KINGSTON Councillors have voted to clarify that all of Beach Road inside the municipality will be planted with trees as part of Bay Trail works. The motion to “confirm that the Beach Road Boulevard plantings be for the entirety of Kingston’s section of Beach Rd, from Bayside’s border through to Mordialloc” was set to be heard last week at a special meeting on 11 February, but the meeting had to be adjourned until 18 February after four councillors stormed out. The motion was carried 5-2, with Crs Georgina Oxley, David Eden, Rosemary West, Steve Staikos, and Tamara Barth in favour…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
PENINSULA MOOROODUC have held on by a thread to claim a thrilling victory in the first innings over Somerville. Chasing 168 to win, Moorooduc kept touch mainly thanks to an entertaining innings from Rashimal Mendis, who hit his half century by smacking 3 sixes over the boundary. Moorooduc passed their target with just one wicket in hand, and their numbers 11 and 9 batsmen at the crease. At Ballam Park East, Long Island surpassed their measly target of 70 despite a monumental batting collapse against Main RIdge. The winning side had passed their target and were flying comfortably at 3/96.…
MR Brierley, manager of the Frankston Gas and Electric Supply Works, has had a long and varied experience in his profession, but it remained to Frankston to provide him with something altogether out of the ordinary. All Tuesday night he and his staff had been endeavoring to find the cause of the block in the electric light current serving Melbourne Road and part of Frankston. He was expecting to find that a stray branch or twig was causing the damage, but the search was fruitless. It was not until daylight next morning that he found the cause of the obstruction. …
FINDINGS of an independent investigation into allegations of serious misconduct at the Frankston District Basketball Association will remain private due to “legal professional privilege”. Basketball Victoria confirmed that the investigation had been completed, and that the board had been notified of its findings through a report. The board of the FDBA has also been made aware of the findings of the report. That report, completed late last year, was not made available to The Times. A Basketball Victoria statement provided to The Times said “allegations made against Frankston and District Basketball Association (FDBA) and some of its personnel, made in…
Missing in action: Five Frankston councillors were absent at a budget meeting on Saturday, causing it to be abandoned. Pictures: Supplied A FRANKSTON Council meeting to run through the upcoming budget has fizzled out, with only four out of nine councillors showing up to the briefing. Crs Colin Hampton, Steve Toms, Brian Cunial, Sandra Mayer, and Glenn Aitken were no-shows to the meeting at the Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday 9 February. Ratepayer money was used to hire the venue, bring in the monitor, and cater morning tea for the event. The briefing ended in quick time, with present councillors…