WHEN Sandra Williams and John Kortholt went to a dance in their youth, they might not have known how their lives would change forever. Sandra Williams was born in Chelsea in 1943. John Kortholt was born in Holland in 1937 and emigrated when he was 14. The two met at the dance and soon fell in love. The happy couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with family and friends last week. The couple married at Edithvale Methodist Church on 3 November 1962. They went on to buy a home on Lochiel Avenue and have lived in Edithvale ever since. Sandra…
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A Cranbourne North woman and a Carrum Downs man are facing a raft of drug and weapons charges as police across Melbourne’s outer south-eastern suburbs executed two unrelated early morning search warrants on Tuesday 8 November. Drugs alleged to be methylamphetamine, 1,4-butendiol, ketamine and ecstasy were seized by police, along with two firearms, two knives and several allegedly stolen number plates. Supported by the Dandenong Divisional Response Unit, Cranbourne police executed a search warrant at approximately 5.50am at a residential address in Llewellyn Court, Cranbourne North where they arrested a 38-year-old Cranbourne North woman. At about 8.10am, Mornington Peninsula Divisional…
GREEN bin lids in Frankston will be replaced during upcoming collections. Residents will have one of their green lids replaced with a red lid. The red bins will be used for rubbish, green for food and garden waste, and yellow for recycling. Frankston Council says the “relatively low-cost change” will help residents understand what waste goes into which bin. “The changes make it easier for residents to identify where their waste and recycling should go, further reducing resource loss that occurs when items are incorrectly placed in bins,” the mayor Nathan Conroy said. “We needed a clear message on which…
A POLICE operation targeting drivers over the Melbourne Cup long weekend caught more than 5000 people. Operation Furlong ran for five days. During that time police caught more than 2000 people speeding, 295 people drink-driving, 187 drug-driving, and 232 on their phones. Victoria Police acting road policing assistant commissioner Justin Goldsmith said “it was a challenging weekend on Victorian roads, with widespread wet weather and ongoing flooding putting a dampener on people’s travel arrangements. However, it did not deter police enforcement efforts, with over 5000 offences detected during our five-day road safety operation.” “What was extremely concerning to us was…
A FRANKSTON man has been questioned over a fatal shooting in Beechworth. The shooting allegedly occurred at around 8.45pm on 27 October. Police arrived at a property on Buckland Gap Road and found the body of one 60-year-old man, and another 60-year-old man seriously injured. The injured man was taken to hospital and released on 2 November. After his release he was charged by police with possess unregistered handgun, possess handgun with no serial number, cultivate cannabis and possess cannabis. Police believe the parties involved in the alleged shooting were known to each other. A 27-year-old Frankston man was interviewed…