MCCLELLAND Gallery has assembled an online program for the school holidays. Among the activities scheduled are DIY programs, wellbeing sessions, meditation sessions, and sound walks. McClelland director Lisa Byrne said that “arts can play an important role during this disruptive period by helping communities to stay connected”. “As successive lockdowns disrupt our lives in countless ways it is important for us all to develop coping strategies to survive and prosper in whatever the new versions of normal may become. McClelland has introduced a series of virtual and online initiatives designed to ensure that our focus on art with nature can…
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LOCAL businesses are being encouraged to take their services outdoors coming into summer. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a bigger push towards outdoor dining and activities. Multiple outdoor sites owned by Frankston Council are available to be used for business in the next year. Twelve month licences are available now for the use of Foreshore Reserve, Ballam Park, Beauty Park, Station Street Mall, Clyde Street Mall, Sandfield Reserve, Southgateway Reserve and Lyrebird Community Centre car park. Frankston councillor Suzette Tayler said “when lockdowns are a thing of the past, the community will be ready to get out and about…
THE pandemic hasn’t stopped a small Seaford-based charity from helping families in crisis. Mums Supporting Families in Need works with welfare agencies to provide essentials for families doing it tough. The organisation provides clothing, toys, cots, prams, car seats, linen, school supplies, hampers of hope, and food items to people who need them. Nelida from Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (pictured) visited the charity’s warehouse last month to collect clothing, linen, and a cot which will go to a family of five in need. To donate to the charity visit msfin.org.au/donate First published in the Frankston Times – 14 September…
Mornington Divisional Response Unit officers have seized drugs and cash after executing a warrant in Carrum Downs on Tuesday. Police executed the warrant at a residential address on Fairhaven Road and allegedly located various quantities of drugs which included cocaine, ecstasy, methylamphetamine and cannabis. Investigators also located a quantity of prescription drugs and over $20,000 in cash. A 32-year-old woman was arrested at the address and has since been charged with nine offences including possess proceeds of crime, traffick drug of dependence and possess drug of dependence. She has been bailed to appear at the Frankston Magistrates Court on 8…
ALLEGED thieves who targeted cars parked at railway stations across south-east Melbourne have been arrested and charged. The three men allegedly committed 70 thefts from motor vehicles, and five attempted thefts. Police allege that six of them occurred in Kingston, and one in Frankston. The majority occurred in Greater Dandenong. The thefts allegedly occurred between 5 May and 24 August. On Thursday 26 August, police executed four warrants across Cranbourne North, Noble Park, and Cranbourne. They arrested three men and seized tools, car jacks, and clothing. Police charged a 20-year-old Cranbourne North man with 32 counts of theft from motor…