Compiled by Cameron McCullough A DISGRACEFUL disturbance is alleged to have taken place on Sunday night last, when the congregation of the Hastings Methodist Church were subjected to a great deal of annoyance by some hooligans, who, not content with mocking the minister from outside the church, deliberately threw a length of spouting into the church amongst the congregation.This caused great consternation amongst the worshippers and a couple of the members of the church went out from the church and pursued the perpetrators of this wanton outrage.However, they were unable to come up with the culprits, as the pursuers were…
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FEDERAL government grants have been handed out to 18 community groups in the Dunkley electorate. The 18 local recipients of the 2023/2024 volunteer grants were announced last week. The grant recipients were Baden Powell Park Scouts, the Community Bread Program at Monterey Secondary College, Frankston Cancer Bag Group, Frankston Combined Probus Club, Frankston Toy Library, Kananook Tennis Club, Langwarrin Soccer Club, Meow Rescue, Mornington Peninsula Hockey Club, Mornington Peninsula Welsh Ladies Choir, Mount Eliza Neighbourhood House, Peninsula Transport Assist, Pines Cricket Club, Raduga Russian Senior Citizens Club Of Frankston and Peninsula, Seaford Uniting Soccer Club, Skye Fire Brigade, and SES…
POLICE are appealing for information about the suspicious death of a Seaford teenager on the anniversary of his death. Eighteen-year-old Jodus Murphy was last seen on 15 May, 2023, between 7:30am and 9am in Seymour. His body was found on the banks of the Goulburn River in Seymour on 14 June.Police have released a timeline of Murphy’s movements in the final days of his life. He left his Seaford home, which he shared with his mother and siblings, on the morning of Friday 12 May last year. He was reported missing to Frankston Police Station by his family two days…
Police are currently searching and appeal for public assistance to locate missing Frankston man, Ronan. The 54-year-old man was last seen leaving Frankston Hospital on Hastings Street, Frankston on 28 May about 3pm. There are concerns for Ronan’s welfare as he has a medical condition which requires regular medication. Ronan is Caucasian, about 170 cm tall with a slim build, long black hair and has tattoos on his legs and chest. He was dressed in black clothing, sunglasses and believed to be barefoot. Police have released an image of Ronan in the hope someone can provide information on his whereabouts.…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for a key witness to come forward as they continue to investigate the serious assault of a man in Frankston last month. It is understood a 29-year-old man attended an abandoned building at Payne Street in Frankston around 3.50pm on 20 April. Police were told he was approached by seven males and struck to the head and body multiple times, before the offenders fled the scene. He managed to walk out of the building, across Park Lane, and collapsed in the carpark of a cinema. The Frankston South man was located by a…