FRANKSTON councillors have voted to reject a proposal for a supermarket at the Frankston Power Centre. The proposal put forward would have seen the current sites of a Spotlight and Forty Winks combined for a new 4,520 square metre supermarket, but the plan was stopped in its tracks. Councillors voted to reject a permit, with Cr Colin Hampton arguing the negative effect on the nearby Towerhill IGA would be too large. Cr Hampton moved an alternate motion to reject a permit as “the proposed supermarket will have a negative economic impact on the ongoing viability of the supermarkets and businesses…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
SIX people have now been charged in relation to an alleged assault of police officers in St Kilda, with the most recent arrest being made in Frankston on 27 February. Five of the six people charged in relation to the alleged assault last weekend have now faced court, with four of the six residing in the Frankston and Langwarrin area. The Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard on Tuesday 26 February that 38-year-old Frankston man Phillip O’Donnell had allegedly smashed a police officer’s head into the ground. The alleged incident occurred at around 3am, Sunday 24 February. 25-year-old Langwarrin woman Kayla Potts…
FRANKSTON Council are not among the 20 councils that have been forced to dump their recycling in landfill in the wake two SKM facilities being shut down. Frankston mayor Michael O’Reilly told The Times that “the collection and processing of around 550-600 tonnes of recyclable waste each fortnight will continue as usual.” “Frankston City Council recycling collection and processing is managed by Solo Resource Recovery and Polytrade,” he said. “Council would like to take this opportunity to remind all residents to reduce the contamination of recyclables by rinsing containers before placing them in their recycling bins.” Neighbouring councils in Kingston…
WORKS on removing the Eel Race Road level crossing may be set to get underway soon, but those calling for the road to stay open aren’t giving up without a fight. Michael Tellesson, co-founder of the Eel Race Road Community Group said he would “keep fighting” to keep the road open, and urged Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny to “listen to the people. Mr Tellesson said he will hand over 440 surveys to Ms Kilkenny, of which 425 were in favour of “direct vehicle access between Eel Race Road and Nepean Highway”. He said those surveys were completed between January and…
A DOG has had a lucky escape after falling from a stolen ute in Mentone. Medusa, a border collie, escaped from the car shortly after it was stolen from Cedar Street at around 9.30am, Sunday 24 February. The owner of the ute told The News that his dog Medusa was not injured but the vehicle was still missing. Mordialloc police are investigating the theft of the silver Holden Colorado utility. Police said “more than $3000 of tools” were on board the vehicle “as well as a fridge.” Police said the owner had left the vehicle for around five minutes and…