THE search continues for a man who police believe may have been a victim of “foul play” after disappearing last year. Jacob Horton was last seen leaving a house on Drum Close, Frankston, on 27 June last year. He left in the morning without his phone or car. A police statement released last week read that his disappearance was “now being treated as suspicious.” “Investigators are of the belief that Jacob has met with foul play,” the statement read. The 28-year-old resided in Safety Beach, and was known to frequent Rosebud and Frankston. Police say “on the morning Jacob vanished,…
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FRANKSTON Council has agreed to continue using fireworks for their local events after completing a cost analysis into alternatives. In January council considered cancelling the fireworks display for the 2020 Waterfront Festival in the wake of the bushfire season. They decided to go ahead with the display, and last week reinforced that decision by voting to endorse continuing fireworks displays at the Christmas Festival of Lights and the annual Waterfront Festival. A council-conducted analysis looked at the comparative costs of different displays based on one event. They found that a fireworks display would cost between $7000 and $10,000, while a…
PLANS for a $3.4 million redevelopment of Ballam Park are out for community consultation. The proposed changes in the precinct include public art sculptures, new pathways, a junior playground, water play facilities, a terrace, gardens, and picnic lawns with shelters. New car parking is also included in the plan. The mayor Sandra Mayer said the ratepayer funded redevelopment would make the precinct “an even bigger drawcard for visitors and locals when this redevelopment is complete. We’ll even have a bowl to host outdoor performances.” “Due to the coronavirus pandemic we are unable to hold in-person information sessions at the moment…
A woman is expected to be charged with drink driving after driving her car up and over a pedestrian overpass at the Kananook Railway Station on Sunday morning. The driver, a 21-year-old Malvern East woman, drove her car up the ramp, remained stationary at the top of the overpass for a short time before driving down three flights of stairs to return to ground level. At ground level her car, a Mitsubishi ASX station wagon, became wedged between the steel handrails requiring SES assistance to cut the vehicle out. Police attended the incident, which occurred just before 2am and breath-tested…
THE Mordialloc Masonic Hall will be known as Platform 81 when it reopens as a youth facility. The hall was bought by Kingston Council for $1.15 million in 2011, but has since been vacant. Last year $2 million works to transform the hall into a permanent home for Kingston Youth Services were scheduled. The ongoing redevelopment works at the heritage building include adding a lift and ramps for disability access, a new kitchen, a new office space, and support service spaces (“Youth the future for hall”, The News, 4/9/19). Council endorsed the name change at their most recent council meeting.…