30 April 2019

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Southern Peninsula

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Eye in the sky: A police helicopter flies high over the search zone. Picture: Supplied

Search continues for missing man EMERGENCY services were on Friday still searching for a Springvale man swept into the water at Blairgowrie back beach, Wednesday 24 April. The 53-year-old was crab fishing with a female friend near Bridgewater Bay when they were hit by a large wave and washed off rocks about 8pm. Sergeant Karl Reiter, of Rosebud

Calling all caterers Mornington Peninsula Shire is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified catering suppliers to provide catering to venues on the Peninsula. As part of the EOI process, Council has partnered with Peninsula Health to deliver information sessions to support suppliers to review their current catering menus and ensure they meet the objectives of the Shire’s organisational Healthy Food and Drink Policy

Submissions are now open and can be made online at:

tenderlink.com/mornpen Submission close Friday 17 May, 11am

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Any business submitting an EOI must ensure at least one representative attends an information session.

Session times Tuesday 30 April, 4 – 6.30pm Shire offices, 2 Queen Street Mornington Wednesday 8 May, 4 – 6.30pm Shire offices, 21 Marine Parade Hastings Businesses will need to bring a copy of their catering menu and a device to access the Food Checker tool (i.e. laptop or iPad)

Best Bites Information Workshop and launch Tuesday 7 May, 4.30 – 6.30pm Peninsula Community Theatre

police, said the woman struggled back to shore near the end of St Johns Wood Road and called triple zero. Search-and-rescue crews were hampered by large waves on Friday.

Police busy Easter FRANKSTON and Mornington Peninsula police conducted 8243

preliminary breath tests and 168 preliminary drug tests and detected 16 drink drivers and nine drug drivers, as well as 246 other offences during Operation Nexus over Easter. A 19-year-old youth died after falling off the back of a ute in Heatherhill Road, Frankston, 2.40am Good Friday morning. His was the only life lost on Mornington Peninsula roads during the Easter period, although four others were killed earlier in April. Divisional Superintendent Adrian White said: “April has been a tragic month for the area so far, with four people losing their lives on our roads. “Five people have now died on our roads in 2019 – the same as for the whole of 2018.


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