FINALS fever is in the air, as Frankston hosted its first ever Reclink Footy League Grand Final last week. Frankston’s Kinetic Stadium hosted the event last Wednesday, 11 September. The Salvo Hawks played the Cardinia Tigers in the first match of the day, followed by a clash between Latrobe Valley Panthers and Frankston Dolphins.The Cardinia Tigers defeated the Salvo Hawks. The Frankston Dolphins and Latrobe Valley Panthers game was unfortunately cut short due to a player requiring medical assistance.75-year-old “Zippy” was among the players on the day – Zippy said after the game that “our team players come from all…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
MPFNL MEN’S DIV ONETHE Mt Eliza Football Netball Club celebrated one of the greatest days in its history last Sunday when it took home three football premiership trophies from Kinetic Stadium.Mt Eliza played Dromana in the Division One Seniors Grand Final. Dromana came into the game as favourites, having lost just twice during the season. After losing their qualifying final, Mt Eliza earned their way through to the big dance the hard way.A bumper crowd turned up to watch on Sunday. Mt Eliza got out to an early lead, and took a 16 point lead into the first break. The…
POLICE raided houses across the Mornington Peninsula last week as part of an investigation into the Finks Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.Victoria Police allege that motorbikes were ridden on the footpath on Southbank Promenade last month – it said in a statement that at around 8pm on 9 August “a large contingent of riders, wearing Finks OMCG vests and insignia, entered the Southbank Promenade, riding between permanent steel bollards and onto the shared footpath area. The group rode in formation for approximately 350 metres along the promenade, between pedestrians, street vendors and buskers. There was a high level of pedestrian traffic at…
ST Bede’s College in Mentone entered lockdown last Wednesday, 4 September, while police investigated a “threatening” social media post. The school entered lockdown at 8.25am on police advice. At 9.40am the lockdown was lifted and students returned to class.In a statement, Victoria Police said there is no ongoing threat at the Mentone school. “Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a threatening social media post in relation to St Bede’s College. There is currently no threat to St Bede’s College in Mentone but investigations to determine who created the post are underway,” a Victoria Police statement read. “The post, which…
DIVISIVE plans to allow high-rise towers to be built throughout Frankston’s city centre are a step closer to fruition.Frankston Council has been drafting the “Frankston Metropolitan Activity Centre Structure Plan” throughout this council term. The plan and the associated planning scheme amendment C160fran outline preferred height limits of up to 16 storeys in parts of Frankston’s city centre.Late last month, a state government-appointed independent planning panel published its final report on the proposal. It broadly supported the plan, and recommended that it be adopted with some amendments. The proposed changes are now on the cusp of being finalised with Frankston…