THIEVES jemmied open the roller door of the Aspendale Garden Primary School basketball stadium last week and raided the canteen, then stole building equipment being used for renovations. Mordialloc police said the offenders stole flavoured milk and muffins and ate them in nearby parklands, 2.30am, Wednesday 24 August. They then cut the lock off a shipping container near the staff car park and stole a projector valued at $1000, laser level, $350, and power saw, $270. The discarded milk containers and muffin wrappings are being assessed for finger prints. Call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc…
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A BEAUMARIS man received a fractured eye socket after being assaulted by a group of men in Main St, Mordialloc, early Saturday morning. The 35-year-old and a female friend were drinking at a Mordialloc hotel around 1am when they got into a row with the men which involved pushing and shoving. Two of the men were ejected by security staff over the incident but were seen waiting outside with others they had been drinking with. When the couple left at 1.10am they walked to Main St where they were assaulted by at least one of the group of four to…
A GIRL will require plastic surgery after being attacked by her German shepherd dog in Braeside, Saturday afternoon. The 11-year-old was playing with her twin sister in the front yard of a factory/residence when the dog unexpectedly lunged at her, biting her face and arms. The girl, with help from her sister, managed to break free and run inside to her parents. Police said she received deep lacerations to both sides of her face and a deep bite to her right arm as a result of the attack. She was taken to Dandenong Hospital for treatment. A council ranger later…
LOOKING out for those less fortunate in the Kingston community is not just for Christmas. Kind hearted Chelsea and Kingston residents have shown they truly care by donating enough food to the Your Pantry program, managed by Chelsea’s Community Church of Christ, to also help people in need after the festive season. The call for more food donations is going out again in the hope residents will again dig deep to help others. Church community support officer Fiona Bright says the Your Pantry program was planned to last just five weeks. “Since Christmas, we have helped around 34 people from…
POLICE are treating as arson the burning of two boats on Mordialloc Creek early Monday morning (29 August). CCTV cameras perched atop boatman Leon Pompei’s shed showed two men in hoodies, track suits and masks setting the fibreglass boats ablaze, 4.20am, and then running from the scene. The fires took 40 minutes to bring under control with fire brigades blocking off Nepean Hwy to traffic to allow hoses to carry water from the seaward side of the bridge. Both boats were burnt to the waterline with firemen using pontoons to try to inhibit the spread of leaking fuel. An arson…