A WOMAN has died after being hit by a car in Moorooduc, 31 October. Police believe that several cars had stopped on the side of Peninsula Link at around 9pm after colliding with debris on the road. It is then believed that the woman got out of her car and was hit by another vehicle. The 64-year-old Safety Beach woman died at the scene. A 43-year-old Elsternwick woman, 45-year-old Rosebud man, and 67-year-old Dromana woman from other vehicles were taken to hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the vehicle stopped and helped police with their inquiries. Police are still…
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THE Frankston Coast Guard will host their annual blessing of the fleet on 10 November. VF1 are inviting the local community to come along to the event, which sees rescue vessels blessed by a celebrant. Representatives from Marine Search and Rescue and Emergency Services, the Water Police, Volunteer Marine Rescue Mornington and Hastings, Southern Peninsula Rescue Squad, State Emergency Service, Live Saving Victoria, and other Coast Guard flotillas attended the event last year. The day begins at 10am with a service for representatives of marine organisations and the general congregation at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Frankston. At 11.15, vessels will…
UPGRADE works are underway at Belvedere Park Primary School. Works at the school are set to total $1.4 million. Upgrades include the extension and refurbishment of existing classrooms, new toilets, and repairs to the roofs. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “these local upgrades are part of the school building boom that is happening right across Victoria.” “Upgrading Belvedere Park Primary School will give local students access to great classrooms and facilities, because you can’t deliver a first rate education in second rate classroom,” she said. Marradon Constructions is undertaking the project, which is projected to be finished October 2020. First…
Police are appealing for witnesses to a car crash in Frankston South last night. Police received reports two cars were travelling north along-side each other prior to one of the cars crashing into a tree on Frankston-Flinders Road about 7.45pm. The sole occupant of a black Honda was entrapped in the car and had to be extracted by emergency services before being taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver, a 20-year-old Frankston South man, is yet to be spoken to by police. The sole occupant of the second car, a black Subaru Forrester, was interviewed by police at…
MORDIALLOC College principal Michelle Roberts has been recognised with the top prize at an education awards ceremony last week. Ms Roberts took home the award for the most outstanding secondary principal and the Lindsay Thompson award at the 2019 Victorian Education Excellence Awards. The Lindsay Thompson award recognises “an award winner whose contribution has been judged to be the most outstanding to Victorian government school education.” Ms Roberts told guests at the ceremony in her acceptance speech that “it is certainly a huge honour to win this award”. “It is a privilege to be Principal of Mordialloc College and a…