FRANKSTON’S annual South Side Festival returns this month with an exciting 11-day program, delivering a captivating mix of performances, comedy, art installations, visual arts, and a few delightfully naughty surprises. Whether you’re a local or a visitor to Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula, the festival offers something for everyone, sparking creativity, challenging perceptions, and creating vibrant opportunities for community engagement. One of the highlights this year is the return of Neon Fields, transforming Beauty Park into a mesmerising, glowing fantasy world. This interactive light installation invites both children and adults to explore a magical space, encouraging play and engagement within…
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SESSIONAL kindergarten will be discontinued at the Carrum Family and Children’s Centre. Kingston Council will no longer offer the service at the Carrum centre from 2026. It will continue to offer its extended day kindergarten program at the centre. Kingston Council has come under fire for the decision. Council CEO Peter Bean said “demand for sessional kinder has fallen across the combined Carrum/Bonbeach/Patterson Lakes catchment and it is essential our services reflect the changing needs of our community.” “This change will enable us to meet the growing, stronger demand for extended day kinder programs – which reflects the growing number…
Mark Dreyfus – Labor I am proud to have represented the people of Isaacs since 2007 and I want to continue to serve them as a member of the Albanese Labor Government. If re-elected, we would boost bulk billing, provide tax cuts for every taxpayer, make free TAFE permanent and slash HECS debts, cut energy bills, and make it easier to buy a first home. As Member for Isaacs I’ve already delivered significant investments for the community, including funding for vital road safety improvements, upgrades to the new Dingley Reserve Pavilion, $20 million for the new Mordialloc Aquatic Centre, upgrades…
FREE plants will be given away to Kingston residents as part of a bid to increase local vegetation. Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley said “we are committed to expanding our biodiversity and increasing our canopy cover and vegetation across the city.” “Unfortunately, we have seen a decline in our tree canopy cover over the past decade and we are very keen to turn that around,” she said. “The giveaways are one measure we are taking to achieve this, along with undertaking a major planting program, supporting community-led initiatives and school-based programs, and developing a community education program. “Our community understands the…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough “I was pooled into it,” said Percy Jackson to Senior-Constable W. R. Elliott, when stopped in Bay street, Frankston, at 5.30 of the afternoon of Good Friday last, when travelling in his car at a rate estimated by the Constable at 40 miles an hour, and by Jackson at 37 miles.The Senior-Constable told the Bench, over which Mr. W. G. Smith, P.M., presided, that Jackson was driving furiously along the Point Nepean road, between Mornington and Frankston.He pulled up at the Prince of Wales Hotel, where the Constable accosted him, and accused him of driving in…