A FRANKSTON councillor has received an award for ten years of service. Councillor Kris Bolam has now surpassed a decade with Frankston Council. He served between 2008 and 2012, then from 2016 to present. Bolam (pictured above) served as Frankston mayor in 2010/2011, and 2020/2021. He said his proudest achievements during his tenure had been the “infrastructure funding I have been able to secure for my ward and the wider municipality, and the dozens of process improvements in the realm of good governance.” “Public office should be about solutions not grandstanding or rhetoric. That’s been my approach and I’ve been…
Author: Bayside News
A POLICE helicopter helped make two arrests within five minutes in Cranbourne and Bangholme last week. The first arrest occurred in Cranbourne between 3am and 4am on 17 May. Police say they spotted a car driving along Ballarto Road at 150 kmph at around 3.15am. The allegedly stolen car was tracked along Hall Road, Frankston-Cranbourne Road, South Gippsland Freeway, and Thompsons Road. After crashing into a ditch, a man and woman in their 20s allegedly tried to flee on foot but were quickly arrested. Almost immediately afterward the police helicopter was called to Seaford. A car had allegedly sped off…
A VETERAN musician has been named the 2023 Kingston citizen of the year. Mordialloc Jazz Orchestra musical director Peter Foley was awarded the honour at an event last week. He has been part of the orchestra for more than three decades. The orchestra brings together musicians from across the state each week. It plays at events such as Jazz-a-oke, Carols by Kingston, and the Big Band Sunsets. The annual citizen of the year awards were held last Thursday, 18 May. STEM Incubators and the Cheltenham Community Centre both shared the community group of the year award on the day. Kingston mayor…
THE recipients of the 2023 Invest Frankston business grants have been announced. A total of $180,000 in grant funding has been awarded to sixteen local businesses – Peninsula Speech Plus, Coffee for the People Roasting Co, Health and Wellbeing Education, Day One Advisory, Cosy and Tasty Dumplings, Messin with Jim, That Spirited Lot Distillers, Stephanie and Co, Mr Banks Brewing, The Hop Shop, On a Mission Services, Red Gum BBQ at Home, Excape, Mentor System, Frankie’s Coffee and Eats, and Arch Creative. The funding is for businesses to expand, buy new equipment, or move into a new premises. On a…
VICTORIAN councillors have met to brainstorm ways to combat a surge in disruptive behaviour at public council meetings. Frankston Council is just one of many councils across Victoria who have had to deal with an increase in disruptive behaviour from the public gallery in the last year. In October, members of the public attending a Frankston Council meeting were thrown out after repeated interruptions (“Public booted after council meeting mayhem” The Times 31/10/22). This year, Yarra Ranges Council went to the length of banning the public from attending meetings in person. The move came after it called the police to…