FRANKSTON police are working around the clock to keep residents safe by blitzing crime hotspots, arresting repeat offenders and responding to incidents in public spaces and on train-lines. Sergeant Phillip Hulley said that, by day 65 of its operation last week, the Shadow Taskforce had made 200-plus arrests – equating to an average of three per day. “So far, 4122 vehicles have been checked with many of these checks resulting in traffic stops or the execution of outstanding warrants,” he said. “A large number of the vehicles checked have also been searched for drugs and weapons.” Sergeant Hulley…
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A BAND with a difference united in their passion for rock hit the stage at The Groove Train in Frankston last Sunday (7 August). The Wallarians, a seven-piece band including five adults with disabilities, use any money from gigs to self-fund recordings and future concerts. The band met through Dandenong-based disability support network Wallara. Sevda (vocals), Hayden (MC, vocals) Stuart (bass), Declan (guitar), Andrew (drums), Baden (guitar) and Justin (saxophone) cite AC/DC, Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chilli Peppers as influences on their music. Visit thewallarians1.bandcamp.com/releases to buy The Wallarians’ debut single It’s All About Friends and help fund future…
By Andrea Louise Thomas Melbourne-based author Toni Jordan has penned four critically acclaimed novels. Originally from Brisbane, she studied physiology at the University of Queensland. She worked in molecular biology as a protein chemist amongst other things before becoming interested in copy writing. She took a Professional Writing and Editing course at RMIT and it was there that her first novel, Addition (2008), was born. It became an international bestseller. Her latest novel, Our Tiny Useless Hearts, has just been released. It’s brilliantly written, insightful and hilarious. I caught up with Jordan before she speaks at Frankston Library on August…
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie BAXTER continued to celebrate promotion from State 5 South with a 3-0 win over visitor Pakenham United on Saturday. Baxter created enough chances to make this a double-figure rout as Shaun Walker turned on a midfield masterclass while strikers Mark Pagliarulo and Liam Kilner terrorised the Pakenham defence. The visitors can thank keeper Jarrod Reynolds whose heroics time and again kept his team in the contest. Baxter should have scored four goals inside a five-minute period of the first half highlighted by an interpassing combination involving Frank Ntim and Pagliarulo and ending with a first-time Kilner…
MORE than 100 young marine ambassadors saw – and smelled – tonnes of pollution emptied from a Carrum Downs gross pollution trap on Tuesday (9 August). The trap stops stormwater pollutants washed from streets reaching Port Phillip. The sightseeing and smell smelling experience was part of the Dolphin Research Institute’s ‘i sea, i care’ school ambassador program. Ambassadors are trained by peer educators who go back to schools and share what they have learned. Pupils are taught ways to reduce pollutants entering drains and threatening Port Phillip’s marine life and fauna. “The institute is concerned about the link between water…