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…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
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…
A BUILDING on The Strand in Chelsea will be converted into a rooming house despite nearly 100 objections to the proposal.Plans to convert 5-7 The Strand into a rooming house have been approved by a slim majority of Kingston councillors. The building will be internally modified to make it a seven-bedroom property. The permit granted by Kingston Council states that no more than 10 people can be residing in the house at any one time.Councillor Georgina Oxley called in the application after council received dozens of objections from residents. She moved an alternate proposal to reject a permit for the…