A CAR on the run from police ran up a power pole support cable and became suspended in mid-air with its wheels spinning, 12.40am, Sunday 2 July. Sergeant Phillip Hulley, of Frankston police, said Somerville Highway Patrol police spotted the car with home-made number plates driving along Turner Rd, Langwarrin, and turning into Cranbourne Rd. He said they activated their lights and siren but the car accelerated and was last seen driving into Long St. Continuing their patrol, the patrol crew again spotted the car, this time near the corner of Turner Rd and Beech St, and gave chase. In…
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A CRISIS pregnancy centre has celebrated its first birthday helping new and expecting mothers deal with the challenges amid the joys of newborns. The Babes Project supports pregnant women to tackle challenges around their pregnancies, often including domestic and family violence, homelessness, health issues, unemployment and family breakdown. Founder and managing director Helen Parker said Frankston operations helped meet a gap in social services and that demand at the centre was still growing. “More than 70 per cent of the women we see are referred from government services and hospitals, and we welcome the growing acknowledgement of the vital work…
AN amnesty aiming to take illegal guns, ammunition and other weapons out of harm’s way is underway. Gun owners have three months to surrender unregistered and unwanted firearms, ammunition and weapons, to licensed firearms dealers – not the police – without fear of prosecution. Police Superintendent Paul Millett said the amnesty was well timed. “It has been more than 20 years since there was a national amnesty and almost five since the last amnesty in Victoria when about 2500 weapons and firearms were handed in. “We want the community to help keep everyone safe by reducing the availability of unregistered…
THE people of Frankston are the focus of a photographic exhibition at the Frankston Arts Centre until October. Photographer Richard Simpkin’s Locals of Frankston features “a collection of remarkable photographs and stories of the people you may pass on the street every day”. Simpkin snapped a range of people, from residents to former mayors, to capture “a true snapshot” of the diversity of Frankston. “It promotes Frankston in a positive way and I hope we can all come together for this wonderful exhibition,” he said. Faces of some of the photographed subjects are being projected on the FAC fly tower…
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing 43-year-old man David Warren. David was last seen at his Tyas Place address in Carrum Downs about 9.40am on Sunday. Police and David’s family have concerns for his welfare as his disappearance is out of character. It’s believed David is travelling in his black 2008 Mazda CX9 station with registration WUC 223. David is described as having a medium build, brown hair and was last seen wearing a black bomber jacket, blue jeans and runners. Police have released an image of David in the hope someone recognises him and can…