60 YEARS have passed since he first signed up, but time hasn’t stopped Edithvale Fire Brigade member Phil Jones from making a contribution. Jones joined the CFA in 1963. Last month, Commander Brad Fogden and Edithvale Captain Sean McGuckin presented him a medal honouring 60 years of service.Although Jones no longer attends fires, he still plays an important part. He said “I do a lot of the smaller stuff around the brigade now – washing the windows, doing the gardening, fundraising.” “We have a remembrance garden out the back for some of the old members who have passed away, so…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
PLANS for a 14-storey building at the former Frankston cinema site have been rejected.The proposal for 438-444 Nepean Highway in Frankston was considered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Earlier this month, VCAT handed down its decision to refuse a planning permit for the project.The “Pace” project started out as a 16-storey proposal. Earlier this year the plans were amended, and a revised 14-storey proposal was sent to VCAT for consideration. The final proposal featured 133 apartments.The proposal has sparked community backlash – opponents to it said that it forms part of the “Great Wall of Frankston”, a series…
THE Rossdale Golf Club is pushing ahead with a plan to redevelop its Aspendale golf course as Kingston Council considers its next steps. Early plans for the proposed redevelopment of the Rossdale Golf Course were released last week. The plans, which are subject to community consultation, show large sections of the existing golf course replaced with housing of up to three storeys. Spaces for retirement housing, mixed use apartments, and pocket parks have also been allocated. The eastern section of the course, from Kincross Avenue to the border of the Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands, has been set aside as open space.The plans…
BRENDAN Pallant will spend at least 25 years behind bars for the 2019 murder of two-year-old Jaidyn Gomes-Sebastiao in Langwarrin.Pallant had been living with Jaidyn Gomes-Sebastiao’s mother for a short time when the murder took place. He used part of a metal table to inflict fatal head injuries on the toddler while his mother was out of the house on the afternoon of 2 September, 2019.On 18 July last year, a jury found Pallant guilty of Gomes-Sebastiao’s murder. Last week, he was sentenced in the Victorian Supreme Court to 32 years in prison. A non-parole period of 25 years was…
MPNFL MEN’S DIV ONEMT ELIZA came from behind to beat Sorrento in a thriller last weekend.Sorrento managed the torrid conditions better in the first quarter, and got out to an early 10-point lead. The Sharks could’ve done even more damage – they kicked 2.5 in the first term.In the second quarter Mt Eliza wrestled back control. The Redlegs went into half-time ahead by two points.After another cagey quarter, Sorrento took back the lead. Heading into the final term the Sharks led by 11 points.Sorrento could only add one more behind to their total in the last quarter. Mt Eliza capitalised,…