STUDENTS across the bayside region received their ATAR scores last Thursday (12 December) with some outstanding results.Kirsten Harkness made history for Mount Erin College with the highest score a student has ever achieved at the school; an outstanding 99.75. “I felt confident throughout the year,” said Harkness who plans to study law and arts at Monash University. “I was very nervous on Thursday morning, and it was a huge surprise I did so well.” The principal at Mount Erin College, Jenni Hodgins, told The Times “We are overjoyed at the result Kirsten has achieved”. Hodgins, who has led the school…
Author: Cameron McCullough
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two boys, following an alleged armed robbery and a collision, in Melbourne’s southern suburbs yesterday (7 December). It is alleged that two offenders armed with machetes approached a male victim on McCormick’s Road in Skye about 2.15pm. The two alleged offenders made threats and demands for the boy’s shoes and phone before he handed them over. The alleged offenders took off from the scene, with the shoes and phone, in a silver Toyota Kluger. The victim, a 16-year-old boy from the Frankston area, was not physically injured. A short time later it is…
THE Australian Conservation Foundation (Mornington Community Group) is calling on the state government and the Environmental Protection Authority to immediately implement sustainable procedures to ensure roadside cleanliness in Victoria on an ongoing basis.The organisation believes roadside litter has significantly increased since Covid, and is creating traffic hazards, drain blockage issues, and various environmental issues. “The current situation is not acceptable,” said ACF Mornington Community Group member Maria Remova. “The level of the roadside contamination in the area is very high. Not only is it disheartening and ugly to residents and our millions of visitors each year, but it is also…
THE nomination period for candidates in the 2024 Kingston City Council election has now closed with a huge 65 candidates contesting the 11 wards.Of the candidates, six current councillors (Crs Davey-Burns, Davies, Hill Saab, Oxley and Eden) have thrown their hats in the ring to serve another four-year term. Four current councillors (Crs Howe, Hua, Cochrane and Bearsley) have decided not to stand again.In Banksia Ward, four candidates are seeking election: Rosemary Parrant, Kalina Murday, Heather Smith and Chris Howe.In Bunjil Ward, two candidates are seeking election: Tony Athanasopoulos and Nikki Kaur.In Caruana Ward, nine candidates are seeking election: Caroline…
THE nomination period for candidates in the 2024 Frankston City Council election has closed, and 42 candidates have nominated to contest the city’s nine wards.Of the candidates, seven current councillors (Crs Bolam, Baker, Taylor, Asker, Hill, Hughes and Aitken) have thrown their hats in the ring to serve another four-year term. Two current councillors (Crs Nathan Conroy and Claire Harvey) have decided not to stand again. This election will see the move away from a three-ward system with three councillors in each ward to a nine-ward system with only one councillor to be elected from each ward.A late withdrawal from…