TWO friends in a group of five walking home in Carrum with takeaway were knocked to the ground and kicked in the head several times, 9.30pm, Friday 17 March. Chelsea police said the teenagers were walking along McLeod Rd from Station St when they were approached by three men and two women from Valetta St. One of the group, 19, was singled out by the offenders and punched and kicked to the head causing “significant” facial bruising later needing stitches. When his friend intervened, he, too, was punched and kicked to the head. The offenders then stole a backpack and…
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AN elderly cyclist’s ride at the Edithvale velodrome was spoiled when he was assaulted by a man standing on the track, 7.45pm, Tuesday 14 March. The man said he was enjoying his usual bike ride when a man and a woman jumped the east fence and set up four orange traffic cones on the inside lane for an agility exercise session. The victim cycled past the pair twice without incident, although he had to move out of his usual path. On the third circuit, the man said something to the victim but he didn’t hear or understand it. On the…
A FRANKSTON North man has been arrested over a series of alleged offences in Chelsea early on Monday 13 March. The 22-year-old has been charged with intentionally causing injury, recklessly causing injury, unlawful assault, assault-in-company and breaching bail conditions. The charges follow the alleged theft of cars and items from cars after houses were broken into at the Waterways estate. Several relate to the alleged assault and robbery of an Uber driver, 2.30am, Monday 13 March in Wells Rd. The driver, 27, had stopped by the side of the road when his car overheated after dropping off a passenger in…
CHELSEA husband and wife Luke and Carly Daley are on a mission to improve the knowledge of children and parents about the importance of a balanced diet and good oral health. The couple, who run Daley Nutrition, have partnered with Queensland’s Ecoganics farmers, Frank and Dianne Sciacca, to deliver education workshops and provide free bananas to students. Ecoganics is a farming system “in harmony with nature” by using natural pest controls instead of chemicals. Free bananas will be handed out to every child at nutrition school workshops this year. “We expect to reach 7000 students this year across Victoria,” Mr…
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie CHAMPIONSHIP aspirants Casey Comets and Mornington slug it out on Friday night at Comets Stadium in a blockbuster opening to the 2017 league season. Both sides have made significant changes to their squads during the off-season and the visitors have boosted their chances of a State 1 South-East title threepeat by improving both the quality and depth of their personnel. Both camps are keen to get off to a flyer in a season where the championship winner is offered a place in the second tier of the elite NPL competition for 2018. At the heart of…