HONOURING a father’s memory is on the mind of the family of a former manager at Frankston’s Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre. Ex-PARC building and asset leader Sam Newman, a Skye father of five, passed away last April after a long and difficult fight against leukaemia. Two of his sons Deagan, 6, and Kaden, 8, joined pa Michael Tinetti at the swim and sports centre on Friday 16 March to participate in the World’s Greatest Shave to raise money for The Leukaemia Foundation. Mr Tinetti plans to take part in the charity event each year and about $3500 was raised from…
Author: Neil Walker
BASKETBALL courts could be built elsewhere and not at Seaford’s Frankston Basketball Stadium if a council proposal goes ahead. Frankston mayor Cr Colin Hampton has confirmed council is looking at “delivering improved basketball facilities at alternative locations” after lease negotiations between council and the Frankston & District Basketball Association (FDBA) collapsed late last year. Federal Liberal Dunkley MP Chris Crewther called a “last shot” meeting this month to try to get council and the FBDA to reopen talks and save $5.2 million in federal funding for the Frankston area that was to go towards a $12.9 million first stage upgrade…
A NEW police unit will tackle the scourge of drug dealing and trafficking across the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula region. The newly merged unit of Frankston and peninsula-based officers will be based at Mornington Police Station and will share information about dealers to crack down on drug-related crime. Detective Senior Sergeant Michael Lamb will lead the unit and has a simple message for drug traffickers. “If you’re a drug dealer rest assured we’re coming for you,” he said. Detective Lamb, also the Liberal Party preferred candidate for Frankston at November’s state election, said merging resources between Frankston and the peninsula…
TERMITE-INFESTED classrooms at Bonbeach Primary School will be demolished and replaced as part of a rebuild of the school. Victorian Deputy Premier and Education Minister James Merlino visited the school last week to announce $6.3 million in funding to build a new main school building. The announcement by the Labor state government comes after some families complained about pupils been taught in staff rooms since crumbling classrooms were closed by the school (“Storm over termite trouble”, The News 28/2/18). Carrum Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny welcomed the decision to rebuild the school in the electorate. “This has been quite a journey…
A DEVELOPER who plans to build apartments at the site of the Mentone Hotel has seen a “last chance” offer to Kingston Council rejected by councillors. The application to build apartments at the Beach Road site will now go to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) with a ruling expected in October. Paul Huggins, founder of Momentum Developments, has notified council of his intention to take the planning matter to the state planning tribunal. Law firm Mills Oakley wrote to council on 9 March, on behalf of applicant Mentone Bayside Corporation Pty Ltd, a company set up by the developer…