REDEVELOPMENT of the Moorabbin Reserve is another step closer after Kingston Council at its latest council meeting gave permission for the St Kilda Football Club to begin the formal planning application process. As Kingston Council owns Moorabbin Reserve, its formal permission was required before a planning application could be lodged by St Kilda Football Club. “This permission does not mean Kingston Council has approved the application but rather allows the planning process to continue,” Kingston mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley said. “The application will now be subject to the normal planning process, which will include seeking public feedback on the plan…
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KINGSTON Council has approved an expanded new pavilion at Mordialloc’s Ben Kavanagh Reserve to provide a base for St John’s Ambulance and offer improved facilities for local sports clubs. Council last night approved an extra $250,000 contribution to the $4.17million project, which is expected to be funded in the upcoming 2016/17 Budget. The project will transform Ben Kavanagh Reserve with an expanded community sports pavilion, improved fencing, playground make-over, extra landscaping and car park improvements. Original plans for a single storey pavilion were expanded following calls from the sporting clubs for expanded facilities and the opportunity to co-locate St Johns…
A WOMAN spoken to by police on a Parkdale street, 8.10am, Friday 8 April, was later found to have a handgun hidden in her bra as well as ammunition and an imitation handgun in her handbag. Police noticed the woman, 25, of Southbank, and a man who appeared drug affected as they walked along Como Pd. East. They said she “became irrational” when spoken to and they thought she might be drug affected. Searching her backpack they found the ammunition, large hunting knife, zip-lock bag containing a small quantity of ice, rifle telescope, and a black jacket. Police said the…
THIEVES ransacked the Apple store, Southland, early Tuesday morning, and got away with an unknown quantity of high priced stock. They used bolt cutters to gain entry to a vehicle ramp and drove to the first level where they smashed entrance doors with sledgehammers. It is believed two security guards who spotted the thieves approaching retreated to the emergency exits. The offenders smashed windows to the hi-tech store and loaded stock into containers they had brought with them. The value of the stock was being assessed yesterday. They then left “at speed” in a light-coloured car and a dark coloured…
KINGSTON residents are being asked for feedback on changes to Victoria’s local government electoral regulations in the lead up to the October council elections. Last changed in 2005, the current regulations will expire in August and the state government is inviting input from the community and local government sector to update them. “We want to implement changes that will be best for voters, best for candidates and most importantly, best for democracy to ensure we have councils that truly represent their communities,” Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins said. “Elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it’s important we have…