Police are appealing for public help after a kitchen sink was stolen during a burglary in Beaumaris last month. Police have been told a man, pictured, entered a residential address under construction on Morey Road sometime between 5pm on 18 May and 6pm on 20 May. While inside, the man has removed a kitchen sink and pool pump. Glen Eira Bayside Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating and have released an image of a man who they believe may be able to assist with their enquiries. The man of Caucasian appearance and is about 40 to 50-years-old with receding red…
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DETECTIVES are looking for a man after an attempted armed robbery at a Mordialloc bank in January. Police want to talk to a man, above, who walked into the Commonwealth Bank near the Nepean Highway and Bear Street intersection just after 3.10pm on Wednesday 10 January. He is of Caucasian appearance and was wearing a dark-coloured bicycle helmet with a red, white and blue scarf wrapped around his face. The man also wore a white t-shirt, an orange high-vis vest, dark coloured shorts and dark runners, with a white glove on his left hand and a yellow and green kitchen glove…
BASKETBALL THE Chelsea Gulls have secured their second spot on the ladder with a 17-point victory over third-placed Keysborough Cougars in round 10 of the Big V. The Gulls’ “big three” players, Corey Standerfer, Mitchell Riggs (19 points) and Matt Brasser (15 points) pushed hard to bring up the sides fourth straight victory (91-77) as they pass the half-way point of the season. The star import Standerfer made a huge difference in the clash as he dropped 35 points, 15 rebounds, six assists and three blocks throughout the game. Kieran Mcqueen also hit the board as he bought up his…
FRANKSTON and peninsula fungi-foragers are being advised to watch out for poisonous mushrooms springing up after recent rains. Lisa Gray, of Somerville, said she found “loads” of deadly death cap mushrooms in her backyard last week – not long after her pet dog died of a heart attack. “It may be related,” she said on social media. Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Professor Charles Guest said foragers risked picking up poisonous varieties which may appear similar to edible varieties. The warning comes as winter rains encourage the growth of fungi in the still-warm earth. Two of the most dangerous varieties are…
THE Hastings-based Dolphin Research Institute has a grand plan to improve and maintain the health of Port Phillip and Western Port bays. This week the DRI launches its “i sea, i care communities” project which, according to the institute’s executive director Jeff Weir “invites the five million of us living around the bays to commit to simple actions that will help to protect our marine treasures”. “If we can get only a fraction of us always picking up after our dog, reducing what we allow to drip, drop or blow into streets which is then flushed into the bay, then…