A NEW junior mayor has been elected. Cheltenham East Primary School grade six student Amelia Holko is Kingston Council’s junior mayor. She was chosen by her peers after a stirring speech in front of students and teachers from 28 local primary schools. The mayor Steve Staikos said “this year students were asked to present on the topic: If you could create anything to help others, what would it be and why? Amelia and her team members Milana, Alex and Daniel did an outstanding job discussing the importance of community safety and invented the necklace safe to increase people’s personal safety.” The…
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Frankston Crime Investigation Unit members are investigating after two officers were assaulted in Langwarrin Tuesday morning 8 June 2021. Officers had been patrolling the Langwarrin area due to a recent spate of theft from and theft of cars when they located a stolen car on Aqueduct Road. A man and a woman approached the officers and attempted to get into the stolen car. A fight ensued and a female officer was punched in the face while one of the offenders managed to steal an officer’s capsicum spray and used it on police. It is alleged the male offender attempted to…
WINTER is here, and Mornington Peninsula firefighters are urging residents to check and service fireplaces, chimneys, fireboxes and flues. Last year, Country Fire Authority and Fire Rescue Victoria crews responded to 192 chimney fires – with 104 in the coldest months. “Chimney fires can quickly turn into house fires so the few minutes spent now could be one of the most important fire safety actions you take this season,” CFA chief officer Jason Heffernan said. He urged households with open fire places to have chimneys professionally cleaned annually to avoid the build-up of creosote – a highly flammable black tar-like…
AN elderly woman was lucky to escape serious injury when her car drove over the cliff after a two-car collision on the Esplanade, Mount Martha, last week. The woman, 89, of Mount Martha, was able to push open the door of her Lexus sedan and crawl 15 metres back up to the road, 11.30am, Friday 4 June. The woman’s car went over the cliff after colliding with a Mercedes sedan being driven by a 77-year-old woman, also of Mount Martha, near Park Road. They were the only occupants. Neither woman was injured but both were taken by ambulance to hospital…
AN off-duty PSO acted quickly to help control a fire which threatened homes in Langwarrin last week. A fire started in a bin on North Road at around 2am on 1 June. From there it spread onto a fence and continued to grow. Protective services officer Christine Burns noticed the fire as she drove home from work, and stopped to help. She worked to evacuate nearby homes before helping to contain the blaze with a hose while firefighters arrived. In the end nobody was hurt, and major property damage was avoided. PSO Burns said “having been a CFA volunteer for…