A POSSIBLE waste recycling crisis is unlikely to impact on Frankston ratepayers according to council. Frankston area residents can continue putting out recycling bins for council collection as normal amid the recycling crisis elsewhere in Victoria. Several councils, particularly west of Melbourne, have been told by Visy that the company will cease accepting recycling products from 9 February due to China banning the import of waste from Australia. “Council has been receiving regular updates from the Victorian government and our recycling contractor, Solo Resource Recovery, to fully understand the potential impact of the import ban in China,” Frankston Council CEO…
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TRANSIT detectives are investigating a sexual assault at Carrum Downs on 22 November. A 16-year-old girl was waiting at a bus stop on Frankston-Dandenong Rd about 3pm when she was approached by an unknown man. He struck up a conversation with her before sexually assaulting her while she sat at the bus stop. He then became verbally aggressive towards her before getting into his car and driving away. Leading Senior Constable Natalie Dean said the man was aged late-20s to early 40s, 170cm, short straight black hair, thin build and wearing a Hawaiian tropical-style short sleeve shirt. His small, red…
A FRANKSTON man who was captured on CCTV wearing a T-shirt saying “Everything happens for a reason but the reason is you are stupid and make bad decisions” was arrested last week and charged with robbery. A 55-year-old was charged at his home with nine robberies at jewellery stores in Frankston, Langwarrin, Mt Eliza, Keysborough, Cranbourne, Springvale and Rowville, as well as a robbery at a liquor store in Langwarrin. The thefts all occurred during trading hours. Police will allege the man, sometimes with an accomplice, would ask to see particular jewellery items and then, while handling them, bolt from…
AN environmental group, an emergency services volunteer and a couple behind a key community charity were honoured at the 2018 Kingston Australia Day Awards last week. The awards were announced as part of Kingston Council’s annual Australia Day Breakfast on Friday (26 January) at the Kingston City Hall. Three awards were announced on Australia Day – Citizen of the Year, Outstanding Citizen Award, Community Group of the Year and Young Community Group of the Year. Presenting the awards, the mayor Cr Steve Staikos said the award winners were selected because of their passion and selfless commitment to volunteerism and to…
AN Edithvale man was hit over the head with a baseball bat or iron bar as he walked home from the station, 1.45am, Sunday 28 January. The man, 33, was wearing a pair of Moshi headphones and carrying a bag over his shoulder containing an iPad. A 1997 green Nissan Pulsar hatch pulled up across the road and two men got out, one demanding he hand over his phone and wallet. When the man refused he was hit over the head and kicked after falling to the ground, where he lay bleeding. His attackers made off with his iPad valued…