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…
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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…
By Ben Triandafillou THE Frankston Bombers made history on Sunday 7 May, triumphing in all eight of their football and netball matches over the weekend, including the women’s football side’s dominant debut victory. Joining the AFL South Eastern women’s development league, the Frankston Bombers (24.26.170) recorded their first victory with a 169-point win over Morwell East (0.1.1) at Morwell’s home ground. “It was the women’s team’s first game, first win and first year playing in the women’s league,” Frankston Bomber’s club secretary Cheryl Cameron said. “Cassie Vandervalk kicked the first two goals which will go down in history.” “Sarah Astone…
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie FRANKSTON Pines sacked Billy Rae as head coach last week and appointed assistant Paul Williams in his place. When Rae took over at the end of the 2015 season he worked hard to bring Williams and goalkeeping coach Lee Davies to the club as his support staff. Rae and the club also agreed to a two-year succession plan which would see Williams take over at the end of the current season. Rae mentored Williams giving him a more hands-on role than that usually given to assistants. But with Pines lying second bottom in State 2 South-East…