FRANKSTON City’s 2018–2019 Tourism Event Attraction program lineup has been announced. The program will kick off with the Seaside Street Food Festival, which will take place on the Frankston Waterfront between 10 October and 14 October. The council supported Tourism Event Attraction Program is currently in its third year, with last year’s events attracting 85,000 visitors into the municipality. Frankston Council mayor Colin Hampton said that the lineup of events would help cement Frankston as a tourist destination. “The city’s Tourism Event Attraction program has been proven to bring Frankston City alive, by further enhancing Frankston City’s status as a…
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A CROWDFUNDING campaign is underway to help raise funds to replace a teepee destroyed by vandals at Nepean School for students with disabilities. The teepee was burnt down at the Seaford school earlier this month, and was valued at $12,000. Fire crews and police were called to the fire at the Nepean School in Klauer Street at 10pm, Monday 3 September. They were told youths had entered the school grounds and set fire to the large teepee in the playground area. Dunkley MP Chris Crewther spoke in parliament about the fire. “Devastatingly very recently a group of vandals entered the…
Detectives from the Echo Taskforce have charged a man as part of an ongoing investigation into a home invasion in Hampton Park last week. The 33-year-old Frankston man was arrested at his property in Karingal Drive, Frankston shortly after 1.30pm yesterday. He was also served with a Firearm Prohibition Order. The arrest follows an aggravated burglary in Hampton Park on 9 September. Following a search of the address, police seized a hand gun, ammunition, samurai sword, a range of drugs including methamphetamines, cocaine and steroids, Outlaw Motor Cycle Gang clothing, and what are believed to be stolen war medals. A…
WORKS on pedestrian operated lights on Ballarto Road in front of Skye Primary School are set to begin within weeks. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny was recently joined by Minister for Roads and Road Safety Luke Donnellan to unveil designs for the new crossing. The new pedestrian operated lights will replace the existing supervised school crossing and include technology to extend or reduce crossing time for pedestrians. “Skye Primary has told us they need a safer school crossing and we’ve listened, investing in the pedestrian lights this school community needs,” Ms Kilkenny said. “We’re investing in these lights to boost safety…
KINGSTON Council’s free annual hard waste collection is set to take place from September through until October. Hard waste collection will begin on 24 September in Kingston’s northern suburbs before progressively moving south each week until the end of October. Households can use the collection to safely dispose of a range of household items, electronics and metal, including timber, household furniture, mattresses, small car parts, tools, garden equipment, and large electrical equipment. “Keep an eye out for the letter we are sending to every home to let you know when your hard rubbish collection is taking place, or you can…