A driver is expected to be charged with drink-driving offences after he drove down the wrong side of the Frankston Freeway at over five times the limit, early this morning. Frankston police saw the man on the freeway and located an esky on the passenger seat around 1.30am. The driver, a 50-year-old Box Hill man, returned an evidentiary breath test of 0.255. His car was immediately impounded, his licence suspended for 12 months, and he is expected to be charged on summons with drink driving and other traffic related offences. Victoria Police News – Tuesday 26 July 2022
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FRANKSTON Police will host a community forum next month to discuss recent crime trends with residents. The forum will cover topics including high risk driving, youth crime, family violence, mental health, and emergency health. The community forum will be held at McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin at 9am on 18 August. Superintendent Fiona Bock said that Frankston Police members are “looking forward to the opportunity to engage with our local community, offer some clarity on any topical issues, and hear more about the issues closest to their hearts.” “We are here to keep our community safe. As well as responding to…
TWO Monterey Secondary College educators have won big awards for their hard work. Monterey Secondary College principal Peter Langham and teacher Jessica Cridland were winners at the recent 2022 Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards. Langham was appointed acting principal in 2019 amid a time of unrest at the school. He was the third principal appointed for the year. Since then the school has recorded its best VCE results in a decade and improved the completion of senior certificates from 65 per cent to 100 per cent. He was named one of twelve winners of the teaching fellowship award. Cridland was handed…
A MURDER on the waters of Port Phillip Bay is the mystery inside a new fiction novel. Death on the Ferry Hygeia is a new novel from Langwarrin author Will Spokes. The murder mystery is set just after the first World War at a charity event aboard the Port Phillip Bay excursion ferry Hygeia. Spokes said that the novel is inspired by the works of legendary author Agatha Christie. “I’m a fan of crime and murder mysteries like most people. One of the great titles in this genre is Murder on the Orient Express. Because of my interest in the…
CHICAGO comes to Frankston this week. The acclaimed jazz musical Chicago will open at the Frankston Arts Centre this Friday. The satirical show, set in the Windy City during the 1920s, examines crime and corruption. PLOS Musical Productions will stage the show. The show is the company’s first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rachel Rai has been cast as lead Roxie Hart, an aspiring vaudevillian who is sent to jail after murdering her lover. Rai said that playing the role is “a dream come true”. “Performing [Chicago] after being off stage for a couple of years is absolutely…