AN increased police presence has been seen in the Frankston CBD and at Bayside Shopping Centre during the school holidays to put a stop to “anti-social behaviour”. The Frankston Police operation kicked off on 11 July. The operation sees a visible police presence across the area to deter people from getting into trouble. Acting Sergeant Julia Starkey said the operation begun in an effort to make people feel safer in their community. “This operation is in response to a general community response. They were feeling unsafe around the CBD in relation to anti-social behaviour. Young people had been behaving poorly…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
DIVISION ONE FRANKSTON YCW bounced back from a tough loss last week by taking to the road to defeat Dromana. The Tigers have made their home ground a fortress in recent times, and have been a tough side to beat this year. The Stonecats on the other hand were looking to redeem themselves after falling to relegation candidates Moninngton in a shock result last week. Dromana raced out of the blocks with a strong first quarter, and led by three goals at the first break. Frankston YCW, who have been struggling at times this season, kept touch in the second…
DIVISION TWO KARINGAL have had their undefeated streak snapped by Seaford. The Bulls have rampaged through their competition this season, going 12 games without a defeat. Seaford hosted Karingal on Saturday, looking to pull off a major upset. The Tigers got off to a good start and took a three goal lead into the quarter time break. Karingal worked their way into the game after the first break, and by half time had taken the lead. Seaford were facing a 10 point deficit against the division’s top side heading into the second half, but proved themselves up for the task.…
THE redesigned George Pentland Botanic Gardens playground has been recognised with a landscape architecture award at the 2019 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Awards Victoria. The playground was designed by Leaf Design Studio. It reopened early this year at a ratepayer cost of $700,000. The mayor Michael O’Reilly said “the George Pentland Botanic Gardens is a tranquil space for our residents and visitors to enjoy and the new playground is especially enticing for the little ones these school holidays.” “It’s great for our council officers and Leaf Design Studio to be recognised for the amazing design we now have to…
CCTV TECHNOLOGY will be trialled at the Seaford Wetlands in an effort to kerb illegal monkey bike usage. Frankston councillors voted unanimously at their 1 July meeting to allocate $8000 in their budget for “the use and trial of relocatable iDetect CCTV technology within the Seaford Wetlands for six months, as well as one of council’s mobile bollard CCTV units”. The funding will also go towards “the installation of half a dozen signs in prominent locations throughout the Seaford Wetlands which implore the public to dob in illegal monkey bike users”. The notice of motion also stated that “council bylaws…