Report reveals expenditure
FRANKSTON Council’s draft annual report has been released, revealing expenditure for the 2018/2019 financial year. The report features a detailed financial rundown of where ratepayer’s money has been...
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Man charged with police officer attack
A MAN has been arrested and charged after allegedly punching an off-duty police officer outside a Frankston pub on 27 September. It is alleged that an 18-year-old man knocked the victim unconscious w...
First stage of TAFE works done
THE first stage of redevelopment works at Chisholm’s Frankston TAFE campus have been completed. The completed first stage works include new health, community care, early childhood education, hair, be...
Coast Guard move to Yacht Club considered
FRANKSTON councillors are set to discuss the merit of moving the Frankston Coast Guard into the troubled Yacht Club building. If a vote at council’s 14 October* meeting is successful, council w...
Police investigate brawl and stabbing
AN 18-year-old man has escaped with non life-threatening injuries after being stabbed multiple times on Fifth Avenue, Aspendale. Police were told that the man had been in a “verbal altercation with a...
Search for ‘hit and run’ driver
POLICE are appealing for information regarding an alleged hit and run in which a 15-year-old boy was left injured last Friday (4 October). The teenager told police he was skateboarding with friends i...
Monitor leaves six figure bill
THE municipal monitor’s stay at Frankston Council has come to an end. After beginning her tenure in December of 2017, the state government appointed monitor Prue Digby finished up at council on 16 Se...
Green light for Jubilee Park expansion
A NEAR $35 million redevelopment of Jubilee Park is set to proceed after Frankston Council agreed to put an additional $9.74 million into the project. The works on the facility are set to include six...
Dogs let off the leash
A DEDICATED off-leash dog area is set to open at Telopea Reserve, Frankston North. Frankston councillors voted at their last ordinary meeting to commit $70,000 in ratepayer money towards a 3750 squar...
Council wants say on golf courses
KINGSTON Council has made a submission to the state government asking to have a say in the future of golf courses inside the municipality. In August, a golf course redevelopment standing advisory com...