Carrum Downs police arrested two men after allegedly evading police and a firearm located in Carrum Downs early this morning. Police were on patrol when they attempted to intercept a car on Lyrebird Drive just after midnight. The vehicle failed to pull over and was followed to an address on Allied Drive in Carrum Downs where two men were arrested. During the arrest it is alleged a home-made firearm and a small amount of cannabis was located. A 22-year-old Frankston man was arrested and is currently in custody. The second man was charged with breaching a community corrections order. Anyone…
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TEN multiple-birth families from Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula met at Angus and Rose at The Briars, Mount Martha, Sunday 15 March. The families are members of the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Multiple Birth Association which provides peer support for parents of multiple birth children (twins, triplets or more). Families expecting twins or more babies are encouraged to connect with others as multiple-birth parents are at increased risk of perinatal health issues, such as anxiety and depression. Services provided by the association include subsidised playgroups in conjunction with Chisholm TAFE, library, equipment hire, in-home support, and meals…
A WOMAN returned a breath test reading of nearly four times the legal limit in Somerville last week. Police pulled over the 26-year-old Carrum Downs resident on Eramosa Road East at around 8.30pm, 24 March. They allege that she was driving at 60kmph in a 40 zone. The woman returned a roadside breath test reading of 0.185. Police say that she told them she had “drunk a bottle of wine throughout the afternoon and thought she would be right to drive”. The woman’s license was suspended and her car was impounded. She will face court at a later date. First…
THE next phase of the Seaford Shared User Path project will be constructed along the railway line between Coolibar Avenue and Eel Race Road. A Frankston Council statement read that the Level Crossing Removal Authority had notified them of their intentions to begin construction between Coolibar Avenue and Eel Race Road. Council wrote to LXRA CEO Kevin Devlin in February to advocate for construction of the path via Riviera Street instead. A council statement read that “a revised Riviera alignment proposed by Southern Program Alliance (SPA), which is completing the local LXRA projects, would affect fewer established trees than the…
TWO Frankston line stations have closed while level crossing removal works are undertaken. Mentone and Cheltenham stations both shut last week. They will be replaced by new stations, which are scheduled to open in mid-2020. Buses are replacing trains between Moorabbin and Mordialloc until 27 March. Buses also replace trains on the Stony Point line during that time. A statement from the Level Crossing Removal Project stated “works will go ahead with stringent protocols in place to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, providing job security for workers on our major projects and ensuring progress continues to deliver a better train network…