A MAN has been charged with 17 historical sexual offences by the Frankston Police sexual offences and child abuse investigation team. A 71-year-old Balnarring man was arrested in August last year. He is alleged to have committed offences against two victims on the Mornington Peninsula between 2001 and 2007. Police have now charged the man with 17 offences including sexual penetration of a child under 16, indecent act with a child under 16, and threats to kill. The man is scheduled to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 5 May. First published in the Frankston Times – 7 March 2023
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FRANKSTON’S newly re-established business chamber is hosting an awards night to recognise the best of local businesses. The Frankston Business Collective was launched last July. It says its awards will “recognise excellence among businesses and also showcase businesses and operators who offer their customers and communities excellence in all that they do.” Nominees for the awards will be asked what makes their business unique, and what they implemented to address challenges that had come up in the last 12 months. Entries of award nominations will open in March and close in June. The awards will be presented in October. Frankston…
FRANKSTON NDIS has a new home. The NDIS agency has moved to the Services Australia Centre at Bayside Shopping Centre. The centre now hosts Centrelink and Medicare services as well. Dunkley MP Peta Murphy says she hopes the move will “enhance the face to face experience that NDIS participants have with important government services.” “The new Services Australia Centre is a terrific facility,” she said. The new NDIS home is near the Beach Street entrance of the shopping centre. First published in the Frankston Times – 7 March 2023
PLANNED improvements to the Seaford Wetlands have been delayed by at least six months. Frankston Council has deferred $1.3 million in funding for the Seaford Wetlands works from its 2022/2023 budget to its 2023/2024 budget. A report prepared by council officers for the mid-year budget review read that the works had been “delayed due to a planning matters is now being required to be addressed before proceeding with the works and resulting in no works proceeding until 2023/2024.” Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy has confirmed that the Seaford Wetlands Bridge project has been affected. “Council has deferred works for the Seaford…
Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives have released vision and images of a man following a burglary at a home in Aspendale in February. Enquiries have revealed a man approached the front door of the Fifth Avenue home, on Wednesday 22 February, and knocked numerous times to see if anyone was home about 10am. When no one answered, he went to the side of the house and used a screwdriver to jemmy open a door. The offender filled a shopping bag with watches, a laptop and a charger and left at 11.20am. Detectives have released CCTV and images of a man…