A woman from Carrum Downs involved in a vehicle collision last Monday (9 November) died in hospital on Thursday morning. The 47-year-old mother-of-two’s car was hit by a stolen BMW driven by a 15-year-old boy at about 7.40am on the Monday morning on Governor Rd, Mordialloc. The woman died at The Alfred hospital. The Ford sedan she was driving was struck at the intersection of Spray Ave by a BMW four-wheel-drive allegedly stolen from Doncaster the previous Wednesday. The BMW was on the wrong side of the road and was being driven at high speed. A 15-year-old Patterson Lakes boy who…
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WORK on new pedestrian bridges over Kananook Creek has finished after three-and-a-half months of construction. The bridges – at Beach St and Fiocchi Ave – replaced ageing structures for safety reasons at a cost of $280,000. Then Frankston mayor Cr Sandra Mayer officially opened the bridges last Monday (9 November) alongside representatives from the Long Island Residents Group, the Kananook Creek Association and Cr Colin Hampton. “We are proud that we have been able to replace the ageing historical pedestrian bridges on Kananook Creek with timber replicas of the originals,” Cr Mayer said. “We have received really positive feedback from…
THEY’RE creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re all together ooky … but they’re not the Addams Family. Frankston Theatre Group has its own family house of horrors to spotlight later this month. Its ‘Tiptoe Through The Tombstones’ play will hit the stage at Mt Eliza Community Centre in the last week of November and first week of December. The comedy chiller spoof features a crusty lawyer and his secretary encountering the Tomb Family, “an offbeat bunch” whose home features cobwebs, secret corridors and a rising number of bodies in the cellar. Play director Joyce Sedunary said she was…
JAZZ virtuoso James Morrison will again headline next Sunday’s Proudly Frankston’s annual Long Lazy Lunch, this time under the big top on Frankston Park oval. The world acclaimed musician and composer, who played with legendary performers Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Don Burrows and BB King, will bring along his JM Academy Band to join Frankston High School’s Stage Band. For the past two years Morrison, performing with Frankston High students, has brought audiences to their feet with trumpet and sax renditions of jazz classics and his own compositions. Tickets are still available for the South East Water-sponsored feast of music,…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are on the hunt for a thief who used a stolen credit card to commit a series of deceptions across Melbourne’s south-east. The credit card was used to purchase cigarettes, a skateboard, gift cards and alcohol at a number of stores in Frankston, Springvale and Mulgrave between 12.30-3.00pm on 13 October. Each of the purchases were under $100 and were made using tap and go technology. In total, almost $400 was spent at six stores. Police are investigating how the credit card was obtained. Investigators have trawled through CCTV and released images of a man…