A THREE metre tall piggy bank weighing in at 700 kilograms rolled into Frankston this month as part of a fundraising appeal for the Very Special Kids charity. The annual Very Special Kids Piggy Bank Appeal came to Commonwealth Bank in Frankston on Friday 14 September as part of an appeal aiming to raise $1 million for children with life threatening conditions. Twelve year old Kaspar from Frankston is one local currently receiving support from Very Special Kids. He was diagnosed with Agenesis of the corpus callosum, a congenital disorder, only three months after he was born. Kaspar now suffers…
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Detectives from Frankston Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team and the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team have arrested a man following a joint investigation into alleged child exploitation offences. The 63-year-old man was today arrested after a warrant was executed at a Seaford property. Police also seized electronic equipment at the scene. The man has been charged with procuring and grooming a child under 16 for sexual activity, using a carriage service to transmit an indecent communication, and breaching his sex offender registration obligations. He has been bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday 21 September. The…
MENTONE Optical Service is making an effort to divert their contact lenses, blister packs, and cases from landfill as part of a national recycling program. The optometrist is collecting all brands of used contacts, blister packs, and cases to ship them off to be shredded, cleaned, and melted down into raw materials. The raw material can be used for many different purposes, including to create playgrounds, garden beds, and park benches. The program is run in partnership with Terracycle, a recycling company that aims to make use of hard to recycle materials. Mentone Optical Service spokesman Adam Fortune said the…
PARKDALE Secondary College could be set to receive a $9.6 million dollar funding boost if the Andrews Labor Government is re-elected in November. The state government has promised the funds to the Mordialloc school to upgrade the main classroom wing, the woodwork and drama building, and the home economics and science block. In addition to a full rebuild of the M and N wings at the school, the funding will also convert the portable rooms in the E wing into permanent structures. Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson said that “Parkdale Secondary College has grown a lot in recent years and I’m…
THEY might be among the most common animals in our backyards, but they are also among the least seen. Microbat expert Dr Casey Visintin will reveal much about these flying animals during a talk at the Australian Garden Auditorium, Cranbourne Gardens. Microbats are among the most common animals in our backyards and in bushland. They come out at night to feed on insects. Children are much more likely to hear their high-pitched squeaks at night than adults. Microbats use echo-location (sonar) to navigate and hunt and consume huge numbers of insects each night, including mosquitoes and other pest insects. Through…