THE City of Kingston is becoming a home of football. Hawthorn Football Club look set to make Dingley its training base home in a move that follows St Kilda Football Club’s return to Moorabbin. Councillors at last month’s Kingston Council public council meeting unanimously backed the Hawks’ proposal to build “an elite sporting and community facility” at a 28-hectare site at Tootal Rd in Dingley Village. Commercial signage use is restricted in Kingston’s Green Wedge but councillors acknowledged billboards around the field within the training ground are needed for club sponsorship reasons when TV crews will film at the venue.…
Author: Neil Walker
BEACHES and foreshores along Port Phillip Bay will be monitored for signs of erosion and renourished as part of a $4.8 million state government project. The Protection of Port Phillip Beaches and Foreshore Program will include works at bay beaches at Frankston, Carrum, Sorrento West, Hampton, Sandringham, Geelong’s Eastern Beach, St Helens and Moorpanyl. Environment, Climate Change and Water Minister Lisa Neville announced the project late last month. “Whether it’s renourishments that widen and lengthen beaches or the work we do with local communities to ensure erosion is properly monitored over the long term, this funding is important for the…
ONE of the youngest participants at this year’s Greek Orthodox Blessing of the Waters came up with the wooden cross tossed into the sea by Bishop Jacob Iakovos to mark Epiphany Day. Nick Georgiou, 16, from Mentone was first to grab the wooden cross after diving off Frankston pier last Wednesday morning (6 January). The throwing of the cross blesses the waters. Epiphany Day celebrates the baby Jesus being visited by three kings in Bethlehem and later being baptised in the River Jordan by John the Baptist. A crowd gathered to watch a group of young men dive in and compete…
POLICE have asked parents to be responsible for their children in a bid to stop violence on the streets of Frankston. Frankston Senior Sergeant Steve Burt addressed an anti-violence rally in Wells St last Thursday (7 January) and urged parents to be proactive in ensuring their kids do not cause trouble in the city centre. “Victoria Police doesn’t spell ‘parenting’. Victoria Police will hold people accountable for their actions,” he said. “It’s not up to us to bring your children up. It’s up to you to do the right thing and expose them to … an appropriate environment.” The anti-violence…
CARRUM beachgoers are being warned to avoid swimming or paddling near the mouth of the Patterson River after a weekend rescue saw six people saved from drowning by lifeguards. Carrum Surf Life Saving Club secretary Ben Rooks said lifesavers pulled nine people in total out of the water on Saturday (19 December) as a heatwave hit Melbourne and its suburbs. In the most serious incident a 12-year-old boy got into trouble near the mouth of Patterson River, a 16-year-old girl who went to help also got into strife and four adults who jumped in also had to be saved. Mr…