A SOLAR farm in Bangholme is on track for completion in the middle of the year, the state government says. Construction began on the solar farm at Melbourne Water’s Eastern Treatment Plant in Bangholme last year. The project is expected to cost $38 million. The finished solar farm will house 39,000 solar panels. More than 400 of the 481 rows have now been installed, as well as all six onsite power stations. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said that the solar farm will “take a significant amount of pressure off the grid and will also reduce Melbourne Water’s carbon emissions by…
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AN Edithvale man has been charged after police seized allegedly stolen credit cards and Pokemon cards, as well as drugs, during a raid last week. Police executed a warrant at a rental property in Box Hill North last week, 3 March. Inside they allegedly seized more than 70 credit cards and identification cards, tools, collectable Pokemon cards, mail, around 20ml of 1.4-butanediol (GHB), a small amount of methylamphetamine, “drug cutting agents”, and a stolen vehicle with fraudulent number plates. Police arrested a 26-year-old Edithvale man when he returned to the short-stay rental. They allege that they also found 100ml of…
DRUGS, a weapon, and more than $8000 in cash were allegedly found in a car in Chelsea last weekend. Police stopped a car on Thames Promenade at around 4.45pm on 5 March. They allege that they found methylamphetamine, heroin, cannabis, cocaine, more than $8000 in cash, and a knife inside. A 30-year-old man was arrested. Police have charged him with trafficking a drug of dependence, possession of a drug of dependence, possess proceeds of crime, and possession of a controlled weapon. He appeared in court and was remanded in custody to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court again on 7 March.…
ENTRIES still open for the 94th Red Hill Show to be held on Saturday the 12th of March. The Red Hill Showgrounds come alive with the festivities of one the State’s most popular agricultural shows. Kids and Adults can enjoy a full day of FREE activities included in the entry ticket. TICKETS ONSALE NOW via website: www.redhillshow.com.au $20 Kids | $25 Adults | $85 Family | $20 Student & Pensioner | 5yrs & under FREE Once you enter the showgrounds pavilions, activites, entertainment and RIDES ARE FREE! Including mountainboarders workshop, rock climbing, giant slide, Cha Cha, cup n saucer, pony…
LONG before Australian cricket legend Shane Warne took more than 700 wickets at the highest level, he was sending down spin for Mentone Grammar’s cricket team. Tributes have been pouring in this week for the sporting icon, who died in Thailand last weekend of a heart attack. He was just 52-years-old. In 1987, Warne captained the Mentone Grammar AGSV Premiership 1st XI side. In the wake of his sudden death, Mentone Grammar put out a tribute to him. “The Mentone Grammar Community is shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of a beloved Mentonian, Shane Warne (Class of 1987),” the…