A PLAY shedding light on the dark topic of child abuse by Edithvale playwright Kieran Carroll is heading to Chelsea for a free community performance. The award-winning playwright was commissioned by Monash University to write The Truth Is Longer Than A Lie, a play drawing on the personal accounts of children subjected to abuse. Based on a book by Monash University researchers Dr Neerosh Mudaly and Professor Chris Goddard, Carroll’s play focuses on the heart in the darkness when silence is broken about abuse. CSIRO chief scientist and child abuse research advocate Dr Alan Finkel has praised Carroll’s adaptation of…
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SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie A MARCUS Collier hat-trick rescued Skye United and powered its 5-3 come-from-behind FFA Cup win on Saturday against Elwood City. The match was held at Doveton’s Waratah Reserve and Skye was forced into extra time to settle the issue against its lower league opponent. Daniel Attard ran onto a through ball and slotted it past advancing Elwood keeper Roddy Beccara in the 22nd minute but by half-time Elwood had come roaring back to lead 2-1. A Sammy Hehir free kick had levelled the scores after 37 minutes and a John Andrinopoulos own goal just before the…
By Ben Triandafillou THE Frankston Dolphins have appointed the highly-respected ex-Hawthorn player, Gary Buckenara, as their new general manager to help gain re-entry back into the VFL for 2018. Ending their 51-year association with the competition, the Frankston Dolphins were removed from the VFL due to grave financial issues at the end of last year. Buckenara brings his extensive experience in football to the Dolphins, having recently spent a short period of time as a Hawthorn recruiter and played a crucial role in the club’s three-year premiership streak. “Gary will bring his vast knowledge of the football industry and he…
SHREK and Kung-Fu Panda will light up Rosebud’s Foreshore Live Under the Big Top from 25 March until 30 April this year at an Australian-first exhibition of some of DreamWorks Animation’s best known characters in a large-scale lantern experience. Lights by DreamWorks – The Experience is an interactive, walkthrough experience for all ages and is set to run for 30 days and attract more than 150,000 local and international visitors who will marvel at more than 100 of DreamWorks’ characters brought to life. Modelled on the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival, Lights by DreamWorks features huge illuminated figures familiar to the…
POLICE and CFA experts are investigating the cause of a fire which extensively damaged a two-storey shop in Playne St, Frankston, and caused smoke damage to an adjoining shop, early Thursday morning (23 February). Twelve firefighters from Frankston and Patterson River CFA brigades brought the fire under control in 15 minutes. Senior Station Officer Doug Broom, of Frankston CFA, said police were called because the fire was deemed suspicious. Power and gas supply companies were asked to cut their services. Smoke also damaged the adjoining Family Life business. Senior Sergeant Michael Lamb, of Frankston police, said witnesses walking east along…