to bring these members back but we can…
VICTORIA’S fisheries department is proposing to close its Mornington station and replace it with a “community office” in Carrum under a new model stakeholder groups fear would lead to weaker compliance and increased illegal fishing.The community hub would be “education only”, according to the Community and Public Sector Union (CSPU), with nine engagement officers to serve the whole Port Phillip and Western Port Bay areas, resulting in a 66 per cent staff reduction.A Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) has not made a formal announcement on the changes. Instead, a spokesperson said in a statement its future was “focused on education and…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughSHORTLY after seven o’clock on Friday night last, a storm of more than average violence swept over Frankston.During the afternoon the heavy clouds presaged that an abnormal change in the weather was imminent, but beyond an occasional shower, nothing transpired until later, as already stated.Then, and almost without premonition, the storm burst in all its fury. Dust, which had been lying dormant for days, was swept along the thoroughfares of usually peaceful Frankston; doors in houses banged in unison; open windows rattled ominously and cleanly people rushed to close them.The gale continued to increase in velocity, then,…