SAGES Cottage Farm is already home to miniature ponies, pigs, alpacas and goats, and now the farm’s workers are on the lookout for two miniature donkeys.Wallara’s Sages Cottage Farm in Baxter is run by people living with disabilities. The 40-acre farm is home to a cafe, animals, and gardens.Wallara senior manager Lisa Laing said that the addition of donkeys to the farm would help clients manage anxiety and improve their knowledge.“Welcoming new animals to Sages will provide our staff with more species to learn how to feed, groom and take care of – expanding their animal care knowledge,” Laing said.…
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Compiled by Cameron McCullough The change over from single phase to the three phase system was made on Saturday last.Mr. D. J. Quartermain and his staff attended to all the local arrangements, whilst the Electricity Commission controlled their portion of the work.Mr. Quartermain was ready at 3.30pm, but had to wait on the Commission until 5.15pm, on account of portion of the instruments supplied not being up to the standard.This necessitated considerable alteration, with the result that the light was not switched on until 7pm.On being switched over it was found that the work carried out was complete.The Commission’s officers…
21 PEOPLE were arrested in Frankston last Thursday during a police operation. Police had expanded powers to search for weapons in the Frankston area last week. It sent officers out to Frankston Railway Station on 10 July to conduct searches. Across eight hours police wand-searched 370 people. 21 people were arrested – among them were two Frankston women, aged 35 and 26, who were allegedly carrying knives.Other arrests included a 30-year-old Frankston woman who was charged with possessing GHB and an allegedly stolen credit card, a 26-year-old Frankston man who was charged with carrying methylamphetamine, a 20-year-old Frankton woman who…
Police have dismantled a large cannabis crop house at a home in Chelsea, following an investigation into an alleged organised crime syndicate. The Caulfield Divisional Response Unit executed a search warrant at the home on Newington Parade at 7.30am on Wednesday 8 July. It will be alleged the sophisticated set up spanned the entirety of the property – eight rooms in total – with investigators seizing more than 200 cannabis plants of varying maturity. The commercial quantity of the plants has an estimated potential street value of approximately $1.5 million. A 22-year-old man from Caroline Springs was arrested at the…
A DELEGATION of Frankston councillors has returned from a trip to Canberra. The mayor Cr Kris Bolam, Cr Sue Baker, and Cr Brad Hill attended the 2025 Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly. Frankston Council raised four successful motions at the assembly: Increased attention on blockchain and cryptocurrency in local government, compensation for councils hosting citizenship ceremonies, support for the Federal Government’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, and decentralisation of federal government agencies and jobs to outer metropolitan and regional areas.Frankston District Basketball Association CEO Wayne Holdsworth, who was named Frankston’s 2025 Citizen of the…