POLICE want to talk to a man about a car fire in Riviera Street, Seaford at about 11.15pm on Friday 16 February. The man was seen on CCTV footage, pictured, from a nearby service station at 10pm, on the corner of Reserve Road and Nepean Highway, buying five litres of fuel before riding on a mountain bike in the direction of Riviera Street. An unregistered Nissan Skyline was then set on fire on Riviera Street. Anyone with any information should contact Crime Stoppers online at crimestoppersvic.com.au or by calling 1800 333 000. First published in the Frankston Times – 7…
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HOTEL Sorrento by Australian playwright Hannie Rayson is a highly commercial and relatable comedy/drama and familial story for a mainstream audience. This award winning play, which inspired the film of the same name, tells the story of three sisters who grew up together in the seaside town Sorrento. Hilary lives in the family home in Sorrento with her father and 16 year-old son. Pippa, a business woman, is visiting from New York and Meg, a successful writer, returns from England. When the three sisters are reunited after 10 years apart they again feel the constraints of family life. A semi-autobiographical…
SKYE local Melanie Rees was able to spend every precious last moment with her late husband Joel in hospital before he passed away on Boxing Day last year; but only because of Frankston Hospital’s expanding Oncology service. The 55-year-old sadly lost his battle with aggressive tongue and throat cancer and spent his last weeks on Ward 5FS at Frankston Hospital. “If I didn’t have the support of Frankston Hospital I wouldn’t have been able to spend as much quality time with Joel,” says his wife Melanie. “When Joel was receiving treatment in the city there was an endless amount of…
A PROMINENT playground at the Frankston Waterfront is getting a $1.25 million makeover for families to enjoy. Frankston councillors voted behind closed doors after the public council meeting on Monday 23 April to spend the money over two financial years to upgrade the playground near the foreshore, known for its highly-visible “pixie hat” steel cone roofs. The pixie hats will be refurbished as part of planned works at the playground that will include “demolition of existing aged equipment”. “The Waterfront Playground is regularly filled with families, popular for its close proximity to the beach, the play experiences, grass areas and…
A MAN in black will bring the songs of The Man In Black to life at the Frankston Arts Centre this month. Australian country rock ’n’ roll outlaw Tex Perkins will channel kindred spirit Johnny Cash in The Man In Black – The Johnny Cash Story on Wednesday 9 May. A nationwide tour of the show kicks off in Frankston after a sell-out stint at Melbourne’s Athenaeum Theatre late last year. Perkins and the Tennessee Four and Rachael Tidd will perform Cash classics including Ring of Fire, Folsom Prison Blues and I Walk The Line at the FAC. The Man…