FRANKSTON police executing a drug warrant in Seaford last week came across a haul bigger than expected. Senior Constable Annabel MacEwan, of the Tasking Unit, said that while searching for amphetamines at a house in Kananook Av police found a stolen car, two trailers with number plates stolen from other trailers, and tools valued at $10,000. The tools had been stolen in five different burglaries on the peninsula. “This enabled police to link the offenders to a number of other incidents, including service station drive-offs”, Senior Constable MacEwan said. A 28-year-old female and a 48-year-old man, both of Seaford, were…
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THE opening of Frankston Hospital’s new $81 million building has been hailed “an important milestone” by Peninsula Health. Health Minister Jill Hennessy visited the hospital last Tuesday (17 February) to officially open the new emergency department and three additional wards. Patients began being accepted to the new wards last Thursday. “The opening of this new building marks an important milestone in Frankston Hospital’s proud 74 year history. The last five years have seen more than $150 million invested in capital works for critical care, emergency medicine, and general medical services,” Peninsula Health chairwoman Nancy Hogan said. Known as Frankston Stage…
A RESIDENTS’ group to look after Seaford foreshore is being formed at a meeting on Wednesday 19 February. Seaford Foreshore Friends will work with Frankston Council rangers to look after the five kilometres of beach and its parallel sand dunes. The foreshore is one of the oldest reserves in the Frankston area, and contains important habitat for birds and reptiles. It was set aside for public use in 1873 and designated a conservation and recreation zone in 1987. It is acknowledged as having the finest example of coast banksia woodland in Melbourne. Indigenous plants in the reserve include resilient grasses…
SUMMER means live music will pop up again at Kingston City Hall. The hall hosted legendary gigs by the likes of INXS and AC/DC in its heyday as a music venue. Residents are invited to enjoy a bar filled with craft beers, wine, cider and pub grub. Entry is free and a new live band will provide a distinctive vibe each week. Kingston Arts is hosting the pop-up bar for the second year running and hopes this year’s relaxing oasis in Moorabbin is as popular as last year. The pop-up bar is housed in a large shipping container and revelries…
THE latest series in the TV show Underbelly focuses on the 1920s life and crimes of Melbourne criminal Leslie ‘Squizzy’ Taylor – a feared thug with a reputation for violence who amassed a fortune in ill-gotten gains from sly-grog selling, two-up schools, illegal bookmaking, extortion and prostitution. These aspects of Squizzy’s criminal career are well documented, but a less publicised aspect involves the suburb of Chelsea. Chelsea and District Society founder Frank McGuire, in his 1985 book Chelsea: A Beachside Community, noted that the late Bill Brothwell, an early Chelsea citizen, claimed Squizzy Taylor often visited a relative who owned…