A MAN from Mordialloc won the $100,000 first prize in the Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot draw last week. The winner said that he initially ignored the calls which contained the good news. “I was in a work meeting, and my phone kept ringing, but I couldn’t answer it. At first, I assumed it was a nuisance caller,” he said. “I wasn’t entirely convinced at first. It was very overwhelming. Once it started to sink in, I did a little happy dance and everything. It’s excellent news. I haven’t told my wife yet. I think I’ll surprise her this weekend with…
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SIX people have been charged with drug trafficking after a police operation across Frankston, Carrum Downs, Seaford, and Brighton East. Police executed search warrants at houses in the four suburbs on 6 May. They allegedly seized cocaine, $410,000, an imitation firearm, and a 2014 Holden Commodore from the properties. Police arrested and charged a 40-year-old Carrum Downs woman, 44-year-old Carrum Downs man, 37-year-old Brighton East man, 39-year-old Seaford man, 39-year-old Carrum Downs woman, and a 42-year-old Carrum Downs man with trafficking a large commercial quantity of methylamphetamine and cocaine. Victoria Police Superintendent Fiona Bock said the drug trafficking investigation has…
A GARBAGE truck fire was extinguished before it could spread further last week. Emergency services were alerted to the garbage truck fire in the car park of Patterson Lakes Tennis Club on 3 May. Patterson River Fire Brigade said that the job was “made complex due to a hydraulic failure on the truck and a lack of nearby water.” They attended the site alongside CFA tankers from Springvale, Frankston, Dandenong, and Edithvale. Chelsea SES also attended. Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze. The garbage was then dumped in the carpark and moved into another truck when it was safe…
CANDIDATES at this month’s federal election have been threatened with fines if they put signs up on council land. Kingston Council has sent a warning to candidates, telling them that putting signs up on council land is prohibited by local law and punishable by a $200 fine. Kingston mayor Steve Staikos said that residents have been complaining to council about signs on public land. “Unfortunately, we have a situation where candidates’ signs have been placed on council land right across Kingston. This is simply not on,” he said. “We have received numerous complaints, and rightly so, and we are taking…
CHELSEA SES commander Ron Fitch has received one of the highest honours given to SES members. Last week Fitch was awarded his Emergency Service Medal. He was named as a winner of the award on Australia Day. At a ceremony at Government House on 3 May, Fitch accepted the award. He was accompanied by his 97-year-old mother Jean, who came down from Ararat to attend. Ron Fitch has been a member of Chelsea SES for 30 years, and unit controller for 26 of them. He was made a life member of the SES in 2017, and named Kingston’s outstanding citizen…