THE number of decisions made by Frankston Council behind closed doors has dropped dramatically in the last five years. A report prepared by Frankston Council officers read that in the first half of the 2022/2023 financial year, 2.84 per cent of council decisions were made behind closed doors. In the 2018/2019 financial year 28 per cent of matters were heard in closed council, the report read. Frankston Council has come under fire this year for confidentially voting to nominate Long Street Reserve in Langwarrin as its preferred site for a new kindergarten. First published in the Frankston Times – 21…
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A $100,000 DONATION has helped the McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin develop a new walk. The donation was made by the Belcher family. The walk will be named the “Belcher Family Lake Walk”, commemorating the lives of frequent park visitors Tamie Belcher and Eric Belcher. The Belcher’s daughter Jenni Alexander said her parents first visited McClelland in the 1980s and loved walking the grounds. “The combination of art and nature at McClelland were an inspiration to my parents. It really became a favourite place – along with my family, my daughters first came to McClelland as toddlers and we still celebrate…
A P-PLATER was allegedly caught driving nearly double the speed limit on Nepean Highway in Frankston last week. The red Holden Commodore sedan was pulled over (pictured) in the early hours of 13 March. Police allege the car was driving at a speed of 118 kmph in a 60 zone. Police allege that the car had bald tyres and no exhaust. The driver, an 18-year-old from Cranbourne, was charged with traffic offences and ordered to face a Magistrates’ Court. The car was impounded for a month. First published in the Frankston Times – 21 March 2023
A MAN was allegedly caught behind the wheel of a Maserati without a licence in Frankston North earlier this month. Police pulled over a 34-year-old man in a Maserati on 10 March. They say he was driving erratically, and refused a breath test. The Maserati (pictured), which police say belongs to the driver’s brother, was impounded for a month. The driver will be charged with unlicensed driving and refuse preliminary breath test, police say. First published in the Frankston Times – 21 March 2023
JUNIOR Frankston firefighters competed at the CFA/Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria state championships last weekend, for the first time in nearly 30 years. A Frankston Fire Brigade junior team has not competed at the event since 1995. The junior team competed at the 2023 State Urban Junior Championship in Mooroopna on 18 and 19 March. Team coach Melissa Gourley said “the kids kept asking if they could go and we’ve had enough expressions of interest to fill both under 14 and under 16 teams. We’ve got a few aged 16 who will be too old for junior championships next year so…