Dec 10, 2024 · MORE police could soon patrol Frankston on bicycles as part of a plan revealed by Frankston councillors last week.Newly-elected Frankston councillor Nathan Butler raised the idea at last week’s council meeting. He proposes that council talk to Victoria Police and offer to buy bicycles for them so they can patrol the Frankston CBD and foreshore

Oct 1, 2024 · AN abandoned Frankston building that has become a hotspot for squatters will be knocked down to make way for offices, shops and apartments under a plan endorsed by Frankston City Council. Councillors approved an amendment to an existing planning permit for 35 Playne St, which proposed to increase the height of the building from nine

Nov 19, 2024 · THE winners of the Frankston Council election have been officially declared, and will be sworn in this week. David Asker and Nathan Butler were the final two candidates to be declared the winners of their wards last week. Asker is returning to council after serving between 2020 and 2024, and Butler will sit on council

Nov 7, 2024 · Armed Crime Squad detectives have arrested six people after a man was shot in Frankston North on Monday night. It’s alleged the 36-year-old was shot during an altercation with a group of people at an Armata Crescent address about 7.20pm on 4 November. The Dandenong man was taken to hospital where he remains with life-threatening

Nov 19, 2024 · APPROVAL for a 14-storey apartment building at the corner of Beach Street and Nepean Highway has been granted. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal last week gave the green light to plans to build a high-rise building at 424/426 Nepean Highway. The 14-storey tower is proposed to stand roughly 45-metres tall, and features 105 apartments,

Dec 17, 2024 · PENINSULA Health chief executive Helen Cooper has announced that Peninsula Health intends to merge with Alfred Health and Kooweerup Regional Health to create a new entity, tentatively named Bayside Health. A statement supplied to The Times said the merger will come into effect from 1 January 2026, and “is an important step in improving health

Nov 15, 2024 · Bayside Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team detectives are investigating a sexual assault in Mordialloc earlier this year. Police have been told a 41-year-old woman attended a licenced venue on Main Street about 11pm on Saturday, 29 June. While she was inside the venue, an unknown man approached the woman and sexually assaulted her.

Nov 5, 2024 · THE Carrum Downs community is rallying around a young woman who is facing life-changing injuries. More than $120,000 has been raised for Carrum Downs woman Ashley Howlett. She suffered horrific injuries after she was struck by a motorbike on McCormicks Road last month. Howlett was hit while walking her dog. A fundraiser was started by

Dec 26, 2024 · Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a woman in Langwarrin this morning. Emergency services responded to reports that a woman was stabbed at a Wood Duck Court address about 6.30am. The yet to be formally identified woman was declared deceased at the scene. Officers arrested a 63-year-old man at the address who is

Oct 10, 2024 · CRIME in Frankston is on the up, increasing by nearly 20 percent in the 2023/2024 financial year. The Crime Statistics Agency released its yearly figures last week. It revealed that there were 16,252 offences recorded within the Frankston municipality in the year ending June 2024. That figure is a 19.2 percent increase on the year