Frankston Crime Investigation Unit Detectives have charged two women after a significant quantity of methamphetamine as well as other drugs were seized from a residence in Seaford. Detectives executed a search warrant at the Nepean Highway property on Thursday, 8 August. Officers located drugs at various locations within the property, including under a false-bottom floor. A believed commercial quantity of methamphetamine was seized along with a commercial quantity 1.4 butane-diol (approximately 10 litres) and quantities of cannabis and MDMA. Police also located an imitation firearm and equipment used to manufacture cloned numberplates. A 36-year-old Seaford woman has been charged with…
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A NEW mural has been painted at Vasey RSL Care in Frankston South. The 85-unit social housing site offers support to veterans, and is on the same land as the Vasey RSL Care Frankston South Aged Care Facility.Vasey resident Jan Fraser began planning the mural around five years ago. She received a $5000 grant for the project from Frankston Council last year, and engaged an artist to paint it. The mural was painted by artist Sheldon Headspeath, who worked with a team of local young people to complete it. Headspeath said “the thing I enjoyed most about this project was…
ON Saturday 3 August Frankston Raiders Rugby League celebrated their annual “Women in League” round, hosting an impressive 24 games of rugby league including multiple women’s games (including U14s, pictured) in one action packed day at their home grounds – Riviera Reserve.”This event highlighted the remarkable growth and enthusiasm for women’s rugby league, which we hope to see even more of in 2025,” said club spokesperson Casey Wallace. “Over the past year, the number of female participants at our club has doubled, reflecting the increasing popularity and acceptance of the sport. We’re a small and quickly growing club where every…
ART and design students at Chisholm Institute TAFE have created more than 100 artworks for an exhibition in Frankston.Small Works – a Show of Big Ideas is now showing at Frankston Arts Centre’s Cube 37. 150 artworks completed by Chisholm students are on display until 10 August.Alex Ralph, a student at the Frankston TAFE campus, is among those with their art on display. Ralph said she was “pleasantly surprised at how great it looked” once it was put up.A statement from Chisholm read “The Small Works artworks capture the thoughts and emotions of the student artists as they explore the…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughHASTINGS were at home to Mornington on Saturday last, and had the weather kept fine, a good keen game was looked forward to, as both teams are striving hard to retain a place in the first four.But after the heavy rain, which fell in the morning, all hopes of a good game had vanished, as the ground was in a terrible state, and unfit to play on. Nevertheless, the game (or, rather, half a game) was played.Retrospectively, it was a great pity that any of the games were allowed to be played on Saturday, as the day…