A SERIES of huge murals will transform Mordialloc’s industrial laneways this month. Street art festival Wall to Wall has teamed with Kingston Council for the project. Seven Australian street artists and three international artists will team up to paint murals along Lamana Road and its surrounding areas between 26 and 28 April.The project has been curated by Shaun Hossack from Melbourne street art collective Juddy Roller. He said “Melbourne is known as a mecca for street art but still lacks well-curated areas where major artworks can be viewed one after another, like an outdoor gallery. The scale of Wall to…
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TWO vacant properties owned by Kingston Council could be redeveloped into social housing. Kingston Council is exploring a partnership with Launch Housing to develop 6 Lochiel Avenue in Edithvale and 33 Balcombe Road in Mentone. The two properties are proposed to be leased out to Launch Housing for 30 years.The motion to repurpose the two properties was agreed to by Kingston councillors late last month. It identified women over the age of 50 and single parents with children as potential priority tenants. The two properties are walking distance away from Edithvale and Mentone train stations respectively. They formerly housed the…
A PEDESTRIAN was killed on Frankston Freeway last week.At around 5.30am on 3 April, a truck hit a pedestrian on the Frankston Freeway near Seaford Road. The man died at the scene. The truck driver stopped at the scene to assist police. Detectives are now probing the cause of the collision. Anyone who witnessed the incident can assist police by contacting Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughTHERE is no doubt the autumn of 1924 will be long remembered as the wet autumn.Again we have had another soaking downpour, with the result that all the low-lying land is again under water.Our representative paid a visit to a number of the places affected, and points out that something will have to be done, and done immediately, to bring about an end to this state of affairs.Quite a number of houses are practically unapproachable, the only dry means being by a vehicle or by boat. Some places have fixed planks to walk on, and woe beside…
As part of Operation Trinity, police have arrested two children following a collision in Frankston this morning. Officers first noticed a 2015 silver Honda CRV traveling at high speeds along Cranbourne Road in Frankston about 1.15am. Police attempted to intercept the Honda but were unsuccessful at the time. The vehicle continued to travel through Frankston at high speeds when the driver failed to negotiate a corner and hit a fence, before crashing into a tree outside a residence on Coprosma Avenue, about 1.25am. Initially, the driver fled from the severely damaged vehicle, before returning to the scene a few minutes…