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Good to be back: The Mentone Hotel could reopen its doors to pub patrons in a few months’ time. Pic: Gary Sissons
The Edgy ‘close’ to reopening THE preservation of the iconic Mentone Hotel is a step closer after the state government recommended the pub should be listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. Property development firm Momentum Developments bought the building and its site late last year but founder Paul Huggins has vowed to preserve the pub. In fact, the property developer welcomed the potential heritage listing. “We’re delighted with the heritage overlay of the property. We reckon it has increased the value of the building,” he said. Mr Huggins said Momentum plans to appoint a pub manager to run The Edgy by 1 May although “it’s going to be a few months at least until someone is in there pouring beers”. He told The News there had been 25 applicants to manage The Edgy with four or five consideration and “two look viable”. “We’re very close. We’re just working through the finer points of the lease.” The bottle shop will be removed and apartments
will be built on the site of the existing car park. “At the worst case there may be apartments upstairs if we don’t get a tenant to take the lot.” The Mentone Hotel’s facade, the downstairs pub and heritage-listed staircase will be preserved. Mr Huggins said the apartment project will not be integrated with the hotel and will be kept separate. “It’s just too difficult.” A fake real estate ad online selling apartments at The Edgy sparked concern among those supporting the retention of the pub, including the Save The Edgy group, but Mr Huggins said it is “a fraud and is completely fictitious”. Lawyers had traced the advert to a Philippines telephone number which is unanswered. “We’re trying to get it [the advert] removed,” Mr Huggins said. The Heritage Council of Victoria will decide whether to accept the Mentone Hotel on the Victorian Heritage Register. Neil Walker
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a house in Banyan St, Chelsea, on Saturday.
A WOMAN obtained property by deception when she used a $100 note to pay for $44 in counter products at the BP service station on Boundary Rd, Braeside, at 6.20am on 13 March. She then left the store with $56 in change. The cashier later scanned the note and found it to be a fake.
Car ransacked
Gone in a smash THIEVES smashed the rear canopy of a utility parked behind offices in Balcombe Rd, Mentone, on Sunday and stole cleaning equipment valued at $1200.
Purse stolen A CAR was broken into and a purse containing $250 stolen from under the seat parked in the driveway of a house in Keith Ave, Edithvale, on 1 April. The thieves also searched the glove box and the centre console and stole various credit cards and the owner’s licence. The purse was later found empty at the end of the street and the licence was handed back by a neighbour.
Chain cut, bike stolen A KTM motorbike valued at $2300 was stolen from a block of flats in Nepean Hwy, Aspendale, on Thursday. Thieves cut the chain securing the bike – and another - to a pole under the stairwell. The 2001 bike, an EXC250, has registration number 31220.
Bottle oh! THIEVES left behind a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whisky when they smashed their way into a car in Kinross St, Edithvale, early Sunday morning. They stole the owner’s work uniform as well as cigarettes and a handbag valued at $275. Police were last week examining the bottle for fingerprints.
Beer’s off A BEER keg fridge with a full keg inside, grinder and laser level was stolen from the garage of
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Followed, robbed A MAN was robbed after getting off a train at Chelsea station on Monday morning. The man was walking south on Station St towards Sherwood Av when he noticed he was being followed. Two men of African appearance then got out of a silver Toyota Camry and demanded the man’s wallet, phone and cigarettes, which he handed over. The men went back to their car but then one returned and handed back the man’s phone, keeping the wallet. It contained no cash but several credit cards which were later cancelled. One of the men is described as 175cm tall, wearing a black cap with white shirt and jeans. The second is 195cm tall wearing a back cap and black top.
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Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News 8 April 2015
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