FAMILY and friends celebrated the centenary of long-time Baxter and Somerville resident Mabel Grace Blum at Somerville Bowling Club on Sunday 24 June. The mother of five, grandmother of 10, and great-grandmother of 10, was born on her parents’ poultry farm on Hendersons Road, Baxter, on 27 June 1918 – the same year the area known as Mornington Junction was renamed Baxter. Her parents, Allan and Grace Dicker, attended the progress association meeting of that year which voted to adopt the name of Baxter. Following on from this, Ms Blum was a guest of honour at the Baxter centenary celebrations…
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A MAN who handed over fake $50 notes at an outdoors store in Mornington may have handed over another fake note at a Berwick fast-food outlet. Senior Constable Jacinta Allen, of Mornington Peninsula CIU, said the serial numbers on the notes – CK14947940 – was the same used at both locations. She said on 26-27 May the man used two $50 notes to buy items at the BCF store in Mornington and then, on 29 May, placed a $5 order at a take away food outlet in Clyde Road, Berwick. The man paid for his order with a $50 note…
SOMERVILLE Highway Patrol police arrested a man after a pursuit in Skye last Saturday night (23 June). Highway patrol members first spotted a Volkswagens Golf, displaying false number plates, driving erratically on the Western Port Highway at about 11pm. An attempt was made to intercept the vehicle and it failed to stop before performing a U-turn to travel north. The vehicle was dumped a short time later in roadworks near Thompsons Road and the offender tried to run off. A 32-year-old Frankston man was arrested following a short chase. A search of the allegedly stolen vehicle uncovered an alleged imitation…
WINTER is here and with it cold, biting weather that means sparing a thought for the homeless and disadvantaged struggling to stay warm. Community Support Frankston, partnering with Frankston Council, has set up a “Wall of Kindness” at both the CSF office in Beach Road and at Frankston North Community Centre. Racks of donated new or near new winter coats will be available on racks to try on for size and warmth. It is the third year “Wall of Kindness” has been organised by CSF in Frankston after the first such campaign in Iran for homeless or disadvantaged people to…
EIGHTIES pop culture inspired Work for the Dole participants to convert a Millard Caravan into a food outlet for youngsters being trained in hospitality. Seaford’s Envision Employment Services handed the food caravan, dubbed “Frankie Goes to”, to Frankston Council last week at Frankston South Community Centre. The mayor Cr Colin Hampton said the mobile coffee and snack caravan will become a common sight at pop-up events and real life hospitality training sessions around Frankston. “We are thrilled to receive this multi-purpose caravan, which will be a vibrant mobile space that allows hospitality students to gain experience working and interacting directly…