KINGSTON Council has made an urgent deal with recycling provider Polytrade to save some of the municipality’s recycling waste from landfill. The Kingston municipality is one of 20 councils caught up in the midst of the state’s recycling crisis caused by the closure of two SKM recycling sites. Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley said that the deal with Polytrade will see 20 percent of Kingston’s recycling per day saved from landfill. “It is extremely disappointing that Kingston, along with many other councils, has been forced to temporarily divert recycling to landfill,” she said. “Kingston has managed to ensure 20% of all…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
THE Alex Fraser Group has asked Kingston Council for a 10 year extension to their permit to operate their site in Clarinda. A brochure delivered by the Alex Fraser Group to council, seen by The News, read that “on current projections, there is simply no way that Alex Fraser will be able to find a suitable alternative location for this facility and have it ready for operation by 2023, when the current permit expires.” “While Alex Fraser believes that the ultimate relocation objective can still be achieved, an extension of operations at the current site is required to avoid interrupting…
PENINSULA MOOROODUC have put themselves in pole position to claim a win over Crib Point with a good performance on day one of their clash at Crib Point Recreation Reserve. Having been sent in to bat first, Moorooduc got off to a shaky start when they lost two quick wickets early. A steadying innings of 42 runs from number 4 batsman Shamith Kennangara helped Moorooduc correct their course, and they eventually ended up making 185 runs before being bowled out. Things would have been worse for Crib Point if not for Matthew Blake, who posted bowling figures of 4/16 off…
AT the Mornington police court on Wednesday before Mr J. G. Barrett, Js’P., an elderly woman named Mary Sandles appeared to answer a charge of drunkenness. She was fined 5s, in default 5 hours imprisonment. Defendant stated she was a resident of South Melbourne and sold matches for a living. She was offered a joy ride to the sea-side by a friend and finally arrived at Mornington where she was having a jolly time when the police interferred, and cut short her merry making. The police escorted Mary out of the town during the afternoon and she is now wending…
COUNCIL have resolved at their 18 February meeting to negotiate the sale of a parcel of public land on Evelyn Street to the Department of Justice. The motion to continue negotiations with the state government authority was set to be heard behind closed doors in closed council, before Cr Glenn Aitken moved that it be brought into the public section of the meeting. The Evelyn Street land is a short walking distance from the Police Station and Magistrates’ Court. Cr Aitken was heavily critical of council’s decision to move ahead with negotiations. He told The Times “what you’re looking at…