THE region’s best singers, dancers and musicians took to the stage this month for the final of the Kingston’s Got Talent competition at Kingston City Hall in Moorabbin. Band Lash 78, featuring sisters Lauren and Sheridan Harvey on acoustic guitar and vocals, won the major prize for their impressive performance and won a $1000 Westfield gift voucher. Kingston mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley said the competition showcases, celebrates and develops talented Kingston performers. “These young performers put on a terrific show for the audience and should be incredibly proud of their efforts,” Cr Bearsley said. “The quality was incredible and I’m…
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A MAN collapsed during a confrontation with security staff outside Bunnings’ Frankston store, Monday 11.10am. It is believed the 31-year-old Frankston man was caught trying to shoplift items in the Gertrude St warehouse and chased out to the car park where he suffered a medical incident. Police called in Frankston SES crews to erect a marquee over the crime scene in the store’s barbecue area. He was taken by ambulance to Frankston Hospital. The News is waiting to be updated on this incident.
A MAN in a stolen Toyota Camry threw heavy objects at a police highway patrol car during a wild chase in the Frankston and Carrum Downs areas, midnight, Friday 2 September. Police were forced to abort the chase near McCormack’s Rd when the car, with four or five passengers inside, began to drive erratically. Several hours later an off-duty officer driving home from the station along Frankston-Dandenong Rd in a private car was targeted by the same offenders. As he pulled alongside the Camry the driver, aged in his late teens or early 20s, threw a heavy object at his…
IT was a test of culinary skill as much as concentration for 40 students from Frankston and Mornington Peninsula schools competing in the 2016 VCAL cook-off competition this month. Students competed in groups against one another on Thursday 1 September to create a winning main meal and dessert. The contestants were then judged by a panel of local chefs, including the Peninsula Larder’s Rodney Graham, and the chairman of the Food Industry Advisory Body (FIAB). The main course winner was Will Faska and Mat Elvy from Padua College, and runner up went to Talia Gordon and Katlyn Gale from SkillsPlus…
THE girls at Peninsula Strikers are showing them how it’s done in the fast-paced and growing world of female soccer. The club finished the season last year mid field but has turned the tables on the competition to scoop three major winds this year. Coach James Waller said the Peninsula Strikers under-13/14 girls showed their spirit early by winning the pre-season event at Darebin, then later becoming league winners for the FFV south east under-13/14B league, before winning the state championships against the undefeated Watsonia Heights last Sunday week. Mr Waller said the grand final at Watsonia was nail biting,…