Author: Brodie Cowburn

MR Henry Scarborough, who died at the residence of his son, Cranbourne Road, Frankston, on Tuesday last, had attained the ripe old age of 81 years. He was born in 1838 near what is now Market Street, Melbourne, 3 years after the Yarra district became a white settlement. Mr. J. Fleming, a member of the Brunswick shire council, who is still living, was Mr Scarborough’s senior by a few months, and is believed to be the oldest Victorian native. Mr Scarborough’s father was the first poundkeeper of Melbourne, the pound being situate in Elizabeth Street opposite the present site of…

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THREE comedians are teaming up to tackle the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with their show ‘You Throw Like a Girl’ after a stint performing overseas in Dubai. Comedians Jess Pratt and Grace Sabbatucci, based out of Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula, and Darcy Dann have teamed up to bring their brand of comedy back home with a show that Ms Pratt says highlights the work of outstanding women through history who have gone under appreciated. “Our show is called You Throw Like a Girl. Its a sketch comedy show that pays tribute to great Australian women in history, which is…

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MARK Rees and his support team from Rotary Club Frankston Sunrise have banded together to take flight at the Moomba birdman rally and raise over $70,000 to help children have access to clean drinking water. Mr Rees, the father of last year’s king of Moomba Jimmy Giggle, was flying to raise money to buy SkyHydrants. “When I saw the Birdman title was more about fundraising than actually flying I knew I had a chance to pull it off. The Rotary Club of Frankston Sunrise and I set a target of $15,000 and ultimately raised $16,000,” Mr Rees said. “Under the…

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FRANKSTON MP Paul Edbrooke has branded the Baxter line business case as “on track” for completion to alleviate concerns over its progress. Mr Edbrooke told The Times that the case “isn’t late. Any dialogue about the state government being at fault for the federal government being unable to deliver their project which has zero funds committed to it this financial year is plain wrong.” “If the federal government wanted the business case done earlier, they should have delivered the $3 million in funding for it earlier,” he said. The original state government media release from April 2018 announcing the beginning…

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THE Victorian Building Association have confirmed that eight privately owned buildings in the Frankston municipality have been “identified with cladding” as part of the statewide audit into dangerous cladding. Frankston Council declined to comment when asked which buildings were affected by the presence of potentially dangerous cladding. The VBA did not respond to the question of which buildings in the municipality were affected by publication deadline. Frankston Council mayor Michael O’Reilly told The Times last month that at least one building was affected and that “council and the VBA are currently engaged in ongoing investigations across the municipality to determine…

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