THE new cycling and walking path along Station Street in Edithvale, Bonbeach, and Chelsea will open in stages from next month. When works are complete, there will be 11 kilometres of continuous pathway between Frankston and Edithvale. The path is being built as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project’s works at the Chelsea, Edithvale, and Bonbeach Stations. Resurfacing will take place along Station Street until the end of April, with work to be completed in stages between First Avenue in Aspendale and Mernda Avenue in Bonbeach. Level Crossing Removal Project assistant program director Andrew Brenchley has warned that motorists…
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A MAN from Cheltenham was among five people killed in a helicopter crash last week. The helicopter departed Moorabbin Airport on the morning of 31 March. It stopped in Melbourne to pick up passengers before setting off for Ulupna in northern Victoria. The vehicle never made it to its destination. The Police Air Wing found the helicopter wreckage around Blair’s Hut, Mount Disappointment, a little before midday. All five occupants of the helicopter died. They were a a 32-year-old man from Cheltenham, a 50-year-old woman from Inverloch, a 73-year-old man from Albert Park, a 59-year-old man from New South Wales,…
NET fishing is now banned in Port Phillip Bay. In 2014, the state government announced that it would phase out commercial netting in Port Phillip Bay by 2022. The ban came into effect last week. The Victorian Fisheries Authority website states that 35 of the original 43 net fishers at Port Phillip Bay have left, with eight commercial operators now remaining. Those staying will be directed to not use nets. The state government has spent $27 million in taxpayer funding on converting the Port Phillip Pay commercial fishing industry to a hook and line snapper fishery. It hopes that fishers…
CRUDEN Farm in Langwarrin will host the annual Party in the Park this weekend. Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy said, “council is proud to present this great family event – there’s no shortage of fun including the animal farm, face painting, cupcake decorating, bowling and mini golf, just to name a few.” “There’s performances to get up and moving at our interactive stage arena, including Em’s World, PARC, The Bongo Brothers, Billy Tea Bush Band, Team Dream, Frankston City Libraries, Hey Dee Ho and more,” he said. “With instruments from all over the world including Africa, India, and Indonesia, express yourself…
A WOMAN has had her car impounded after being caught driving while allegedly more than four times over the legal blood alcohol limit in Frankston. Police pulled over the 47-year-old woman on Fletcher Road at around 8.30pm on 31 March. Police allege that her roadside breath test was positive, and that she returned an evidentiary breath test reading of .210. The woman’s Honda Civic was impounded for a month, and she had her licence suspended. She is expected to be charged with drink driving and failing to give way. First published in the Frankston Times – 5 April 2022