Association shuts shop
3 Mins Read Done and dusted: Former Rye Beach Business Association president Anton Vigenser and secretary Jeanne Anderson at the Rye Hotel. Picture: Yanni Share
RYE traders are without a united voice following last month’s winding up of the Rye Beach Business Association.
Its former secretary, marketing and business coordinator Jeanne Anderson – the association’s only paid employee – said a lack of support from members, who at one stage numbered 130, had caused its demise.
“We could not run it without their support,” she said, adding that only one trader had turned up for the final meeting on Thursday 8 April.
Fraser bows out after ‘differences’ with CEO Picture: Yanni
HUGH Fraser last week resigned as a Nepean Ward councillor on Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.
His resignation, just four months after being elected for the third successive time, took his fellow councillors, shire officers and constituents by surprise.
Mr Fraser’s position on council will be filled by one of five candidates who unsuccessfully stood for Nepean Ward in last November’s municipal elections.
The winner is likely to be known in about two weeks following a countback of votes by the Victorian Electoral Commission.
The five candidates in the running to fill the vacancy are Susan Bissinger, Mechelle Cheers, Mark Davis, Simon Mulvany and Gary Naughton.