THE State Triples and Fours bowls competitions have been run and won in the past two weeks. After a re-schedule of play, the Triples were played at the Mount Eliza Bowling Club on Wednesday 5 December where Frankston and Karingal came out on top in the men’s and women’s events, respectively. The Frankston team made up of Grant Catterick (CoF), Darren Mathers (Kar) and John Curtain (CoF) defeated the host club, Mount Eliza, in the men’s final and will make their way through to the next stage at the Brighton Bowling Club. Mount Eliza Bowling Club chairman Dale Verhagen said…
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A MAN has come close to death after a stabbing on Nepean Highway, Frankston, Tuesday, 11 December. A man was stabbed in the neck and hand at around 9.20pm. He ran from a McDonalds on Nepean Highway to Frankston Police Station. He said that he had been in an altercation with a man known to him and a nearby vacant premises. The man was transported to the Alfred Hospital with initially life threatening injuries.They were later downgraded to not life threatening Frankston CIU are appealing for witnesses around the Nepean Highway McDonalds or the CBD. First published in the Frankston Times…
A SEARCH warrant has allowed Frankston police to recover the majority of items allegedly taken from a home on Settlers Way, Frankston. Police said the home was robbed on the weekend from 29 November to 2 December. The owner was away and returned to find their place had been “cleaned out”. Police said among the stolen items were most valuable from inside the house, and 15 cactuses from the front yard. The neighbours took down the registration of the vehicle allegedly used in the robbery, which police said was vital in the investigation. A search warrant was executed for a…
ALTHOUGH coronary care nurse Aida Singer turns 75 in January, she has no plans to retire. Ms Singer has just clocked up 45 years’ service with Peninsula Health and last week received a Service Milestone Award. “I love nursing and I love all the people,” says Ms Singer, an associate nurse unit manager at Frankston Hospital. Ms Singer moved to Australia from the Philippines in the 1960s after studying her Bachelor of Nursing and Science. “My father was a doctor and my sister, cousin and brother all work in health,” she said. “I was exposed to nursing growing up as…
THREE men have been charged after a series of alleged bike thefts in the Carrum area. Kingston Crime Investigation Unit charged the men after incidents on 11 October and 19 November. Three men were arrested. A 19-year-old of no fixed place of address was charged with burglary, theft of motor vehicle, handle stolen goods, obtain property by deception and multiple counts of theft. A 39-year-old, also of no fixed place of address, was charged with theft-related offences. A 43-year-old Carrum man was charged with handle stolen goods and possess a drug of dependence. The Carrum man was bailed to appear…