ONE of Australia’s favourite sporting heroes, John Bertrand AO, who skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America’s Cup, will be guest speaker at the Mornington Yacht Club’s foundation business lunch on Friday 5 April. The win etched Bertrand’s name into sporting history, ending 132 years of American supremacy in the prestigious sailing race, and giving Australia its only win in the event’s history. The now 77-year-old went on to represent Australia in five America’s Cups, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1983 and 1995, and two Olympic Games, Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976, winning bronze in Montreal in the Finn class.…
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FRANKSTON Council officers are drafting their draft budget for the next financial year. Consultation has begun to shape the budget. Council is asking residents whether it should be spending more or less in the areas of community health, sports and recreation, community safety, community development, and arts and culture. Submissions close on 14 March. To make a submission visit engage.frankston.vic.gov.au/draft-budget-2024-2025 First published in the Frankston Times – 27 February 2024
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a man at a Edithvale beach Thursday afternoon (22 February). Emergency services were called to reports a man had been pulled unresponsive from the water at Edithvale Beach, off the Denman Avenue, about 3pm. A 77-year-old man from Ireland died at the scene. Victoria Police News – Thursday 22 February 2024
Frankston police have charged a man over the alleged manufacture and distribution of cloned licence plates across the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula area. Police will allege the false plates were copied from Victorian registration plates already in use, before the vehicles with the cloned plates were then involved in additional crimes across the local area, as well as in alleged burglaries in Cranbourne. It’s believed the cloned plates were being made to order, after being copied from car sale advertisements online. Following enquiries, the Frankston Crime Investigation Unit executed a search warrant at a home on Mahogany Avenue, Frankston North,…
WORKS on the multi-deck car park at Frankston Station are ramping up. Early works on the project began last year. Last week federal infrastructure minister Catherine King said that “major works” were underway. “Frankston Railway Station is a major transport hub, with more than 700,000 passenger trips on the line each year,” she said. “As Frankston continues to grow, this new multi-deck carpark will deliver widespread benefits to the community, helping ease congestion on local roads.” The federal and state governments each contributed $43.5 million towards the project. Victorian public transport minister Gabrielle Williams said the car park “is all…