By Barry Irving BELLA Pasquale winner of last years 120m Stawell Gift will compete again at the Rye Gift on Saturday 13 January. Bella will be trying to go back to back after also winning the 2023 Womens 120m Gift at Rye. Bella will also contest the Open 70m and the Womens 400m. Coming from a strong running family Bella’s mother was winner at the Rye Gift taking out the Women’s Diamond for three consecutive years 2003, 2004 and 2005. Nicholas Antonio took out the Men’s 120m Gift in 2023 and then went on to make the final in Stawell…
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TWO teenagers have been arrested in relation to an alleged carjacking and police car ramming. Police say they spotted a Toyota Hilux, allegedly stolen from Frankston the night before, driving erratically along Moorooduc Highway in Frankston South at around 12.30pm on 4 January. They managed to stop the car using tyre deflation devices, and a passenger allegedly fled on foot. Police say the passenger who ran used a hammer to attempt to carjack another car. He was promptly arrested. The driver stayed in the vehicle and allegedly drove it into a police car before running. He was arrested a short…
A NEW Frankston councillor will be elected next week. Former councillor Steven Hughes resigned from Frankston Council in December. To fill the vacancy, the Victorian Electoral Commission will conduct a countback on Monday, 15 January. The North-West Ward countback will take place online at 10am. Votes will be redistributed among eligible candidates from the ward who stood at the 2020 local government election. The unsuccessful North-West Ward candidates from 2020 included former mayors Glenn Aitken and Michael O’Reilly. Justin Turner, Jocelyn Torres, Alan Middleton, Stan Doric, Gabriel Norris, Banson Wong, and Jeff Shelley were the other candidates. The VEC says…
AFTER touring Europe in 2023 the Chamber Philharmonia Cologne will return to Australia to perform in Frankston this year. The Chamber Philharmonia Cologne has performed at home in Germany and abroad in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Great Britain, Ireland, and beyond. It puts on hundreds of shows a year showcasing classical music. The Frankston classical music concert will feature pieces from Antonio Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Mozart and Paganini with Carnival in Venice. It will take place on Tuesday 16 January at 8pm, St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Frankston. Tickets can be purchased at discoverfrankston.com/frankston/chamber-philharmonia-cologne or at the door. First published…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives have arrested 14 people this month following an ongoing investigation into burglaries and aggravated burglaries in the Frankston, Carrum Downs and Seaford areas. Detectives this morning swooped on a Nepean Highway, Seaford address about 7.40am where they arrested a 31-year-old man. The Seaford man is expected to be charged later today in relation to a series of offences and resisting police at the time of his arrest. Detectives later executed search warrants in Monze Drive, Langwarrin and Kyrie Court, Carrum Downs about 8.20am. A 43-year-old Langwarrin man was arrested at the Langwarrin address and is…