ARTISTS and entrepreneurs are an intriguing mix at a new shared community space in Frankston. The Frankston Regional Artisan’s Network – also known as FRANK – has gathered together creatives and small businesses under the same roof at a Beach St hub. The network is a Frankston Council initiative. Mayor Cr Sandra Mayer said a project team of council officers and Frankston residents had planned the FRANK project. “This team shared a vision to create a unique space that allows local creatives, small businesses and entrepreneurs to come together to share a place to work, inspire and connect – similar…
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POLICE have released a face-fit image of a man they wish to speak to regarding an assault in Frankston on Friday 8 May. In the incident, a woman was hit on the head with a piece of wood and then robbed as she was leaving Bayside shopping centre. Senior Constable Ken Howard, of the Armed Robbery Task Force, said the woman, 62, was walking on Ross Smith Av when the man hit her from behind and knocked her to the ground at 6.20pm. The man then began rifling through her handbag. The woman initially thought he was trying to assist…
IT’S official. Former Frankston SES controller Brian McMannis has a street named in his honour. A street, off McCulloch Ave, near the organisation’s Seaford McCulloch Ave headquarters has been named McMannis Way. Mr McMannis told The Times late last year he is “shocked but privileged” to be recognised by Frankston Council for his near four decades volunteer work for the SES. Frankston mayor Cr Sandra Mayer praised the way Mr McMannis had dedicated himself to helping others at times of emergency. “Brian’s contribution as a member of the SES for almost four decades was outstanding,” Cr Mayer said. “It was…
A 42-year-old Langwarrin man will face court after Frankston detectives executed a warrant in Landhill Close yesterday. Police entered the residential property and arrested the man around 3.30pm. They also uncovered a cache of weapons including swords, slingshots, laser pointers and knives. He was interviewed by detectives and has been charged with possess handgun, possess prohibited weapons, possess cannabis and advertise and sell prohibited weapons. The man will face the Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 8 September.
A man has been charged with seven counts of rape and other offences following a serious sexual assault in Cheltenham on Thursday. The 18-year-old Cheltenham man contacted police this morning and has been interviewed at the Sexual Crime Squad headquarters. The investigation relates to the serious sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in the early hours of Thursday morning at her Devon Street home. The man will front the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court this afternoon. Along with the seven charges of rape, the man has also been charged with seven counts of indecent assault and one count of aggravated burglary. Detective…