SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie FRANKSTON Pines believes that it has secured its future after finally forming executive and general committees on the weekend. After weeks of uncertainty the Monterey Reserve outfit has accepted the overtures of Mauritian-born barrister and solicitor Daniel Plaiche, a director of Club M Australia, a sports club aiming to promote Mauritian soccer at the highest level here. Plaiche and others from the Mauritian expat community have joined recently relegated Pines and plan to bring Mauritian internationals to Australia with a view to getting the club back into State 1 South-East and eventually promoted to the NPL.…
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A TEENAGER had just parked his car on Nepean Hwy, Frankston, and was walking away when another youth stopped him and demanded his keys, 4pm, Tuesday 6 December. Detective Leading Senior Constable Darren Paxton, of Frankston CIU, said the offender, possibly affected by alcohol, attempted to punch the victim to the head and made further demands for the keys in the confrontation on the footpath between Wells and Playne streets. He then chased the victim out onto Nepean Hwy where “it was a miracle he was not hit by a passing car”, Detective Paxton said. The offender, pictured, is described…
A POLICE check on a possible stolen car in Frankston North led to the recovery of a late-model Mercedes and the discovery of a cannabis crop, Sunday afternoon 11 December. Sergeant Duncan McGorrery, of Frankston police, said a passer-by had spotted the high-priced ML350 in Laurina Cr and called police, 5.30pm. When they converged on the scene they learned the car’s occupants had walked around the corner to a house on Morton St and were relaxing in the front yard. The police cordoned off the house and arrested two men and three women, some on outstanding warrants. All were taken…
FRANKSTON is one step closer to its new look station, with five architects chosen to present their vision for its transformation. Victorian Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan and Frankston Labor MP Paul Edbrooke joined the finalists last Tuesday (13 December) at the Frankston Revitalisation Hub to view their designs. The Frankston station design competition received submissions from 39 architects outlining their vision for the new precinct. A jury chaired by Victorian Government Architect Jill Garner has selected five architects from this group to now work with experts to produce a more detailed design concept. “We’re rebuilding Frankston station to make…
MORE than 100 tonnes of unwanted goods and rubbish, including 4162 mattresses and 660 fridges, was collected during Frankston Council’s kerbside collections this year. Residents left more than 100 tonnes of green waste, 484 tonnes of scrap metal and 2,593 tonnes of hard waste for pick-up during hard waste collection periods this year, a significant drop from the 2015 hard waste collection. The free hard rubbish collection service was almost scrapped itself this year due to rampant abuse of the kerbside collection guidelines in 2015. According to then mayor James Dooley, the council was hit with a barrage of complaints…