CARRUM and Aspendale have been hard hit by a spate of daytime burglaries. Chelsea police say three daylight break-ins in Stanley St, Carrum, and one in nearby Valetta St on Thursday 18 May were possibly committed by the same burglars. Offenders climbed over a neighbour’s fence and jemmied a timber sliding door to enter a Stanley St house, between 9am-2.30pm, rifling drawers in all rooms and stealing a child’s money box. Soon after, the owner of a neighbouring house received notification on his mobile phone that a home alarm had been activated. Watching mobile footage he saw a man wearing…
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AN Aspendale Gardens man was stabbed with an arrow during a heated confrontation at Moorabbin Archery Club at the weekend. A Cheltenham man, 22, was allegedly shooting arrows in a dangerous manner at the range, in Turner Rd, 10.30am, Sunday 21 May. A club official, 79, approached to give some advice, but the man became aggressive and abusive towards the volunteer, a life member of the club. The official stopped all target practice until the man left the field, which he did – but not before knocking the official’s hat off his head. Seeing this, a man in his 40s…
TWO men appeared at an out-of-sessions Melbourne Magistrates’ Court hearing on Saturday charged with the murder of a former Special Operations Group police officer at Braeside, Thursday 18 May. The ex-police officer, 41, was found dead inside a Governor Rd factory on Friday – the day after his desperate family had searched for him in the industrial estate. A 45-year-old Braeside man and a 47-year-old Rosebud man were remanded in custody to reappear at a later date. Senior Constable Alistair Parsons, of police media, said the 45-year-old had handed himself in to police and told them where the body could…
APPLICATIONS are now open for 2018 four-year-old sessional kindergarten places via Kingston Council’s central enrolment system. The central enrolment point covers 27 kindergartens and allocates places based on set criteria. Parents can nominate a top three preferred kindergartens. Over the past three years, 97 per cent of families received a place at their first choice kindergarten. Applications for the 2018 first round allocation will be accepted until 30 June. “Places are prioritised based on a set of criteria including proximity and prior connection to the kindergarten,” Kingston mayor Cr David Eden said. To be eligible for funded four-year-old sessional kindergarten…
ARE you ready to cut loose? Footloose, that is. Community theatre group MLOC Productions are staging a musical play based on Footloose, the 1984 musical drama movie starring Kevin Bacon. The musical pits rebellious high school students against repressive parents and “liberal” big cities against “conservative” small towns backed by a 15 million albums selling soundtrack including the titular hit song by Kenny Loggins. Director and choreographer Leah Osburn enjoyed bringing Footloose to life on stage. “Having loved the movie so much in my youth I wanted to keep true to the storyline and the message the show tells about…