By CHRIS BALFOUR ANOTHER season has rolled by at Langwarrin Soccer Club and with it possibly the end of a long and distinguished career for one of Langy’s favourite sons, Ben Caffrey. Saturday (5 September) saw Ben play his 317th game for the blue boys and in front of his family and many friends the team didn’t let him down with a 2-1 win over Doncaster Rovers at Lawton Park. A fitting finale to a career that has spanned over 25 years, most of them as a Langy boy. Ben had stints at Moorabbin, Richmond and Bentleigh Greens earlier in…
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DETECTIVES from Hastings and Frankston combined on Monday last week to raid a Clyde property and recover an extensive collection of stolen property. Detective Sergeant Mel Nixon, of Hastings CIU, said items found in a shipping container in the early-morning raid included a “tinnie” with outboard motor, six trailers, excavator, tractor, 7gm of the drug ice, radio jamming device, five Pee Wee motor cycles, numerous power tools and a rifle. A 55-year-old man has been charged with trafficking ice, possessing ice, being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm, handling stolen goods and possessing the proceeds of crime. He…
THE memories came flooding back for guests attending the Back to Chelsea reunion at the Chelsea hotel on Saturday. Organiser Peter Johnson was MC of the event which attracted 150 guests from as far away as Queensland, Perth and Hobart. Everyone wore name tags – with the women’s tags showing their maiden names for easy recollection – and several schools had displays. “It was a really good event with a great mix of age groups,” Mr Johnson said. “People travelled from all over to get here to rekindle old friendships and have a chat about old times.” The event was…
Frankston Highway Patrol members have impounded a Holden HSV utility after the driver was caught hooning in his car at Carrum Downs last night. The officer’s attention was drawn to the black utility after it performed a burn out before fishtailing on Ballarto Road just after 9.40pm. Shortly afterwards the police members watched a repeat performance of the hooning, this time immediately outside the Carrum Downs Police station. The car was intercepted and the driver, a 31-year-old man, was interviewed for driving offences. A roadside drug test indicated the presence of an illicit drug in his system, but he refused…
Police are appealing for witnesses following an incident in Mentone where an elderly man was struck by a car on 29 August. Police believe the man was crossing a slip lane at the intersection of Nepean Highway as it turns into Lower Dandenong Road, when he was hit by a silver Toyota Corolla travelling east bound at 10.20am. Investigators have been told that four men, who were not involved in the collision, rendered assistance to the injured pedestrian prior to paramedics arriving. Police are urging these four men to contact police as they are crucial to the investigation. The driver…