TYABB and District Ratepayers Group members affected by the ramping up of clay mining operations near their homes were yesterday (Monday 11 April) awaiting documents proving the owner’s continuous use of the site. Spokesman Alan Robinson said he had made application under freedom of information for the documents and had been advised they “are imminent”. Continuous use is regarded as the linchpin in Bayport Group’s securing of an ongoing quarrying permit for the Pottery Rd site first mined in 1964. He said shire officers had earlier claimed they had “no choice” but to confer mining rights because Bayport was able…
Day: April 12, 2016
ANYONE seeking to meet a potential match online should be aware after cars were stolen earlier in the year. Detective Leading Senior Constable Richard Thomson, of Frankston CIU, said people inviting unknown possible love interests into their homes – usually at night – were courting disaster. “The victims are often too embarrassed to come forward after their assignations,” he said. “And it looks like it’s becoming a little bit more common.” In one case in Langwarrin on Sunday 3 January a man arranged to meet a potential love-match in the woman’s home before pinching her car keys and stealing the…
WHILE officialdom tries to draw a line under the spread of graffiti, private enterprise has its own way of dealing with paint splattered walls. David and Anita Hilet of Hastings-based printing firm Galaxy Print & Design, decided to enlist the help of self-confessed (but now reformed) graffiti tagger Michael “Mikey” Newman, to do a bit of signwriting and art on the side of their Reid Pde factory. The large wall facing the Frankston-Stony Point railway line was an eye catching fixture, but for all the wrong reasons. Its duck egg blue colour had been irresistible to graffiti taggers wanting to…
MORE than 96 per cent of French Island’s population supports a plan to eradicate feral cats – and that’s music to the ears of the federal government’s threatened species commissioner Gregory Andrews. During a visit to the island last week Mr Andrews met with the island’s Landcare, Parks Victoria officers and community groups to discuss ways to make the island safer for wildlife by removing feral cats. There has already been some success, with about 1300 feral cats culled over the past five years making life safer for threatened species, such as the long-nosed potoroo, eastern barred and southern brown…
SOMERVILLE historian and author Leila Shaw has died at age 88 after a short illness. Mrs Shaw founded the Somerville, Tyabb and District Heritage Society 20 years ago and material she donated became the Leila Shaw Collection. In 1996 she wrote and self-published She’s Apples 1853–1994: A History of Fruit Tree Nurseries, Orchards & Coolstores, which detailed the district’s world renowned fruit-growing industry. This was followed two years later by The Way We Were: Adventures, Feats and Experiences of Pioneering Families of the Mornington Peninsula, also self-published. A limited hardback edition was later published by the heritage society. Mrs Shaw…
CRIB POINT FNC By Jared Newton DIRTY day at the nest on reunion weekend which was celebrating the 66, 67, 68 three-peat powerhouse side of half a century ago. There were a few moist eyes among the older stalwarts as they came from all over Australia to watch all three teams go down. The under 19s were jumped early and were battling against the tide right from the start but poor kicking kept the Pies in the game longer than they deserved to be. Thirty-two scoring shots to four showed the dominance as Red Hill kicked away in blustery conditions…
HASTINGS FNC THE Hastings Football/Netball Club made the trek down to Sorrento on Saturday to play our rival the Sorrento FNC in what was a massive game for the club. Having not beaten Sorrento FNC at Sorrento since 1984 its always a huge ask to beat this well-drilled football club. But guess what? Our boys came out and played four quarters of intense pressure that hasn’t been seen at the club for a long time. The boys played with spirit and teamwork which was outstanding to watch. In turn that spurred on the supporters to believe it was going to…