IN just two months time, five dangerous and congested level crossings will be gone, four new road connections opened, and three new stations built along the Frankston line at Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach. The Level Crossing Removal Project have started to dig three one-kilometre-long and seven metre-deep trenches to lower the Frankston line under the three suburbs’ former level crossings. Buses are replacing trains along the line until Sunday 31 October between Mordialloc, Frankston and Stony Point to allow crews to dig out about 200,000 cubic metres of soil – which is enough to fill about 80 Olympic sized swimming…
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MOORABBIN detectives are investigating a fatal factory fire in Braeside, Friday 17 September. Emergency services crews were called to the factory on Canterbury Road just after 1pm. The body of a man, who was yet to be formally identified, was inside. Detectives were not treating the fire as suspicious at this stage. A report will be prepared for the coroner. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppersvic.com.au First published in the Frankston Times – 21 September 2021
KERRYN Mitchell, of Frankston and District Basketball Association, pictured, has been named Victorian Under-20 Women’s head coach for next year’s Australian Junior Championships. She previously served as assistant coach. The team’s assistant coach is Jo Wood, also of Frankston. Ben White, of Southern Peninsula Basketball Association, has been named team manager of Victoria Country Under-18 Men and the development coach is Scott Ramsey, also of Southern Peninsula. Team Manager of Victoria Metropolitan Under-16 Men is Paul Groat, of Frankston and District Basketball Association, and assistant coach is Scott Christiansen, also of Frankston. Basketball Victoria announced the coaches for the 2022…
FRANKSTON resident and Willum Warrain Elder Aunty Jen Armistead has appeared in a feature story by Museums Victoria. Aunty Jen has inspired and brought joy to many by sharing plants from her garden and handwoven baskets, pictured, outside her Frankston home. Her heartfelt way of raising people’s spirits during lockdown has turned into a revolving neighbourhood nursery of kindness and sharing. “In our culture, sharing is very important. It’s not ‘That’s mine, you’re getting nothing’. In the Indigenous culture, you share. And you must share,” Aunty Jen said. Read her story at https://fal.cn/3ic7W First published in the Frankston Times -…
HOMICIDE Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Frankston on Saturday. The man’s body was discovered when police attended at an address in Rassay Court to conduct a welfare check just before 10pm. Police and forensic experts attended the scene and SES volunteers were called in to help. The victim was a 34-year-old man. The Rassay Court death on Saturday follows the death of a man in Frankston on Thursday night. Police believe a 58-year-old woman and her 17-year-old son were at their Dandenong Road West home when there was a knock on the…