OVER 25 years have passed since Natalie Russell was tragically murdered walking home from school. The track she was taken from in Frankston North was subsequently renamed to Nat’s Track in her memory, and nearly three decades on from the tragic event has started to fall into disrepair. The track backs onto Monterey Secondary College, and Frankston councillor Kris Bolam said that the school principal had been in touch with him to report that students had begun to experience “anti-social behaviour on the track”. Cr Bolam said he is pushing to include funds to upgrade the track in Frankston Council’s…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
UNSUCCESSFUL Liberal candidate for Frankston Michael Lamb has been suspended from his position on the police force after being charged with disclosing police information without reasonable excuse. Mr Lamb has been suspended with pay, and will face charges over four separate incidents that allegedly occurred in 2018. A Victoria Police statement read “a police officer has been charged with unauthorised release of information by Professional Standards Command. “The Senior Sergeant from Southern Metro region has been charged with four counts of disclosing police information without reasonable excuse.” Mr Lamb was comfortably defeated at the November state election by sitting member…
FRANKSTON Council officers alongside CFA and Victoria Police have entered an abandoned restaurant on the Nepean Highway to boot out people residing “illegally” in the building. Council CEO Dennis Hovenden said that six residents were kicked out of the former location of the Pint and Pickle restaurant on 5 February after multiple reports from residents of people coming and going from the building. “We found illegal accommodation, we found the building to be unsafe, we found a lot of rubbish. Orders have now been issued that the illegal occupation has to cease within 72 hours and the owner will be…
BALLARTO Road has been targeted by the federal government for $30 million “intersection upgrade” works. The Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited the road on 5 February to announce that the funding would be included as part of the upcoming federal budget, to be released in April. Exactly what those upgrades will be are not finalised, but Dunkley MP Chris Crewther said they would focus on “Greenwood Drive, Dion Drive, and Potts Road”. “At a number of different intersections along this road, we are looking to upgrade them so people can get in and out of their residential streets easier. For…
TENNIS Hall of Fame inductee Dianne Balestrat is calling for the Long Beach Tennis Club to receive funding to revamp their facilities. Ms Balestrat, a former world number 4 and Australian Open doubles champion, now spends her time coaching the next generation at the Long Beach Tennis Club, and said the facilities there had become far too outdated. “Many tennis clubs were built at a time when participation from women was lower. At Long Beach Tennis Club, there are no facilities to shower or change nor adequate lighting, which can make women and girls feel unwelcome,” Ms Balestrat said. “An…