VETERAN journalist and singer Barry Morris feels as though he grew up with singer Frank Sinatra. “His music has been a background musical score to my life,” Morris, a former jazz writer and sub-editor with Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph, said this week. Two years ago, he and his wife Jill moved to Mt Martha to be closer to their children and grandchildren. Born in 1941, Morris says he became aware of The Voice when Sinatra was recording hit after hit for radio, well before the advent of television. “It was his years with Capitol Records from 1952 to 1962 that…
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HOMICIDE Squad detectives are investigating after a woman died in Frankston Hospital on Tuesday 28 March. Emergency services were called to a boarding house in Daly St at 5.30am, Saturday 25 March, where a 45-year-old woman was found in a critical condition. She died in hospital days later. Belinda Batty, of police media, said the exact circumstances surrounding the woman’s injuries are unknown and the investigation is ongoing. Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or see crimestoppersvic.com.au First published in the Frankston Times – 10 April 2017
A FAULTY battery is believed to have caused the fire which destroyed a Chelsea SES transport vehicle last Wednesday (29 March). A Kingston Council worker saw smoke coming from a garage at Bonbeach Reserve, Scotch Parade, just after lunch and called the CFA. Units from Patterson River and Edithvale arrived to find the four-wheel-drive well alight. “Their quick response and great work isolated the fire to a single garage saving our maintenance shed and boat shed from any major damage,” Phil Wall, of Chelsea SES, said. “The vehicle is a right off and damage is being assessed to a boat…
A PATTERSON Lakes man was punched to the back of the head during a parking dispute, 10.30am, Sunday 2 April. The man told Chelsea police he parked his car in a loading zone at Harbour Plaza shopping centre, Thompson Rd. When he returned he found another car parked hard up against his car, preventing him opening the door. When that driver – an elderly man – returned, the man said he began talking to him. Police said another man, not connected to either man, “had a crack” at the victim before punching him in the back of the head. The…
A SEAFORD woman allegedly attempted to use stolen credit cards to pay for 50 litres of petrol and various items at an Aspendale Gardens service station. All were declined. When the attendant requested she produce her driver’s licence and fill out a form, the woman allegedly handed him a licence with a photograph of an Asian woman, even though she is Caucasian and blonde. The woman, 31, then left the store and drove off with another woman in what was later found to be a stolen car. Police traced the licence to a staff member at Karingal Hub who said…