Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after a burglary in Langwarrin last week. A grey Ford Ranger Raptor with false plates parked outside a property on Elm Grove about 8.30am on Thursday, 12 October. It is understood a man and woman got out of the vehicle and entered the house through an unlocked internal garage door. Police were told they were disturbed by a neighbour and fled the scene in the vehicle. There were no injuries and nothing was taken. Investigators have released an image of a vehicle believed to have been used in the incident…
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A CHOIR group which rehearses across Mordialloc, Mornington, Oakleigh, and Moorabbin has recorded a single to raise money for charity. The song, titled Window With Smiles, was recorded by Pop Choir at Iwaki Auditorium. It is scheduled to release online on 22 October. Money from the song’s release will be donated to The Lighthouse Foundation, a youth homelessness charity. Pop Choir has around 600 members. It was founded in 2014 by performers Darryl Moulton and Sharon Stokes. Moulton said “our motto at Pop Choir is if you can speak you can sing, so we welcome anyone to come and give…
MORDIALLOC Sailing Club members take a journey into the past each week by setting sail on a traditional six metre St Ayles skiff. The boat took Mordialloc Sailing Club members a year to build. It was sponsored by Bendigo Bank’s Parkdale branch. The group takes the boat out each Thursday evening at 5pm. In 2022 the Mordialloc Sailing Club crew rowed from Mordialloc down to Portsea with a Coast Guard escort – they travelled 110kms over 7 days. In February 2024 the club plans to row from the Port of Sale to Paynesville before going on to Lakes Entrance. The…
ICONIC Frankston bookshop Robinsons will celebrate its 60th birthday later this month. Philip and Moira Robinson opened Robinsons Bookshop in Frankston in 1963. In 1992 it moved from Frankston’s Central Carpark to Station Street Mall, where it remains today. The bookshop will host a party for its 60th anniversary on 26 October, 6pm to 9pm. It will feature giveaways, prizes, trivia, refreshments, authors, memorabilia, and an “exclusive members” sale. Robinsons now has locations across Victoria. It was acquired by Susanne Horman in 2007. Philip Robinson died in 2019 aged 89. Robinsons Bookshop can be found at 3/11 Station Street Mall,…
GRANTS of up to $150,000 are available to coastal crown land managers, such as volunteer committees of management and local governments, to develop projects to improve coastal land. The VicCoasts “coastal public access and risk grant” program is now open. Previous grants have helped fund boardwalks, access ramps, and foreshore paths around Victoria. VicCoasts statewide coastal programs manager Angeline Charles said, “Victoria is home to some of our country’s most spectacular coastlines, and it’s important we preserve and protect them for future generations to enjoy.” “The coastal public access and risk grants will support coastal crown land managers to identify,…