TWO men with their faces covered threatened staff at the Hungry Jacks restaurant in Nepean Highway, Mornington, last week before stealing cash from the till and safe. Detective Sergeant Peter Drake, of Somerville CIU, said one of the men jumped the counter and used a screwdriver to intimidate staff, 6.30am Friday 27 April. The men, described as Caucasian and in their 20s, ran from the store and drove off in a stolen silver Holden Commodore with registration number 1EP3FT. There were no injuries. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000. First published in the Frankston…
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THE compelling and powerful sound of Japanese drums the size of wine barrels is sure to capture attention at Frankston High School’s senior campus in Foot Street on Sunday (6 May). Taiko drumming group Wadaiko Rindo will be one of several highlights at the 2018 Japanese Festival, presented by Frankston Susono Friendship Association and designed to celebrate the sister city link as well as showcase Japanese culture. The festival, from 10am-4pm, marks the 36th year of the sister city link between Frankston City and Susono, a city of 53,000 people on Japan’s main island of Honshu. The event will be officially…
A SURGEON based at Frankston Hospital also leads another medical life — as a specialist medical officer in the Royal Australian Navy. Commander Ian Young has been deployed several times to war zones such as Afghanistan and Iraq alongside missions to Papua New Guinea. “It’s a bit of a convoluted life, but when I’m not deployed I work at Peninsula Health full time,” he said. “I do two clinics and two or three operating lists a week – a lot of shoulder work, hip and knee, a little bit of foot and ankle work and then trauma for adults and…
A DAY offering free comics to promote the writing and art form that began in the US before making its way to Melbourne is now arriving in Frankston. The Comic Place will host Frankston’s first Free Comic Book Day at its Playne Street store on Saturday 5 May. Giveaways on the day will include some free issues of Australian and overseas published comics. Artists will produce on the spot sketches for a donation to charity and shop visitors can have photos taken with cosplayers for a charity donation. There will be free kids face painting and colouring activities in store.…
Somerville Highway Patrol officers intercepted a motorbike in Brunel Road, Somerville at 2am on Monday 16 April because a blue tape altered its number plate. The rider was not keen to speak to police and raced off, hitting 148kph in a 60 kph zone. The motorbike’s chain fell off and stopped the bike in its tracks. Police caught up with the uninjured rider, 29, and discovered he was disqualified from riding or driving. He also tested positive for methylamphetamine. The bike was impounded for at least 30 days, and during the inspection police found a switch had been installed to…