EARLY Sunday morning is certainly not the time to explode a home-made pipe bomb in the local park. But that’s what residents living near Skye Valley Park, Santa Clara Mews, woke up to last week. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the 6am detonation of the aerial exploding device made from PVC tubing and tape. Emergency services were called after witnesses reported the loud bang. An arson and explosives chemist attended. There was no damage to people or property but police said it could have been worse if the device had gone off later in the day as it was…
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A LIFE-CHANGING operation has given a bright future to a Timor Leste woman – partly thanks to Seaford Carrum Downs Rotary. The club brought Jesuina da Costa Belo to Melbourne for open heart surgery, which is not available that country. Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children organised the trip for Jesuina and her mother, Teresa, for the operation at the Monash Medical Centre, Clayton. She was treated pro bono by cardiac surgeon Professor Andrew Cochrane. Seaford Carrum Downs Rotary Club members John and Judy Berends enjoyed their role as the women’s hosts. “Despite the language barrier everything went well and…
THE Rotary Room at the Frankston Arts Centre will come alive this Sunday for the grand final of The Voice of Frankston 2015. Last Sunday, 25 singers performed over four age categories: junior, teen, adult and senior, at the semi-finals. In the lead up, the show’s panel of judges had gone through blind auditions to sort through more than 100 entries. …
By FRAN HENKE VISUAL arts students at Chisholm Frankston are taking their work to the walls of Monash Health this month to cheer and stimulate patients, visitors and staff. Their show, featuring paintings, sculptures, drawing and printmaking by art and illustration students, will open in the Monash Health Art Space, 3.30pm, Thursday 17 September. The opportunity came about after a meeting between art student Eleni Theodoridi, who also works as a medical interpreter at Monash, and senior manager and curator at Monash Health, Kim Minett. Their mutual vision and enthusiasm for the role that art plays in the public health setting…
Detectives have arrested a second man following an alleged burglary at the Frankston RSL in July. Investigators were told war medals and other memorabilia were stolen during the incident on 31 July. Police executed a warrant at a Skye house in August, arresting a 24-year-old man. He is expected to be charged on summons with burglary and theft offences. Investigators arrested a second man on Tuesday, following a series of search warrants in Cranbourne West and Langwarrin. The 23-year-old Cranbourne West man was charged with burglary, theft, handle stolen goods, possess a drug of dependence and possess the proceeds of…