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Musicians back before the public MEMBERS of the Peninsula Chamber Musicians are tuning up for this weekend’s return to playing music to public audiences. Their 2022 orchestral and chamber ensemble series will be launched on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 March.
The first concert will be at All Saints Church, Rosebud on 12 March followed by one at Mount Eliza Community Centre on 13 March at 2pm. The musicians will perform Haydn Symphony No 100 and Mozart’s Symphony No 40 along with contempo-
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rary Australian composer Elana KatsChernin’s Moon Feather Magic. Performances are also planned at Flinders, Mornington and the Peninsula Hot Springs, Fingal. Booking and details: peninsulachambermusicians.com.au
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Murder charge
Fiery crash
HOMICIDE Squad detectives have charged a 49-year-old Baxter man over a fatal shooting in Baxter in 2017. The man was arrested on Friday 4 March and has since been charged with one count of murder. The charges follow an incident on 16 September 2017, when a 64-yearold Baxter man was fatally shot at his Station Crescent home. The parties involved were known to each other.
SOMERVILLE Highway Patrol officers are calling for public assistance after a car crashed and burst into flames on Peninsula Link in Moorooduc on Monday 28 February. Police said a black Ford Falcon sedan was travelling southbound on Peninsula Link near the Moorooduc Highway just before 9pm, when the driver lost control and crashed into a safety barrier and concrete bollard, and the car caught fire. Police said witnesses stopped at the scene and pulled the male driver from
the vehicle before the flames took hold. A 27-year-old Dromana man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Investigators have asked for witnesses or anyone who saw the vehicle before the crash or who has dashcam footage to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report at crimestoppersvic.com
Fire destroys house A HOUSE in Kent Street, Dromana, was destroyed by fire on Monday 28 February, but no one was injured.
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Southern Peninsula News
9 March 2022