Detectives from Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit have charged two men following an alleged arson in Braeside last year. It is alleged a car was deliberately driven into the front of an automotive business on Tarnard Drive just before 4am on 13 July. No one was inside the building at the time. The offenders allegedly set the building alight, dumped the vehicle at the scene and fled. Following investigations into the incident, police arrested two men. A 33-year-old Langwarrin man has been charged with 10 offences including criminal damage by fire (arson), theft of motor vehicle (x3), theft (x3) and burglary.…
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FREE plants will be given away to Kingston residents this month. Roughly 1000 plants will be available to claim at each giveaway event. Giveaways take place on 8 May and 12 May at the Carrum Indigenous Nursery in Patterson Lakes from 9am – 12pm. Another giveaway will be held on 16 May from 9am – 12pm at Kingston Heath Reserve in Cheltenham. The events are organised by Kingston Council. Kingston mayor Georgina Oxley said “the initiative plays an important role in strengthening Kingston’s natural landscape.” “Boosting our tree canopy and increasing biodiversity across Kingston is a key priority for council,”…
OBITUARYRoger Hardinge Redston23 March 1938 – 13 April 2026 ROGER Redston, who served as a physician on the Mornington Peninsula for over 35 years, died peacefully on 13 April 2026, aged 88. He was a devoted husband for 61 years, a proud father of five children, grandfather to eleven grandchildren, and great grandfather to five great grandchildren. Born on 23 March 1938 in Croydon, Surrey, his life began as Europe edged towards war. As a toddler he travelled overseas to Canada, returning to England in mid 1941 by ship during the height of the Battle of the Atlantic, navigating routes…
OLDER adults will be warned of the dangers of drowning at the Frankston Seniors Expo this Friday. Life Saving Victoria is targeting Frankston for drowning education. Between 2015/2016 and 2024/2025, the Frankston area ranked eighth for state-wide drowning deaths, with the Mornington Peninsula ranked first. In the Kingston municipality people aged over 65 were identified as the highest drowning risk (“Report highlights need for drowning education” The News 17/2/26). LSV estimated that 131 people aged 65 years and over have drowned in Victoria in the last decade, which accounts for 27 per cent of drowning fatalities. Life Saving Victoria head…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough AT a recent meeting of Mornington Racing Club plans for substantial improvements to the course were decided on. Those present were: Messrs. T. Ritchie (chairman), P. McArthur, J. E. Somers, R. G. Edwards; T. McMurtrie, E. Swift, P. Olsen, R. K. Ritchie, G. Bidgood, J. Kelleher, A. D. Kerr, C. D. Robertson and H. Downward, secretary. Mr. Geo. Free, who is in charge of the re-grading of the track in the straight and planting it with couche grass, was also present, to make a report on the work. After discussing the matter it was decided to…