A TEENAGER on probation over car thefts, aggravated burglaries and a police pursuit when he rammed a car in Governor Rd, Mordialloc, killing mother-of-two, was last week sentenced to two years 10 months in youth detention. The now-16-year-old was speeding in a stolen BMW X5 sedan and using social media when he crossed onto the wrong side of the busy road, 7.30am, Monday 9 November, and struck the Ford being driven by Amanda Matheson, 47, of Carrum Downs. She died later at The Alfred hospital. The BMW four-wheel-drive had allegedly been stolen from Doncaster the previous Wednesday and used in…
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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…
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…