KINGSTON’S outdoor Pop-Up Bar faces the prospect of being popped down after councillors decided to review its liquor licence. Councillors have discussed the prospect of shutting down the bar and moving it indoors at Kingston Hall in Moorabbin, citing complaints about noise from nearby residents during the bar’s evening opening hours. Live music and DJs are a drawcard at the Pop-Up Bar. Cr Ron Brownlees introduced a notice of motion at this week’s council meeting (Monday 26 May) pushing for council to stop operating the Pop-Up Bar in the car park and immediate vicinity of Kingston Hall. “We’re selling grog…
Author: Neil Walker
KINGSTON lifesavers and lifeguards rescued 37 people from drowning during this year’s summer season. Life Saving Victoria figures revealed lifesavers and lifeguards in the area also took “preventative actions” 1273 times to pre-empt potentially deadly situations for Kingston beachgoers. First aid help was needed on 145 occasions. LSV general manager of lifesaving club development Andrew Foran said a proactive approach to lifesaving across Victoria had led to a significant fall in rescues from 790 last year compared to 513 this year. More than 2.9 million people visited Victoria’s beaches this summer. “With even more people visiting our patrolled beaches this…
FORMER Frankston mayor Christine Richards made the rejuvenation of Frankston’s railway station, surrounds and its bus interchange a priority when she was a councillor and has not given up the dream of seeing change at the long-time blight on Frankston’s reputation. Ms Richards called time on her council stint in 2012 after serving a four-year term as a councillor. She decided to try to find a work-life balance in the wake of a bout of cancer. However, she has now decided to try to effect change for the better from outside the environs of city hall by establishing the Frankston…
PROMISES to upgrade Frankston railway station and its surrounds made by ex-premier Ted Baillieu before the 2010 state election could come back to haunt the Coalition government this year. With just months until the state election in November, the state government has issued a revised plan that omits many of the improvements spruiked by the former premier. The latest proposal does not mention a new bus interchange at the station or a new multi-deck car park, as flagged by Baillieu six days before voters went to the polls on 27 November 2010. The Department of Transport Planning and Local Infrastructure…
MENTONE Grammar sent a letter directly to Kingston City Council requesting the private school’s Keysborough playing fields be removed from Kingston’s Green Wedge. School principal Mal Cater and chairman Simon Appel signed the two-page missive addressed to council CEO John Nevins asking that 16 hectares of sports ground land “be rezoned to facilitate future uses which may include residential development” with lots of 300 to 500 square metres. The letter, obtained from council by The News under freedom of information laws, stated that an alteration from restrictive green wedge zoning to Residential 1 Zone or Mixed Use Zone was “appropriate”…