Author: Bayside News

FIREFIGHTERS for the Port Phillip region are being recruited. Forest Fire Management Victoria is looking for people to help assist during the next bushfire season. It is hoping to find 22 “project firefighters”, with roles as general firefighters, fire support officers, and rappel crew available. Forest Fire Management Victoria Port Phillip fire officer Tamara Beckett has encouraged people to apply. “These fixed term positions are a fantastic opportunity for people from all walks of life who are physically fit to get out in the bush, protect Victoria from bushfires and help to maintain public land right across the state,” she…

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POLICE impounded a dirt bike after receiving reports of dangerous driving in Frankston North last week, 11 July. Police were told that two dirt bike riders were driving erratically through Flora Park, with one bike allegedly nearly striking a pedestrian. At around 4.45pm police pulled over one of the alleged dangerous drivers on Excelsior Drive. Police say they will charge a 43-year-old Queensland man with unlicensed riding, use unregistered vehicle, and refuse a drug test. The Honda Solo bike has been impounded for a month at a cost of $1280. First published in the Frankston Times – 19 July 2022

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SIX teenagers were arrested in Seaford last week in relation to a string of alleged offences including car thefts and aggravated burglaries. Police allege that two cars were stolen on 10 July, a Subaru from Safety Beach and a Land Rover from Mount Martha. They allege that the first two car thefts were followed by a number of aggravated burglaries across Mt Martha, Safety Beach, Mount Waverley, Edithvale, Mordialloc, Dandenong South, Montmorency, and Eltham over the next four days. A Volkswagen and BMW were stolen from Mount Waverley on 11 July and a Kia was taken from Eltham on 13…

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THE redevelopment of the Wittenberg Reserve playground is complete. The $665,000 project was jointly funded by the state government and Frankston ratepayers. The new play space features swings, a slide, a basketball half-court, a sandpit, and climbing courses. Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy said that the redevelopment makes the park more inclusive for “a range of ages and abilities and provides more interactive play opportunities and experiences”. “Located close to Kingsley Park Primary School and local cafes as well as the Langwarrin Flora and Fauna Reserve and Peninsula Link Trail, the new play space integrates perfectly with the bushland backdrop of…

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A YEARLY $30 million commitment to an in-home program which helps young children get ready for school will benefit the Frankston North area, Dunkley MP Peta Murphy says. The federal government will spend $30 million a year over the next five years on the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters. The program is currently designed for children aged four to five, but will soon be geared towards three-year-olds as well. The program is delivered by The Brotherhood of St Laurence. It currently sub-contracts arrangements to help nearly 4000 children. One in five of them are Indigenous. The federal government…

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