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Cardinia Shire Council has welcomes $90,000 in funding from the Victorian Government’s Our Suburbs: Living Local Fund. This funding which will support the playground upgrade works at Creekwood Park in Pakenham. Works will include installing new playground equipment, landscaping, drainage improvements and updating surrounding infrastructure including footpaths, seating, and bins. “We are excited by the
The Reserve Rd car park (accessed via Inglesby Rd), near Camberwell Primary School and Council buildings, has been closed and will no longer be available as a car park. The closure will impact teachers, Boroondata Council employees and visitors who currently use the car park. Car park users are asked to consider using nearby street
B+T Pets in Hampton has gained the most votes in Baydside Council’s Christmas Shops on Show competition for 2022. The popular Shops on Show promotion recognises the best decorated shop windows throughout Bayside shopping strips – from Martin St, Brighton to Beaumaris Concourse. Winners: Grand winner – B+T Pets in Hampton Bay Street – Brighton Chocolates
A new rate cap of 3.5 per cent has been set for all councils for the 2023-24 financial year. Melissa horne, Minister for Local Government, announced the cap today, under the State Government’s ‘Fair Go Rates’ system. The Fair Go Rates system was introduced in 2016 to ease cost of living pressures on Victorians and
Local people and tourists can now enjoy Point Nepean National Park at night, with bookings now open for a unique camping experience within the historic Quarantine Precinct. The low-impact, short-stay campground is the first project to be completed as part of the State Government’s $4.5 million Point Nepean Master Plan. There are 36 new campsites,
Brimbank Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a burglary at a business in Sydenham. Investigators have been told two men attended a hairdressers on Overton Lea Blvd about 10.45pm on Novembe 14. They broke into the premises, armed with storage crates, and removed hair products worth $25,000 from the shelves. The
Boroondara Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the theft of a trailer and go-kart in Kew East. It is believed three offenders parked a vehicle on Wright St just after midnight on December 1. Two males and a female got out of the car and walked to a nearby property where they pushed a trailer,
Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man following a fatal stabbing in St Albans last week. A 26-year-old man, of no fixed address, was arrested in Mernda. He has been charged with murder, intentionally cause injury and bail offences. He has been remanded in custody to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court. The charges follow an
Stonnington Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged four men following an alleged serious assault outside a nightclub in Toorak in the early hours of New Year’s Day (Sun., Jan. 1)). A 23-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman left licensed premises on Jackson St and got into their parked car which had several men leaning against
Bayside Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Team detectives are appealing for public assistance following an indecent exposure at Half Moon Bay in Black Rock. Investigators have been told a man entered the water and approached two teenage girls who were swimming at 2pm on Wednesday, December 21. The man pulled down his black coloured swimwear
