TOUCH-FREE pedestrian crossing signals are set to be installed across the Kingston local government area. The new signals will be installed in Aspendale at 67 Station St and 101 Station St/Laura Street, in Chelsea at Thames Prom/73 Mulkara Drive, Chelsea Heights at 217 Thames Promenade, Mordialloc at Governor Rd/26 Park Street, Cheltenham at 1 Bernard Street and 94 Bernard Street, and Clayton South at 24 Fairbank Road and 80 Fairbank Road. Kingston Mayor Steve Staikos said that council “decided to trial touch-free pedestrian signals to help reduce any local spread of COVID-19 or other infectious diseases. The trial has found…
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CONSULTATION for Frankston Council’s draft local shopping strip action plan closes this week. Cr David Asker says “Frankston City has 26 local shopping strips and we want to make sure that each is vibrant, attractive, functional and safe. To do this, we have developed the draft plan, which assesses the existing conditions of each shopping strip and identifies opportunities for their improvement. Importantly, it also includes a recommended program of local shopping strip improvement projects to be implemented over the next 10 years.” “Attractive shopping strips will encourage residents to spend time and money locally, instead of being forced to…
POLICE seized 36 real and imitation firearms from a Frankston home in November last year. A Frankston man has since been charged with possess a traffickable quantity of unregistered firearms, acquisition of a traffickable quantity of firearms, prohibited person possess handgun, acquire general category handgun, prohibited person possess imitation handgun, possess prohibited weapon, possess drug of dependence, and attempt to possess a handgun. He will face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in July. The weapons were seized by members of the newly established Illicit Firearms Unit. Among the seized firearms were gel ball blasters, which police say there is “currently no lawful…
THE Mornington offices of Centrelink and Medicare have received a second reprieve and will stay in the town at least until late September. Flinders MP Greg Hunt said the “further extension” would allow the offices to remain open “to support locals through COVID-19”. In August, then Mornington Peninsula Shire mayor Cr Sam Hearn welcomed the federal government’s backflip when it announced the offices would stay open an extra six months, but said the shire would “continue to advocate for Services Australia to permanently reinstate the Mornington Centrelink office” (“Reprieve for Centrelink”, The Times, 3/8/20). Echoing comments he made in August…
THE Frankston Dolphins Football Club has a new president. Board member David Friend has been appointed to the role. He takes over from club champion Peter Geddes, who finished up in December. Mr Geddes oversaw the club during a period of renewed optimism for the Dolphins. He was part of the team that worked to reinstate the club to the VFL after it was booted out of the competition in 2016, and took over as president in 2017. In 2020 the club announced that it was able to pay off its debt by making the last payment of its Deed…