AIRCRAFT crash investigators will examine the reasons for a light plane crash in Mordialloc on Friday (8 June). A single-engine Cessna 172 that took off from Moorabbin Airport at about 4pm crashed in Scarlet Street at about 5pm on Friday afternoon and erupted into flames. The pilot, Anthony Lidell, 50, a father-of-two from Mount Martha, an experienced aircraft mechanic, died when the plane hit the middle of the road in Scarlet Street, narrowly missing houses. Some residents rushed to the crash site to try to help despite the plane’s fuel catching fire in the street. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze…
Author: Neil Walker
A MOBILE kitchen trailer to help feed homeless and disadvantaged people in the Frankston area has been built thanks to the generosity of several corporate, government and sporting club supporters. The Life-Gate charity unveiled the trailer last Wednesday (6 June) at the Frankston Library forecourt. Chisholm TAFE students helped prepare food at the new trailer’s first outing. Karingal Hub shopping centre stepped in with a $8000 donation to rescue the trailer project in March after a majority of Frankston councillors decided not to accept a request for council funding (“Mobile kitchen help gets knocked back”, The Times 19/2/18). “My wife…
GROWING discontent over the removal of vegetation and “moonscaped” land around Seaford’s RF Miles Reserve as part of the Seaford Road level crossing removal has seen Frankston councillors demand clarity from the state government on how a $10 million community fund will be spent. A 7-1 majority of councillors at the latest 4 June public council meeting voted for council to contact Victorian Transport Minister Jacinta Allen and Carrum Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny “outlining council’s deep concerns with regards to the lack of transparency and probity” around state “prioritisation of the $10 million funds set aside for projects associated with…
A BID by Frankston Council to curb the noise nuisance of “party houses” leased out on a short-term basis is heading to court. A case listed to be heard at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (14 June) could set a precedent across the state and force landlords who offer short-term accommodation to register properties with councils. If Frankston Council’s case is successful this registration would mean landlords would be personally liable for non-compliance with local laws stipulating noise controls. Property owners could then face fines of up to $38,056 for a failure to comply with a council-issued prohibition notice. Council’s…
PEOPLE attending Kingston Council meetings will be filmed in future after some councillors voiced safety concerns in the wake of “disgraceful behaviour” at some meetings last year. Pointing a CCTV camera at the public gallery section of the council chamber during meetings was suggested at the latest council meeting on 28 May by Cr Georgina Oxley. Councillors unanimously backed the proposal. “There have been complaints that people who have attended have not felt safe in our gallery,” Cr Oxley said. “I think there’s been a number of altercations where people have felt quite threatened in our public gallery.” The South…