A LANGWARRIN landowner has been fined $15,000 for illegally removing vegetation.Last year, Frankston Council identified that vegetation may have been illegally removed from 565 McClelland Drive in Langwarrin. The site, which sits next to Peninsula Private Hospital, is privately owned. In December the property owner was fined $15,000 at the Frankston Magistrates’ Court. In a statement, Frankston Council said “the Magistrate found the landowner to be in breach of offences including removal of protected vegetation, the use of the land as a store, and buildings and works without the required permits.” The property owner was also ordered to pay nearly…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
A DOG trainer will be kicked out of Carrum Community Hall next month if Kingston Council does not agree to extend her lease.In mid-2024, Kingston Council made the decision to boot Paw Behaviour Dog Training from its home of two decades with a 31 December deadline. Paw Behaviour owner Jennifer Wilcox secured a short-term three month lease extension to extend her tenure to 31 March, but faces an uncertain future beyond that.Wilcox says her attempts to negotiate with Kingston Council have failed. “Why I’m being removed from the hall is the big question – that is not entirely clear. They…
TREES and other vegetation are set to be removed from Groves Reserve in Aspendale by the Level Crossing Removal Project imminently in a move described by environmentalists as “mindless”.Groves Reserve is a remnant pocket of Banksia Woodland in between Nepean Highway and the train line at the border of Aspendale and Mordialloc. The LXRP plans to remove long-standing trees from the parkland, The News understands.Kingston Residents Association vice-president Rosemary West has slammed the plans, and has requested that the environment minister intervene. “It has recently come to our notice that the LXRP has plans to begin this work and that…
MORE crisis housing for women and children fleeing family violence will be established in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula.The federal government has distributed $100 million across 42 organisations to purchase housing for women and children impacted by family violence and older women at risk of homelessness. Women’s Community Shelters Limited have received money to buy three houses across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula.Dunkley MP Jodie Belyea said “42 organisations across the country will be funded to deliver hundreds of new crisis and emergency homes, including right here in Dunkley, resulting in more women and children having secure accommodation when they…
PROVINCIALLANGWARRIN is sitting in top spot with just three weeks left before finals. On day two of their match with fellow title contenders Pines at Lloyd Park last weekend, Langwarrin locked up a narrow win.Langwarrin set Pines a target of 185 to chase down on Saturday. Pines came close, but fell 15 runs short of victory. Opener Declan Jackson top-scored for Pines with 68 from 168 deliveries. Pines was bowled out for 171 with six overs left to spare. Sam Prosser took three wickets, and Matthew Prosser and Trav Campbell took two each. The result left Pines in third spot.…