Ratepayers to fund live tunes
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RATEPAYERS will help foot the cost for musicians to perform at outdoor dining venues.
Council has contributed $40,000 to the initiative. Cr David Asker said “we’ve provided the funding (…) to support our Do It Outdoors campaign. The funds will go towards providing performers and entertainers at venues.”
The Committee for Greater Frankston has “successfully applied via the state government for a $20,000 Victorian business chambers and trader organisation grant, which it is proudly contributing to bringing locals to our streets and diverse outdoor dining activations,” the lobby group’s CEO Ginevra Hosking says.
“Outdoor dining is a great way to reconnect with friends and dine alfresco-style among new and innovative dining installations. We encourage our community to get behind Frankston’s cafes, bars, restaurants and traders,” she said.
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A WOMAN from Henley has realised her life’s ambition by illustrating a children’s book with the help of her sister.
Caron Light rediscovered her passion for painting during the first coronavirus lockdown last year when her work as a taxi driver had almost dried up.
She then mentioned her ambition to her sister Janine Lewis and she agreed to write the book.
The result is
The Wasp & The Bee, which the women hope will be the first in a series of 10 books.
Janine, 54, of Norman Avenue, Henley, said: “During April, when there was an easing in the lockdown restrictions, we were walking Caron’s dogs when she first mentioned it.
Norman Avenue TWO surveys will be carried out in South Oxfordshire following concerns about speeding. Oxfordshire County councillor Emily Smith confirmed that new road markings will be installed at the Northcourt Lane and Clevelands junction in North Abingdon to increase visibility and remind people to drive carefully. The councillor also revealed that two speed surveys will be conducted on Oxford Road and Northcourt Lane, and Norman Avenue after a ‘nasty’ incident. They are often clogged by traffic in the mornings when parents take their children to the three schools in the area. These will take place after the third national lockdown comes to an end.