A HOME invasion in Skye is being investigated by police. At around 4.15am on 30 September, a man allegedly entered a home on Rangeview Drive. The occupant of the house, a 47-year-old man, was asleep at the time. The alleged offender took car keys and stole an orange Ford hatchback. The car was dumped at a car park on Cranbourne-Frankston Road in Langwarrin at around 1.50am on 4 October. Police say that two occupants of the stolen car left the scene of the Langwarrin car park in a black Mitsubishi, which was being driven by a third man. To help…
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RECYCLED materials were used to build a new shared use path on Stotts Lane. The Frankston South path was constructed using Polyrok. Recycled soft plastics are used in the concrete alternative. Frankston councillor Liam Hughes said that this was not the first time the material has been used in local paths. “In November 2020, council made history as the first council in Australia to use Polyrok in one of its projects – a footpath in Seaford,” he said “Polyrok is a sustainable alternative made from recycled soft plastics such as frozen pea bags and bread bags. It’s made right here…
STATION Street Mall in Frankston has won another award from the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. At the organisation’s national awards this year, the Frankston shopping strip took out the civil landscape category. The award citation read that the redevelopment of the strip “is a beautiful refurbishment of Frankston’s Station Street Mall. It’s careful consideration of minor and major constraints, fine detailing and opportunistic creativity all contribute to this clever piece of water sensitive urban design.” “Brilliant elements such as the central connecting swale and non-prescriptive spaces combined with a wonderfully designed and executed timber decking and soft lighting provide the…
SOUTH East Water has committed to net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. Australia’s climate policy has been the subject of much discussion in recent times, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison having just returned from the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. A “plan” to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 was agreed to by the federal government last month, but key modelling was not released. South East Water, which is based out of Frankston, says it is on track to reach net zero emissions by 2050, and would look into ways to reach it by 2030. South East Water…
Southern Metro Regional Crime Team detectives have arrested a man following an aggravated burglary in Mordialloc overnight. Investigators have been told the man allegedly stole a Ford Ranger ute from an address on Purtel Close sometime overnight. The owner of the car woke to find his car missing and tracked his vehicle to Dandenong, whereby he notified Police. Police, with the assistance of the Air Wing, followed the car through several suburbs, before the offender stopped at a shopping centre in Narre Warren. An 18-year-old North Melbourne man was arrested without incident inside the shopping centre. He has been charged…