WORK has finally begun on the construction of a new Frankston War Memorial at Beauty Park. The project has been mired in a funding controversy over the past year but councillors finally gave approval last month for a scaled back $480,000 memorial instead of a $1.4 million memorial and avenue of honour originally proposed. Councillors disagreed about the scope of the construction project but agreed to the latest design which has the potential to have further stages added, including an avenue of honour, if funding is available. New mayor Cr James Dooley attended a sod turning ceremony last Monday (16 November)…
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POLICE are seeking help from bus passengers following an incident in which a 17-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted. Transit Robbery Taskforce members have charged a Frankston man travelling on the Cranbourne-bound No. 36 bus in Beach St, Frankston, 3.40pm, Monday 16 November. The 32-year-old is facing counts of attempted armed robbery, recklessly causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury and threatening to inflict serious injury later that day. He was remanded in custody and will appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 7 December. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a confidential…
Kingston’s talented young writers have been honoured in Kingston Youth Services Ink About It 2015 Awards. The Ink About It creative writing competition invited local youth to enter a short story, poem or song lyrics that interpreted the winning photograph in Kingston Youth Services recent photography competition Picture This. The winning picture Autumn Snow taken by 13-year-old year-old Heatherton Christian College Year 7 student Tess McCracken features a snow-covered country road at Mt Baw Baw with a lone figure walking in the distance. Entry was open to young people with a connection to Kingston, aged 12-25 years. More than 100…
AN electrician, 25, died last Thursday (12 November) while performing regular maintenance on the roof of an air conditioner factory in Canterbury Rd, Braeside. Colleagues of the man, Ron Ricketts, later paid tribute online, calling him a “good mate who had died too young”. On the same day Carlos Araujo, 29, was killed when a section of pipe fell from a forklift at a concrete pumping company in Kirkham Rd, Keysborough. Mr Araujo was bassist of heavy metal band Crowned Kings. Its members said on Facebook: “It’s with heavy hearts and our deepest condolences that we say goodbye to our…
FOUR men in two cars chased and attacked a driver and his passenger in Graham Rd, Carrum, 9pm, Sunday 1 November. Their car was so badly damaged that it is considered a “write-off”. Senior Constable Chris Victory, of Kingston CIU, said the victims had turned from Station St into McLeod Rd where they saw two cars stopped side-by-side, blocking both westbound lanes on the opposite side of road. They tooted at the cars – prompting the savage response. The cars then spun around and began chasing the victims, with one racing around on the wrong side of the road to…