Kingston’s talented young writers have been honoured in Kingston Youth Services Ink About It 2015 Awards. The Ink About It creative writing competition invited local youth to enter a short story, poem or song lyrics that interpreted the winning photograph in Kingston Youth Services recent photography competition Picture This. The winning picture Autumn Snow taken by 13-year-old year-old Heatherton Christian College Year 7 student Tess McCracken features a snow-covered country road at Mt Baw Baw with a lone figure walking in the distance. Entry was open to young people with a connection to Kingston, aged 12-25 years. More than 100…
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AN electrician, 25, died last Thursday (12 November) while performing regular maintenance on the roof of an air conditioner factory in Canterbury Rd, Braeside. Colleagues of the man, Ron Ricketts, later paid tribute online, calling him a “good mate who had died too young”. On the same day Carlos Araujo, 29, was killed when a section of pipe fell from a forklift at a concrete pumping company in Kirkham Rd, Keysborough. Mr Araujo was bassist of heavy metal band Crowned Kings. Its members said on Facebook: “It’s with heavy hearts and our deepest condolences that we say goodbye to our…
FOUR men in two cars chased and attacked a driver and his passenger in Graham Rd, Carrum, 9pm, Sunday 1 November. Their car was so badly damaged that it is considered a “write-off”. Senior Constable Chris Victory, of Kingston CIU, said the victims had turned from Station St into McLeod Rd where they saw two cars stopped side-by-side, blocking both westbound lanes on the opposite side of road. They tooted at the cars – prompting the savage response. The cars then spun around and began chasing the victims, with one racing around on the wrong side of the road to…
TWIN filmmaker sisters from Edithvale have won a national award for their i can’t even online TV series. Hayley and Alyce Adams were awarded the Best New Talent gong at the Australian Online Video Awards (OVAs) in Melbourne on 21 October. The duo’s comedy series which pokes affectionate fun at fans’ obsessions with pop culture touchstones such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, Twilight and The Hunger Games was praised by judges for its “pitch perfect portrayal” of best friends Em (played by Louise Cox) and Lex (Tiana Hogben) who bicker over their favourite cult movies and TV shows. The Adams…
AN evening of senseless destruction of playground equipment has left Patterson Lakes Community Centre staff devastated. Centre manager Marisa Nowak said a weekend party at the hall got out of control and she was disappointed that rubbish had been strewn across the playground and equipment had been upended and in some cases damaged. “While some of the cost will be recouped from the bond paid by the hirers, it is still upsetting that this has happened,” Ms Nowak said. “While the majority of our users treat the centre buildings and equipment with care and respect, some do not and this…