Punters in a spin
GAMBLERS poured about $80 million into electronic gaming machines in Kingston in the past financial year. Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation figures show Kingston pokies losses t...
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Rooming house control ‘weak’
NEIGHBOURS frustrated and angry at the squalid living conditions and questionable behaviour of tenants at Frankston rooming houses have found there is little they – or the Frankston Council – can do ...
Wedge plan defended
COUNCILLORS backing a move to rezone parts of Kingston’s Green Wedge insist they are trying to find “an acceptable compromise” to ensure vast tracts of the environmentally sensitive area are protecte...
Chelsea leads way in reef restoration
CHELSEA has been selected as the site of the country’s first shellfish reef restoration project under a ground-breaking partnership between the state government and one of the world’s largest c...
New course for legend of Anzacs
STUDENTS at Patterson River Secondary College enjoyed the sights and sounds of an Anzac Day “community roadshow” on Tuesday. It was all part of the Anzac Centenary – Victoria’s Journey of Remembrance...
New direction in road policing
A FOCUS on high visibility policing and the targeting or recidivist road offenders has helped significantly reduce deaths and serious injuries on Kingston roads. Senior Sergeant John Cormack was appo...
Guy: no go for homes on wedge
PLANNING minister Matthew Guy has knocked back a proposal to subdivide land at Stotts Lane, Frankston South which would have carved up the green wedge land for residential development. In August last...
Councillors’ wedge plan ‘diabolical’
KINGSTON Council’s contentious bid to rezone land in the Green Wedge for potential residential development remains on the table after councillors voted to push ahead with seeking expert advice on the...
Memorial funding impasse
THE proposed new war memorial at Beauty Park is no closer to being built due to a funding shortfall for the $1.4 million project. Frankston Council has allocated $100,000 in its 2013-14 budget and $3...
Police turn up heat on vandals
POLICE are on the hunt for graffiti vandals who caused thousands of dollars worth of damage during a “tagging” spree in Frankston. Investigators from Frankston’s graffiti taskforce, Operation Canned,...