A $14.5 MILLION upgrade of the Mentone Lifesaving Club has been given a final tick of approval. Community consultation has closed on the project, which is set to add a rooftop viewing deck as well as new toilet and change facilities to the club. Works will also include the addition of a separate pedestrian ramp, landscaping works, and stormwater improvements. The redevelopment is a joint project by Kingston Council and the state government. The mayor Georgina Oxley said “our lifesaving clubs are crucial community facilities that provide a range of beach safety services for our residents, and visitors, coming to…
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KINGSTON Council will undertake parking enforcement themselves after cutting ties with an external contractor. For 15 years parking enforcement in Kingston has been undertaken by DCA, formerly known as Tenix Solutions. From mid-2020 the process will be brought in-house by council. Last year Kingston Council resolved to refund $2.3 million to motorists after an issue with their parking fine management system was discovered. Kingston Council outsourced their appeal process for parking fines to an external agency between 2006 and 2016, a process they later discovered may have been in violation of the Infringements Act 2006. Fines issued in the municipality…
RAILS users are faced with two months of bus replacements on the Frankston line starting from May. The state government announced last week that starting from 23 May, buses will replace trains between Mentone and Mordialloc for an eight week period. Buses will also replace trains between the two stations for one week between 20 March and 27 March. Train stations in Mentone and Cheltenham are also set to close later this month, with work underway to replace them. The two stations will close on 20 March, with the new stations set to open in the middle of the year. …
DIRECT from the USA “You Got It! – a salute to Roy Orbison” Live In Concert. Wesley Orbison, Roy Orbison’s eldest son is very proud to fully endorse and present this amazing live concert experience remembering his father as we relive the sound & all the magical hits of Music Legend Roy Orbison in an International production starring The sensational Voice From Downunder John Stephan. This is the only show of its kind in the world and is officially endorsed & presented by Roy Orbison’s eldest son Wesley Orbison. Featuring spoken word from Wesley with a very personal narrative of…
AN attack on a Frankston tattoo parlour is being investigated by police. At around 12:45am, 20 February, the parlour on Shaxton Circle was “targeted” by an attack, police say. A fire at the premises broke out and caused extensive damage to the building. Nobody was inside the tattoo parlour at the time of the incident. The parlour was attacked from the front entry point. As of 25 February, no arrests have been made. A dark coloured sedan was seen in the vicinity of the fire at the time of the incident. Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for anyone…