SUBMISSIONS for Frankston Council’s annual budget will be accepted from next week.Between 20 January and 20 February, Frankston residents can complete a survey on council’s next budget. Community submissions will then be heard at a public council meeting on 24 February.Frankston mayor Kris Bolam said that more than 1,300 Frankston residents took part in consultation for council’s community vision 2040, long-term financial plan, and the asset plan in 2024, and encouraged residents to continue making their voices heard.“In the past 12 months, we have engaged with so many people in our community at pop-ups, through surveys, and other channels, including…
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POLICE seized multiple allegedly stolen vehicles during a raid at a home on Flynn Court in Frankston last week. Detectives raided the Frankston home just before 10.30am on 7 January. They seized three vehicles: a 2013 Holden statesman sedan allegedly stolen from Patterson Lakes between 5 and 6 December, a 2015 Yamaha motorcycle allegedly stolen in an aggravated burglary in Waterways on 7 January, and a 2010 Volkswagen Passat allegedly stolen during an aggravated burglary in Baxter between 4 and 5 January. During the search, police also seized allegedly stolen property they believe is linked to a theft in Flinders…
A MAN has been charged for allegedly setting grass fires in Mordialloc after starting a blaze at the Caulfield Racecourse grandstand.Police allege the man started a fire at the Caulfield Racecourse at around 6.25am on 7 January. At around 12.30pm that day he allegedly started several grass fires in Mordialloc, and also a series of small fires in Arnott Street, Caulfield.Later that day, police revealed they had arrested a 51-year-old man and charged him with four counts of arson, two counts of trespass and one count each of burglary, criminal damage and theft. The charged man, whose last known address…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughACCORDING to the report of a number of fishermen and people fishing off the Mornington pier, a school of sharks, measuring from 6ft. to 8ft. long, and about seven in number, were seen patrolling some distance from the pier.The experience that has befallen people in the vicinity of Mentone and Aspendale has made bathers doubly careful as to the risks they take.In face of such danger, it is only they of the foolhardy and irresponsible genus who venture beyond the limits of safety. DURING the afternoon sitting of the Council on Friday last, the Civic Fathers, in…
THE annual Waterfront Festival returns to Frankston next month. The free weekend festival takes place across Friday, 7 February, and Saturday, 8 February. Sneaky Sound System will headline the main stage on Friday. On Saturday, popular folk duo the Pierce Brothers are the headline act.Other performers set to take the stage over the weekend include Sunshine & Disco Faith Choir, Amaru Tribe, Coco Michelle, Queenie, the nine-piece West African/Cuban collective Ausecuma Beats, Steph Strings, Lotte Gallagher, George & Noriko, and Natasha Kate.Food trucks, the Rotary Duck Race, and the Frankston Swim Classic will round out the schedule. The festival concludes…