VEGETABLE planter boxes have sprouted up in the Frankston Library forecourt, with residents encouraged to sample the fresh produce on offer. The mayor Michael O’Reilly said “the new vegetable planter boxes are an awesome addition to the city centre. I encourage community members to help maintain the planters, alongside our custodians, by watering, weeding and enjoying samples of the fresh produce while you’re in town.” “The project is a part of council’s love where you live initiative, which sees community members lead projects in suburbs all around Frankston City. The love where you live projects encourage and build community connections…
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Police are continuing to appeal for public assistance to locate Alex Manuel following a fatal stabbing in Chelsea Heights last week. Homicide Squad detectives are currently searching for the 27-year-old Frankston man and believe he may be being harboured by an associate. The New Zealand national is wanted following the death of 44-year-old Ricky Thompson. Police have been told than the 44-year-old Bon Beach man was involved in a verbal argument in the car park of a licensed premises on Springvale Road about 3.35am on 17 June. Thompson was subsequently stabbed and passed away in hospital from his injuries on…
A MAN has been arrested after the discovery of drugs, weapons, and cash at a Patterson Lakes house, 21 June. A 25-year-old Patterson Lakes man was spoken to by police outside the Broadway in Bonbeach at around 9.30pm. Police allegedly found cannabis after searching his car. Police then searched the man’s Solway Court home. Investigators allegedly found cannabis and amphetamine, an imitation handgun, ammunition, throwing knives, and a large amount of cash at the home. The man was charged with trafficking and possessing a drug of dependence, firearm offences and possessing proceeds of crime. He was remanded to appear at…
A PETITION with over 1000 signatures was submitted to Kingston Council this week flagging concerns with the redesign of Mentone Parade. Cr Geoff Gledhill presented the petition to the CEO, declaring the issue a “matter of urgency”. “1000 people put their name to something that is of grave concern to them. This is in relation to changes that council has made to traffic flow in Mentone. Traders, shoppers, students, those attending local schools, and people in general have found the changes awkward and difficult to cope with,” Cr Gledhill said. “We set about to improve conditions in Mentone, and we’re…
KINGSTON Council passed their 2019/2020 budget at this week’s council meeting, but not before it kicked off another debate about the Bay Trail. Cr Tamsin Bearlsey said “I’m very uncomfortable with this budget.” “I’m really concerned about how this budget is misleading about the actual cost of the Bay Trail. It mentions a figure that the Bay Trail is to cost $4.4 million, but at the last council meeting we just awarded a $5.4 million contract,” she said. “A project that was supposed to cost in its entirety $2.7 million in 2017 has blown out to over $8 million, that…