Bookkeeper on fraud charges
A YARN and textile import/export wholesaler in Jarrah Drive, Braeside, was almost driven out of business as a result of alleged repeated frauds by a former employee, Kingston police say. Their invest...
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Come in number C143, your time is (nearly) up
A DEADLINE is looming on a decision by Planning Minister Richard Wynne to save Kingston’s Green Wedge from future landfills and tips. Council asked the Labor state government in May to approve a C143...
Muscle cars off road in blaze
A MORDIALLOC motor vehicle restorer watched on in despair early yesterday (Tuesday 6 October) as fire tore through the business he had taken 15 years to build up. Leo Banks, whose Muscle Car Factory ...
Crime up on drug arrests high
CRIME across Kingston has surged 6.6 per cent in the past 12 months fuelled by a sharp spike in drug offences and stalking threats. Figures for the 12 months to June this year released by the newly f...
Aaron’s catch tops the scale
WHAT’S claimed to be a Victorian record blue fin tuna was caught just outside the Heads by a Mornington angler Wednesday. Abalone diver and keen fisherman Aaron Crocombe hooked his 163.65kg catch usi...
Peninsula Link service centre speed curbs to go
THE 80km/h speed restrictions on Peninsula Link freeway near the Baxter twin freeway service centres will revert to 100km/h when the northbound servo is opened, says a Peninsula Link spokeswoman. The...
Magpie danger zones on site
SPRING has sprung and so have magpies who swoop cyclists, joggers and walkers at this time of year in the mistaken belief people pose a danger to their newly born nesting offspring. Most magpie attac...
Monkey bikes ban support
LETTERS will be sent to Frankston residents to reiterate monkey bikes are banned from public roads and parks in the wake of the Carrum Downs fatality in which mother-of-two Andrea Lehane was killed. ...
Theft of battery pack worth $2600 from Frankston Cinemas
Police have released an image of a man they would like to speak to following the theft of a battery pack worth $2600 from a cinema complex in Frankston this month. Investigators have been told the ma...
Booklovers share helping hand
VOLUNTEER Adele Parker has been delivering library items to Mentone’s Helen Latham for the past five years. Ms Parker, a former librarian, is a member of Kingston Home Library Service’s team who vol...