KALA Petronijevic has been named the 2024 Kingston Young Citizen of the Year. Petronijevic lives with severe vision impairment. She has introduced a blind tennis program to Cheltenham to bring together other people living with impaired vision.The award was handed out at an event last week. At the same event the Dingley Venturers Group was named the Young Community Group of the Year. The Dingley Venturers Unit mentors younger scouts, volunteers at ANZAC Day services, and conducts park cleanups. 80 per cent of its members are pursuing the Queen’s Scout Award.Kingston mayor Jenna Davey-Burns said the awards “are a wonderful…
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Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Anthony Mao. The 34-year-old Frankston man is wanted in relation to several offences, Unlawful Assault, Stalking and Use Carriage Service to Offence. Mao is known to frequent the Frankston, Ferntree Gully, Dandenong, Springvale, Cranbourne, Noble Park, Keysborough areas. Investigators have released an image of Mao in the hope that someone may be able to provide information on his current whereabouts. He is described as Asian in appearance, black hair and medium build. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au…
MORDIALLOC life saver Jemma Holt was part of the winning side at the 2024 Lifesaving World Championships National Teams event.Holt is part of Australia’s Youth Simulated Emergency Response Competition team. At the World Championships earlier this month, the Australian team defended their title and won the gold medal.After winning, Holt said “there’s no better feeling than to get the gold medal in the first event of the championships and to do our country proud on our home soil, it’s just something that I think we’re all ecstatic to have achieved.” “This was our first time coming together because I’m from…
A HEATHERTON property was raided last week and two men were arrested as part of a police investigation into alleged investment frauds.Victoria Police is in the middle of an investigation into “multi-million dollar investment frauds”. At around 7.30am on 13 September, police raided a property on Old Dandenong Road and arrested a 62-year-old man and a 24-year-old man from Heatherton.In a statement, Victoria Police said both men “have been released and are expected to be charged at a later date with attempted obtain property by deception, obtain property by deception and theft.”Police arrested a 51-year-old in Ormond later in the…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough ON Sunday afternoon last, about 3.45 o’clock, Joan Fry, a daughter of Mrs. E. Fray, proprietress of the “Tangerine” Cafe, in the Palais de Danse Buildings, Playne street, Frankston, accompanied by her younger sister, Leila, and Charlie Bunney, were crossing Bay street, Frankston, near Patroni’s Pier Hotel, when a motor cycle and side car, the driver of which was proceeding in the direction of the Mornington road, accidentally knocked down Joan, running over the child’s legs.It is alleged that the driver stopped, got off his cycle, and after a cursory examination of the little girl, remarked:“She…