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Cardinia Council has announced the successful applicants of the 2023 Cardinia Arts Grants.The grants provide financial assistance to local artists for initiatives that utilise, expand, and promote the arts within Cardinia Shire.The 2023 recipients are:• Olivia Watson• Nicola Blackmore• Julie Konda (business name Festive Tribe)• Sesuraj Michaelraj• Lana de Jager• Stephanie O’Connell (artist name Figgy
Frankston Council says it awaits “a thorough understanding of the rationale behind the Victorian Government’s introduction of the interim planning controls, announced by Minister [Sonya] Kilkenny over part of the Frankston Metropolitan Activity Centre Structure Plan area”.The Council says it wants to know what implications they may have for the future authorisation of the FMAC
The City of Casey is aiming to plant up to 12,000 native trees this National Tree Day at Grasmere Creek in Berwick. The Grasmere Creek wetlands, located in Berwick’s Cardinia Creek Parklands North, were established in 2020 through a collaborative effort between Melbourne Water, Parks Victoria, and the City of Casey. This joint project aimed
A suspected Friday afternoon drag race has landed two Carrum Downs pedestrians in hospital.The unsuspecting members of the public, plus the driver of one of the cars, went to hospital after a vehicle ploughed through a bus shelter on Frankston-Dandenong Rd, near Avondrust Lodge.The fence of the residential aged centre was damaged in the incident,
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council has solved the mystery of large amounts of building material being dumped at Tuerong Rd sites.A Cranbourne man has been instructed to remove the dumped waste and dispose of it legally. The same man was also issued with two infringements totalling almost $3700.The Council received a tip earlier this year from
A man has come forward to police following a sexual assault at a shopping centre in Melbourne’s CBD this month.The man handed himself in to a northern suburbs police station on Thursday afternoon (July 13) after the release of an image and an appeal by Melbourne Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives.The 47-year-old
Police officers are appealing for public assistance to locate a third man involved in an aggravated carjacking in Carnegie.It is alleged two men approached a female driver of a grey Toyota RAV4 in El Nido Grove about 5pm on Monday, June 26.The men allegedly forced the victim to hand over her car keys, phone and
Route 86 trams and Plenty Rd traffic were stopped on Thursday (July 13) as a fire hit the Beijing Duck and Dumpling restaurant at the Murray Rd corner in East Preston.The restaurant was taken to hospital, and two other people were treated, after the blaze started around 9am.Some 10 Fire Rescue Victoria units attended the
Vic Emergency reports that firefighters are battling a structure fire near the north-west corner of Plenty Rd and Murray Rd, Preston. The fire was reported on Thursday morning, July 13. Fire Rescue Victoria units were called. Plenty Rd traffic – including Route 86 trams – were affected. 10.30AM UPDATE: Fire Rescue victoria says that the
More local senior peoplewill have a place to call home thanks to new social and affordable housing in the Bayside region.Colin Brooks, State Minister for Housing, and Julie Collins, Federal Minister for Housing, last week officially welcomed tenants to the $76.7 million redevelopment which will deliver 152 homes for people aged over 55 in East
