Category Archives: News

Late bid to move water HQ

November 9, 2012 no comments
MEMBERS of two influential community groups say fast-tracking the move by South East Water to Frankston could add to the woes of Frankston MP Geoff Shaw. They are targeting Mr Shaw in their 11th hour...

Fig tree rescue $750,000 plus

November 9, 2012 no comments
THE new Frankston Council was confronted by a thorny problem at its first meeting in Thursday night – how to save one of the city’s iconic trees. A problem solved 10 years ago has come back to haunt ...

Rosebud 2100 flood risk

November 2, 2012 no comments
TOWNS and suburbs on Port Phillip including Rosebud and McCrae could be submerged by coastal flooding combined with heavy rain events by the end of the century, says an unpublished confidential repor...

Early warning ends worm harvest

November 1, 2012 no comments
SHIRE council officers last Thursday brought an enterprising extractive industry at Balnarring Beach to an abrupt halt. The first site to come to a standstill was the foreshore and later a small rese...

Our youngest councillor

November 1, 2012 no comments
MT Eliza university student Andrew Dixon has a new interest in his busy life – Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. The 25-year-old was perhaps a surprising winner at the council elec­tion on Saturday...

Alarm over slain dog

November 1, 2012 no comments
TOP chef Max Paganoni is heartbroken. While he was making sure customers left his restaurant at Red Hill Estate satisfied with their meals, something dark and sini­ster was happening just kilometres ...

Three months to fix collapsed wall

October 26, 2012 no comments
RECONSTRUCTION of the retaining wall on Nepean Highway near Olivers Hill in Frankston will take three and a half months. Work started on the $1.4 million wall in February, but it collapsed on Thursda...

Shaw likely to survive

October 25, 2012 no comments
FRANKSTON MP Geoff Shaw is likely to keep his seat despite allegations of rorting the use of his parliamentary vehicle. Mr Shaw will be hoping his offer to repay any costs involving the commercial us...

Tulli and Wilma back in the bush

October 24, 2012 no comments
TULLI the wombat was rescued from his dead mother’s pouch more than a year ago and last weekend was taken back to the bush as a 20kg adult. Tulli and her “sheltermate” Wilma are among the animals res...