ALL things Seaford will be celebrated at the Stories of Seaford Walk and Talk event on 16 November. The Love Where You Live working group will host the event. Walking tours through Seaford, a barbecue, face painting, stalls, demonstrations, and live music will be there to enjoy on the day. Working group member Karen Doyle said “We love where we live and want to share our beautiful community, from Belvedere to the beach, with others. The Stories of Seaford day will give you a chance to connect with the amazing groups and people who make it a friendly place to…
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THE Giving Tree has been put up at Frankston Library, with visitors invited to put gifts under it to be donated to disadvantaged kids. Frankston Life Community CEO Mark Whitby said “Christmas is an important time of the year to think about those less fortunate in our community.” “For many in our community Christmas isn’t a happy time. The joy of giving, the joy of receiving, and especially the joy of sharing is what being part of a community is all about,” he said. The giving tree is a joint effort by Frankston Life Community and council. The gifts under…
A SERVICE to honour the memory of Constable Angela Taylor will be held at Mornington police station this week. A plaque dedicated to Constable Taylor will be mounted beside an Angela Taylor rosebush during the service, Wednesday 13 November. Constable Taylor’s family and friends, the Blue Ribbon Foundation, and local police and senior police officers will gather to celebrate Constable Taylor’s life and recognise her service to the community. Constable Taylor was the first policewoman in Australia to be murdered on duty when a car bomb was detonated in front of the Russell Street police headquarters on Easter Thursday, 27…
Police arrested a man after executing a search warrant in Carrum on 9 November. Detectives from Kingston Crime Investigation Unit attended the Stephens Street address and executed a warrant at 9am. Police seized items including an embossing machine used to create false identification, an allegedly stolen car, power tools, mail and what is alleged to be a large quantity of manufactured driver’s licences, credit cards along with allegedly stolen mail. A 43-year-old Carrum man was arrested at the scene. He has been charged with handling stolen goods, theft of motor vehicle, committing indictable offence whilst on bail, possessing identifying information…
Kingston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a theft and subsequent use of a stolen credit card in Parkdale last month. Investigators have been told a bag of clothing and a wallet was stolen from an apartment on Parkers Road in Parkdale between 7am – 4.30pm on 29 October. The bank card was then used at a supermarket in Glenferrie at 11.55pm by an unknown woman in the company of a man. Both offenders have also stolen mobile phones from the supermarket. The female is described as aged in her 20s with red hair, solid build and was wearing a…