September 2010
While the Rotary Club of Frankston Sunrise has been taking the community under its wing for years with their many programs including Beauty Park, Frankston Foreshore, Waterfront Festival and Clean Up Australia Day - they have now gone a step further, adopting Ballam Park!
Dont miss your chance to see Frankston Citys Hip Cat Circus Youth Troupe take centre stage these school holidays with their self-produced performance Nocturno.
Complaints of boredom will be lost on parents of teenagers these school holidays because there is something on every day for local 12 to 24 year olds at Frankstons Youth Resource Centre.
Frankston has honoured eight environmental pioneers for their outstanding achievements in protecting and enhancing Frankston Citys most magnificent asset our natural environment.
Residents can begin their spring clean up as Councils annual kerbside hard waste collection is on its way. Also coming in October is a free weekend where residents can drop-off their electronic waste for recycling.
Local seniors can take advantage of a huge range of activities on offer as part of Frankston Citys 2010 Seniors Festival, 3 October to 15 October.
On 4 October 1961, Graham Kennedy, Bert Newton, Ted Whitten, Phillip Brady, Brian Naylor and a host of other celebrities joined Bill Pratt as he opened his Pratts Supermart at the end of the Heart Arcade in Frankston.
A new $31 million aquatic centre will soon be a reality in Frankston City as Council decided to fund $18.5 million towards the long awaited project, estimated to bring 500,000 visitors to the city each year.
Dudley Moore might be best known for his comedy, but what many dont realise is that he was one of the worlds most accomplished classical and jazz pianists.
The Frankston City Climate Challenge has united nearly 800 households, over 2000 people and six schools to achieve thousands of individual and local actions to reduce our ecological footprint.
With the 21 finals games of the Nepean and Peninsula divisions of the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League (MPNFL) being played at Frankston Park, more than 20,000 people are expected to flock to Frankston to see the culmination of the local football seasons.
If you love nature, this is your chance to Walk for Wildlife. On Sunday, 19 September, to mark the international Year of Biodiversity, Council and the Citys Friends groups are putting on an environmental bonanza!
Its that time of the year again when magpies swoop and sunglasses worn backwards and eyes drawn on the back of peoples heads become fashionable!
Despite being launched just nine months ago, Frankstons Volunteer Resource Centre now has more than 350 volunteers on its books, showing the strength of the Frankston City Community.
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