The Frankston Arts Centre will host a fundraising concert to help victims of the Victorian and Queensland floods, after Council committed $5000 to the event at its 24 January Ordinary Meeting. Council will also donate $15,000 to help flood victims.

Frankston City Council is proud to announce the 2011 Citizen of Year Award is being shared by local couple Mark and Sue Whitby of City Life and the 2010 Young Citizen of the Year is Lucinda Liddiard  �" three people who have committed themselves to helping those less fortunate than themselves.

For those women who are sick of hubby having all the fun on the golf course, Centenary Park Golf Course is giving ladies a free beginners lesson to see what all the fuss is about.

There is nothing unusual about parents struggling with the challenges of toddler and preschooler behaviour, but now thanks to a free program run by experienced parent educators and hosted by Council, they can do something positive about it.

Frankston's newest waterside walkway, the Kananook Creek Boulevard, is  now home to Robert Harvey, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Peter Mitchell, Jackie Woodburne, Johnny Famechon, Mal Waldon, Debbie Flintoff-King and many more of the City's best known stars and high achievers.

Victoria Police Commissioner Simon Overland visited Frankston last night, 20 January to address a community meeting and also meet with Mayor Kris Bolam JP, Council officers and local MPs Geoff Shaw and Neale Burgess.

A new, modern Keast Park community pavilion will be another step closer next Monday (24 January) when Mayor Kris Bolam JP gets demolition works on the old pavilion underway.

Frankstons young people are doing their bit to help out their drought-affected counterparts in the Queensland city of Rockhampton, holding a barbecue fundraiser at the Frankston Youth Resource Centre  Friday 21 January.

Works are progressing on the refurbishment of the culturally significant Frankston Mechanics Institute Hall, with stage one and two expected to be completed before the end of August. The hall was built in 1880 and was Frankston's first public library.

Ventana Fiesta returns in style this year with a full month of festivities, highlighted by the fifth annual Ventana Fiesta street party in Frankstons city centre on Saturday, 19 March from midday to 11:00pm.

Street artists Bev and Di Isaac of Chalk Circle created a 3D masterpiece of Frankston Pier and the bay at the Frankston Waterfront Festival depicting the fate of the sea and its creatures if people continue to litter our streets and foreshore areas

Frankston will be alive this Australia Day Wednesday, 26 January with activities at the Waterfront, Kananook Creek Boulevard and Wells Street Plaza in the city centre.

One of Mayor Kris Bolam JPs first initiatives was to set up a mayoral facebook page to make himself more accessible to residents, and now people can go online and chat live with the Cr Bolam about local issues that concern them.

The 2011 Life in the City program kicks off on Tuesday, 25 January with the always popular Childrens Day at the George Pentland Botanic Gardens.

Keeping with Frankston City Councils aim to become carbon neutral, staff in Councils Aged Services department are now trialling Frankston Citys first electronic car.

Businesses in the Frankston city centre are offering special deals for VCE and tertiary students who present their 2011 Splash Card when making a purchase. Students can pick up a Splash Card by going to www.splashcard.com.au.

Boatshed Number 31 has been named Frankstons Best Presented Boatshed.

The Frankston Waterfront Festival is back in town on the weekend of 15 and 16 January, with live music, food and wine, skimboarding, beach soccer, come and try activities, rides and amusements along with Sand Sculpting Australia Creepy Crawlies just metres away.

Defending champion Alistair Presnell returns to the Sandhurst Club from January 14-16 to defend his Cellarbrations Victorian PGA Championship title, but he won't have it all his own way with a tough field assembling to vie for the $110,000 in prize money.

If you would like to have your say and play a part in shaping Frankston City's future, Mayor Kristopher Bolam JP would like to hear from you.

Climate change could have some significant impacts on Frankston City - economically, environmentally and socially  �" and Council wants to hear from residents before it finalises its Climate Change Adaptation Plan.

Frankston's renowned Hip Cat Circus will be opening their doors at Cube 37 for youngsters aged between 5-21 years to learn the basics of circus performing and see if it is something they would like to pursue.

The 2011 Ventana Fiesta was launched in style at the Frankston Arts Centre, with representatives from a number of Consulates attending to enjoy Spanish music from exquisite guitarists Rosemary Hodgson and John Griffiths, and a golden broche Tango concert by the ensemble El Boliche de Simon.