Category Archives: Latest News

Man wanted following Chelsea Heights fatal stabbing

June 20, 2019 no comments

Homicide Squad detectives are appealing for information to help locate Alex Manuel as part of their investigation into a fatal stabbing in Chelsea Heights on Monday. The 27-year-old Frankston man is ...

Police investigate Chelsea Heights stabbing

June 18, 2019 no comments

A MAN is fighting for life after being stabbed in the head in Chelsea Heights during the early hours of 18 June. Police were called to the car park of the Chelsea Heights Hotel at around 3.35am. When...

Buskers subject to new conditions

June 17, 2019 no comments

BUSKERS in Frankston will be subject to new restrictions after council revised their busking code of conduct. The revised code of conduct features numerous changes. Under the new code of conduct appl...

Brewery visitors urged to avoid driving

June 17, 2019 no comments

POLICE are warning microbrewery patrons to watch their alcohol intake after they caught a number of brewery visitors driving close to the legal limit over the long weekend. Operation Regal took place...

Former Bay Hotel workers push for pay

June 12, 2019 no comments

A PUSH for former employees of the Bay Hotel in Mordialloc to be paid is gaining momentum, after workers made public claims that they are still owed wages. The hotel suddenly shut its doors last mont...

Dunkley declared for Labor

June 11, 2019 no comments

THE Australian Electoral Commission officially named Peta Murphy as the new member for Dunkley on 4 June. Ms Murphy was officially declared a member of the Australian Parliament at midday, ending the...

Sale of Evelyn Street open space stopped

June 11, 2019 no comments

FRANKSTON Council have backed out of a move to sell a parcel of public land on Evelyn Street to the Department of Justice. Council voted on 18 February to negotiate the sale of the land in a vote tha...

Contract awarded for next section of divisive Bay Trail

June 5, 2019 no comments

KINGSTON councillors have clashed again over the divisive Bay Trail, with the decision to award a contract for the next section of construction decided on a vote of five to four at last week’s counci...

Hospital project gets $6 million for ‘planning’

June 3, 2019 no comments

THE state government budget handed down last week has allocated $6 million in funding towards “planning” for the redevelopment of Frankston Hospital.  The Victorian Labor Party promised $562 mil...

Code of conduct criticism ‘contravenes’ code of conduct

June 3, 2019 no comments

A FRANKSTON councillor says he has been found to have contravened council’s code of conduct for criticising their code of conduct. Council veteran Glenn Aitken penned a piece criticising the current ...