PENINSULA PEARCEDALE have slumped to an outright loss against Pines at home. After being bowled out for 85 on day one, Pines declared at 0/95 to set themselves up for a shot at an outright win. Pearcedale’s second innings went a little better, but they still gave Pines an opening to come back in and chase them down. They were bowled out for 121 of 54 overs. Pines made quick work of the rest of the day, reaching their target after 23 overs to secure a second innings victory. At Ditterich Reserve, Main Ridge and Red Hill’s contest went down…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
A FREE shower facility for the homeless has opened at the Comfort Station in Frankston. The facility, located at the end of Playne Street, was officially opened on 3 December. The showers are run by local charity Donation Chain. The charity’s founder Helena Blomeley underwent a campaign before the opening, going a week without showering before washing at the public showers on the Frankston Foreshore. Those showers are out in the open, and only serviced with cold water (“Public facilities showered with support”, The Times, 12/11/19). Donation Chain celebrated the opening of the facility on social media. “What a relief,…
THE family of a woman who died in a horrific collision in Seaford last week have remembered her as a “loving wife and mother to her beautiful 10-year-old son”. Mount Martha resident Rose Kelly, 43, died when a Nissan Navara ute being driven by a P-plater veered onto the wrong side of Nepean Highway and slammed into her, 6.30am Thursday 5 December. A 20-year-old Sandringham man, arrested at the scene by an off-duty police officer, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He was charged next day with one count of dangerous driving causing death. Ms Kelly’s grieving family said…
AN increased police presence will be patrolling Port Phillip Bay beaches this summer to help curb bad behaviour. Local police will work with the public order response team, mounted branch, water police, drone unit, and dog squad as part of Operation Summersafe. The operation will run from St Kilda down to the Mornington Peninsula. Commander Libby Murphy said “police will have a highly visible presence right across Port Phillip Bay and other beach areas within the Southern Metropolitan Region.” “There will be a focus on using real time intelligence and technology through the drone unit to detect and deter offending…
KINGSTON councillors have voted against a move to prepare a report into the risk assessment process used while designing the Bay Trail between Mentone and Mordialloc. The Bay Trail issue has proved continually divisive during the current makeup of council. The vote split the room again, with Crs Tamsin Bearsley, Ron Brownlees, Geoff Gledhill, and George Hua voting to prepare a report, and Crs Tamara Barth, Steve Staikos, Rosemary West, and Georgina Oxley voting against it. Cr David Eden abstained. With the vote tied, the mayor Cr Oxley had the casting vote and the move was lost. The defeated motion…