TWO Seaford primary schools and a Frankston South secondary school have been recognised in the 2016 Victorian School Design Awards. Kakanook Primary School won and Seaford North Primary Schools was a finalist in the ‘Best School Project’ in the below $1 million category, while Mount Erin Secondary College in Frankston South was a finalist in the ‘Best Secondary School’ category. Kananook Primary School assistant principal Stuart Gilchrist said the school won the award for its “fantastic” new open learning centre and IT space, which provided students with a bright, comfortable and functional facility. The project was completed in July for…
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THREE people were in a car which allegedly fled police following an incident at a Mornington service station and continued north along Peninsula Link, 2.20am, Monday 7 November. The hour-long car-and-foot chase, which involved police dogs, began when police tried to pull over a Holden station wagon with stolen number plates at a service station on Racecourse Rd. Senior Sergeant Phillip Hulley, of Frankston police, said the driver reversed quickly, forcing the police to take “quick evasive action” to avoid being rammed. The car was driven off at speed on Mornington-Tyabb Rd with police in pursuit, but stopped on the…
CLAY target enthusiasts from all over the country converged on Frankston last weekend for the Universal Trench Commonwealth Titles, a qualification event for the 2017 Australian team selection. The prestigious event on Saturday 5-Sunday 6 November was keenly contested with about 90 competitors in 15 squads, coming hot on the heels of the 2016 team’s incredible success at the world championships in Morocco two months ago. That team – made up of shooters from all over the country, returned with world championship titles in three of the four categories – open, junior and ladies, and the Australian junior team and…
DUNKLEY federal MP Chris Crewther has revealed he has Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder featuring involuntary vocal and movement tics. The Liberal MP helped launch the Parliamentary Friendship Group of Tourette Syndrome in Canberra last week and said he personally had suffered from Tourettes before its diagnosis. “I have Tourette’s. This is the first time I have raised this publicly, or in any job, or beyond close friends and family,” he said in Parliament last Wednesday (9 November). “Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder. It consists of vocal and motor tics, that is, rapid, repetitive and involuntary muscle movements. “For…
A WEDDING party leaving their reception at a Frankston hotel was spat upon and punched by three men in the street, 10.30pm, Saturday 5 November. Senior Sergeant Phillip Hulley, of Frankston police, said the group was crossing Wells St on their way to a Nepean Hwy motel when the men allegedly threw bottles, punched and spat at them. The groomsman – the groom’s brother, aged 27, of Flemington – was allegedly punched twice to the head in the scuffle and had to be taken to Frankston Hospital with concussion, lacerations and bruising. A 26-year-old Carrum Downs man has been charged…