CFA MEMBERS have spoken at the Langwarrin Disability Expo to highlight the risks that people living with disabilities face during fire emergencies.More than 60 percent of people who died in house fires between 2003 and 2017 had a disability, the CFA estimates. At the Langwarrin Disability Expo on 26 October, firefighters visited to inform attendees about the risks of fires and how to avoid them.Langwarrin CFA community safety coordinator Jason Walker said “the main topic of conversation was home fire safety, particularly smoke alarms and home fire escape.” “People with a disability need to consider if they can hear and…
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Compiled by Cameron McCullough DURING the Great War of 1914-18 many soldiers – typical Britishers in every sense of the term – found themselves on the “mat” facing the O.C. and his tribe.Incidentally, it may be mentioned that on Thursday night last, at the Frankston Palais, some of the local councillors were forced to face the music on another kind of mat before a righteously indignant body of representative ratepayers.Further, and while the conflagration in the European area was making history, Court Martials were of frequent occurrence. Sometimes it transpired that an astute N.C.O., in defence, cited King’s regulations, non-existent.“Good…
A PERSON who died in a Frankston North car crash earlier this month has still not been identified. The driver died in a crash on McClelland Drive. The car drove into trees and caught fire just after 2am on 3 November. The sole occupant died at the scene.Four days after the fatal crash, police issued a public plea for information to help identify the driver. In a statement, Victoria Police said they believe the deceased person may have been a child. “Extensive enquiries by police have yet to identify the driver who is believed may have been a male child…
THE mayor and deputy mayor of Kingston Council have both lost their bids for re-election, with eight new faces set to serve on council for the next four years.The Victorian Electoral Commission announced the winners of the Kingston Council election last Thursday, 7 November. Multiple incumbents have lost their spots to first-time councillors. Kingston’s most recent mayor, Jenna Davey-Burns, was among those to lose her spot. She was narrowly defeated by Georgia Erevnidis. Erevnidis was the Freedom Party candidate for Carrum at the 2022 state election. The Freedom Party is a small party which ran on an anti-lockdown platform -…
Soccer SKYE United fans won’t see Marcus Collier leading their senior team into battle again. The 28-year-old midfielder told head coach Phil McGuinness last week that he’d decided to leave Collier made his senior debut for Skye in 2013 and is the club’s longest serving senior player after Daniel Attard.Aside from a couple of seasons as a sub-junior at Cranbourne (Casey Comets) and a season at Seaford United in 2015 Collier has been a fixture at Skye Recreation Reserve. So why has he left? “I think it’s time for a change, not just for me but for the club,” he…