RECORD collectors will find plenty of albums to get their hands on in Frankston this month. The Frankston Foreshore Pop Up Record Fair will take place on 17 April. Event organiser Leif van den Dungen, of Melbourne Record Club, said “I’m really looking forward to being by the water with this one. There’s going to be marquees over about 12 tables and I’ve got some bunting for some colour – it’s going to be an old-school type of fair.” “People talk fondly of the crackle, hiss and pop. You’ve got to interact with a record – getting up to turn…
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FIRST Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing has received nearly $2 million to expand its services. The Frankston-based Indigenous healthcare provider’s CEO, Karinda Taylor, said the funding would “ensure that first nations’ people are provided with culturally safe services that meet the health and wellbeing needs of local communities”. The funding was secured through the federal government’s Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme. It is expected to fund service expansion and minor capital costs until 2023. Dunkley MP Peta Murphy said “the City of Frankston is home to one of the fastest growing indigenous populations in Victoria. This funding will allow First Peoples’ Health…
Detectives from the Caulfield Divisional Response Unit executed a search warrant in Mordialloc on Wednesday, 31 March. As a result, police seized approximately 2,500 cannabis plants from a factory on De Havilland Road. At this stage, no arrests have been made. Police are continuing to investigate the seizure and are appealing for anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report via www.crimestoppersvic.com.au Victoria Police News – Wednesday, 31 March 2021
SPARK Youth Dance Company will perform its eight-dance Circuit Breaker in the grounds of McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery, Langwarrin on Friday 9 April and Saturday 10 April. Members of the audience will be able experience McClelland’s artworks in a new light as they move through the park to find and watch the dancers “explore themes of and beyond their years”, director Alex Dellaportas said. The company’s dancers, aged 14 to 23, have been working together since February. Spark started in 2016, and its works have surprised and moved audiences with topical and emotive themes. Circuit Breaker tickets available at: sparkproductions.org.au/circuitbreaker First…
THE use of credit cards stolen from Parkdale late last year is being investigated by police. At around midnight on 21 December, a handbag was stolen from a car on Herbert Street. Credit cards were stolen from the handbag and later used by three people at stores in Camberwell, Abbotsford, Richmond, Fitzroy, and Melbourne East. Detectives have released images of three people, two men and a woman, who they wish to speak to about the crime. A statement from police read “the first man is approximately 180cm tall, slim build and believed to be aged in his mid-30s. The second…