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…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
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…
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…
PLANS for a massive revamp of train stations in Mentone and Cheltenham have been unveiled. Level crossing removal works are set to send trains underground, with the rail line to be lowered into trenches. The works are expected to be complete by the end of 2020. As part of the new station construction, the station garden will be expanded into a bigger open space. Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson said “getting rid of these level crossings has been talked about forever. We are getting on with the job and preserving the historic Mentone Station as well.” “The heritage listed stations at…
KINGSTON mayor Georgina Oxley has praised a police crackdown on the operation of illegal brothels in the area. In the last month two illegal brothels in Moorabin had proscription orders placed on them. The last two years has seen court action lead to prosecution against 15 illegal brothels in the Kingston municipality. In October 2017 Kingston Council spearheaded a push to call for a clamp down on the rise of illegal brothels in Victoria. At a Municipal Association of Victoria state council meeting, Kingston won the support of other councils in urging the state Labor government to focus more time…