FRANKSTON councillor Nathan Conroy has won a second term as mayor. Conroy has been mayor between 2021 and 2022. At a council meeting last Thursday he was voted in to serve for one more year. Conroy saw off a challenge from councillor Sue Baker. Conroy was supported by councillors Steven Hughes, Liam Hughes, Kris Bolam, David Asker, and Suzette Tayler. Sue Baker was backed by councillors Claire Harvey and Brad Hill. Liam Hughes was voted in as deputy mayor for 2022/2023. Harvey also nominated for deputy mayor, but was unsuccessful. Hughes is one of the youngest people ever to hold…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
MORE land has been purchased to help complete the chain of parks project. The state government has purchased 83 hectares of land in Heatherton and Clayton South. The land will be used to create linked parks between Karkarook Park and Braeside Park. The state government has come under fire for its plans to use the former Delta landfill site in Heatherton for suburban rail loop stabling. The land had been earmarked for the chain of parks project. An independent report into the suburban rail loop released this year read that a replacement site must be found before the construction of…
SEVEN candidates will run for Carrum and eight will run for Mordialloc at next weekend’s state election. In Carrum, Labor’s Sonya Kilkenny is recontesting the seat. She has been the member for Carrum since 2014. Bec Buchanan is the candidate for the Liberals. The Greens will also contest Carrum – Jayde Lillico will run for the party. Taylor Macgregor Owen will run for the Animal Justice Party, Jeremy Cameron for the Family First Party, and Georgia Erevnidis for the Freedom Party. Damian Willis is running for Carrum as an independent and will appear as the first name on the ballot.…
HADI Saab is the new mayor of Kingston. The new mayor was elected to the position at a council meeting last week. Former deputy mayor Saab was the only councillor to nominate for the top job. Saab replaces Steve Staikos as mayor. Staikos has served as mayor for four terms since his election to council in 2008. He has been mayor for the last two years. Saab says the focus of his reign will be improving transparency and community consultation and advocating for improvements to the planned major projects in the municipality. “During my term, I plan on being an…
CRICKET GRADE A1 FRENCH Island batter Ben King made history last weekend by scoring one of the biggest totals ever seen in local cricket. King finished the day unbeaten on a whopping 321 runs. He smashed 50 boundaries, 21 of them sixes. He made his mammoth score from just 184 balls. French Island opener Keith Burdett would have been best on ground on any other day. He scored 136 runs. French Island finished the day at 3/602. PROVINCIAL TWO-day cricket has finally returned to the MPCA. Baden Powell were the best performers in the Provincial division on Saturday. They played…