BANYAN Fields teacher Nicole Bechaz has been recognised as Teacher of the Year awards at the Victorian Early Years Awards. The award ceremony is run by the state government Education and Training department. Mrs Bechaz said she was “overwhelmed” to receive the accolade. “There was such a high calibre of people in the room. To be recognised for the work that we’re doing with children and within the local community is a huge achievement,” she said. The Banyan Fields kindergarten teacher received the award for demonstrating innovation and exemplary practice in early childhood education. One of the initiative that earned…
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SOMERVILLE Highway Patrol have impounded a 38-year-old Sandhurst man’s car after he was caught driving at almost six times the legal limit in Carrum Downs, 23 November. Calls had been made to 000 reporting an erratic driver on Peninsula Link. Police intercepted the man at 6.40pm where he returned a positive breath test. He gave a breath test reading of .296. His licence was suspended and his car impounded for 30 days. He is expected to be charged on summons with drink driving offences. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 28 November 2018
Police have arrested a 25-year-old Wodonga man in relation to an incident in Mentone yesterday. It is alleged a female was assaulted and a 10-month-old child was taken from a Mentone address about midday. A pursuit was initiated across a number of south eastern suburbs before it was terminated for safety reasons. The man was arrested at a service station on Hume Highway near Donnybrook about 6pm by members of the Special Operations Group. The baby was located and did not require any medical treatment. Two other males were taken into custody at the service station, a 20-year-old Skye man…
KINGSTON Council is appealing for members of the community to come forward and provide feedback for how they would like to see the Mordialloc Freeway project delivered. Earlier this year the $375 million project was announced as a “nine-kilometre freeway that will link the Mornington Peninsula Freeway at Springvale Road in Aspendale Gardens to the Dingley Bypass in Dingley Village.” Two contractors were being considered in May, with an announcement on the successful bidder to be made by the end of the year. A Kingston Council statement has outlined that they would like to see that “sensitive interfaces of Braeside…
ARTWORK from the Kingston for Human Rights children’s art competition are set to be displayed at Shirley Burke Gallery from 7 December until 27 January. School children were asked to put their hands up and take to the canvas to create pieces that reflected the theme for the year, respect and trust. St Joseph’s Primary School students Jasmine Seymour and Elizabeth Pond were two students who got to work to create an artwork for the competition. “The message of our artwork tells us that no matter what we look like, or who we are, we all equal, unique and special…