MASSIVE amounts of food waste which could be turned into compost are being sent to landfill. Frankston Council estimates that half of the waste it picks up during kerbside rubbish collections is food scraps. From 2019 residents have been able to put their food waste in their garden bin so that it can be turned into compost, but many people are still throwing their scraps in the regular rubbish bin. Council is kicking off an awareness campaign to help encourage people to put their food waste into their garden bins so that it won’t end up in landfill. Residents can…
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Police have arrested a man following a fatal shooting in Mordialloc on Thursday evening. Emergency Services were called to an address in McDonald Street about 9.10pm after reports of gunshots. On arrival police found two people with critical injuries. They were treated at the scene but unfortunately died. Officers searched the area and a man was taken into custody a short time later. He is currently assisting police with their enquires and detectives from the Homicide Squad are currently on scene. Police are not looking for anyone else in relation to the incident. Anyone who witnessed the incident or with…
NEW public electric vehicle charging stations will be installed across the Kingston municipality. Two new EV charging stations will be installed. The stations are jointly funded by Kingston Council and the state government. One will be installed in Mordialloc at Peter Scullin Reserve, and one at the car park behind Woolworths on Bath Street, Chelsea. Kingston Council hopes that the stations will help council reduce its C02 emissions to net zero by 2030. Cr Hadi Saab says that transport-related carbon emissions make up 21 per cent of Kingston’s overall emissions profile, and the charging stations could help fix that. “We…
A MAN who allegedly ran a red light and crashed into two cars in Parkdale has been arrested. Police allege that a 28-year-old man from Springvale drove his silver BMW into a parked car on Reid Street just after 7.20am, 8 January. Around 20 minutes later he allegedly ran a red light then hit a car at the intersection of Boundary and Lower Dandenong roads. Police allege that the man fled the scene on foot. He was arrested in Braeside that morning. The arrested man is in hospital under police guard, expected to be charged soon. Nobody else was injured…
LONG before cult cricket hero Scott Boland was starring for Australia in the Ashes, he was starring for Parkdale in junior cricket. Mordialloc born Boland played for Parkdale Cricket Club and Frankston Peninsula while rising through the ranks of the state cricket system. His journey culminated with his debut for the Australian Test team for the Boxing Day match. Boland’s stunning performance in the Boxing Day Test against England will go down in Ashes folklore. His stunning spell of 6/7 saw him named man of the match. The new cult hero’s exploits have been celebrated by the Parkdale Cricket Club…