Detectives from Mornington Peninsula Crime Investigation Unit have charged three men following an alleged assault in Mornington last weekend. A 26-year-old Mornington man and two 24-year-old men from Mount Martha have all been charged with affray. The trio have been bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrate’s Court at a later date. The incident is alleged to have occurred about 1.50am on Sunday, 14 May on Main Street. A 34-year-old South Australian man was taken to hospital following the incident with facial injuries. Source: Victoria Police News – 16 May 2017
Day: May 16, 2017
HASTINGS FNC AFTER a bye in round one, the Hastings Women’s Football team got to pull on the Hastings jumper for the season proper. They arrived at Officer for an early start on Saturday morning keen to put their best foot forward. What a privilege it would have been for Hastings to pull on the royal blue for the inaugural game of Women’s footy. For many girls it would be their first game of senior footy, for some their first ever. They took to the ground, and got off to a tentative start, but after the quarter time break you…
DURING the 1960’s the Prahran Methodist Mission, assisted by the local community, undertook this project which involved thousands of working hours freely given by children, teenagers, and adults. Origins In 1958 77-year old John Barclay made available his farm at Tyabb to the Prahran Methodist Mission and Christian Community Centre to assist them in their youth programme. The farm, which had been in the possession of the Barclay family for 100 years, consisted of 75 acres, 34 acres of which was uncleared. The property abutted the sea and a further 25 acres along the water’s edge, subject to tidal variation,…
A HASTINGS woman is desperate for the return of a $2000 mobility scooter stolen from outside her bedroom window in Edward St. Ms Kathleen Poulson’s red Invacare Auriga mobility scooter went missing overnight in March and has still not been found. Hastings police are investigating the theft which would have left the pensioner house bound if not for the generosity of Mornington Legacy. The service club has loaned her a replacement scooter until the old one is found. The problem has been compounded by an insurance slip up. Ms Poulson did not separately insure the scooter and her policy’s excess…
HASTINGS MP Neale Burgess says he is outraged “at the incredibly harsh decision of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council to increase rent tenfold for the local Hastings Club”. Mr Burgess has joined other critics upset with the shire demanding the club pay “a ridiculous $42,000 per year, rising to more than $52,000 in year three, up from just $4000 currently”. He says the council has refused to meet with him “to discuss this outrageous rent increase”. Mr Burgess wants the shire to grant the club a 21-year lease with “a peppercorn rent”. “Any rent charged above this amount is simply…
A BALNARRING real estate agent is happy about changes to the Underquoting Act which came into effect last week. “We’ve been pushing for the changes since 2008,” Coast Real Estate agent David Wright said. “We’ve been in direct communication with the Minister for Consumer Affairs about them. “We think it’s about time those agents who are manipulating the price by using price plus, negotiable over, offers over, or buyers starting at, get hauled in. “We’ve been using a trusted and compliant Price Ranger strategy since we started selling around the Western Port area 10 years ago.” The new laws apply…
ABOUT 100 Western Port Basketball Association supporters sent out a clear message to the Mornington Peninsula Shire on Saturday – they want their stadium at Somerville rebuilt as soon as possible. The rally, described by the association’s operations manager Tyler Molloy as “awesome”, sought to galvanise support and generate action on rebuilding the 25-year-old stadium which burnt down 12 months ago. “Certainly it shows people are passionate about getting a new stadium up and running,” Mr Molloy said. Association president George Yerondais said those at the rally were impatient for action on rebuilding the courts. “We’ve been waiting so long…