A BEAUTIFUl new production will ignite young imaginations in a relaxed performance setting designed to welcome audiences who would benefit from a low-sensory environment. CDP Theatre Producers is delighted to bring to life a brand-new stage adaptation by Richard Tulloch of Sam McBratney’s beloved book Guess How Much I Love You, which will tour to Frankston Arts Centre on Monday 9 May, 12pm. Many parents will be familiar with the story of a couple of brown hares, parent and child, whose affectionate banter about just how much it’s possible to love making the books compulsory bedtime reading for a generation…
Author: Bayside News
TEN bridge beams spanning 36 metres each have been put into place as part of the Lathams Road upgrade. The road project will see a new bridge built over the Peninsula Link in Carrum Downs, parallel to the existing bridge. Last weekend ten bridge beams, collectively weighing around 80 tonnes, were installed. The state government hopes the road upgrade will be completed sometime next year. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said that the project “will slash travel times and ease congestion – as well as improve safety for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists as they travel throughout the area every day.” “That’s…
POLICE allegedly found 30 grams of meth alongside more drugs and cash during a car search in Mordialloc last week. Police pulled over a car with expired registration on White Street on 27 April. A search of the vehicle allegedly turned up 30 grams of methamphetamine, two litres of GHB, around $9000 in cash, mobile phones, and prescription medications. Police estimate the total value of the drugs at more than $15,000. The alleged offender, a man in his 30s, was arrested and remanded in custody. Police say he was later sentenced to three months in prison. First published in the…
TWO 14-year-old boys from the Mornington Peninsula are among a group of six males who led police on a car chase on Sunday morning from Frankston to Sandhurst. The six have been charged after failing to stop for police in an allegedly stolen Porsche, first spotted by police on Excelsior Drive, Frankston about 3.30am. The vehicle was followed by the police Air Wing to a service station on Cheltenham Road, Dandenong where an unsuccessful attempt to get fuel was made. The Air Wing followed it through Dandenong, with stop sticks being used to bring it to a stop on Sandhurst…
THE state government will help fund tours of breweries in the Kingston area. A grant of $43,000 has been handed to the Kingston Collective group for a project called the Bayside Beer Belt, a planned tour across 10 local craft breweries. The state government announced the funding at the Stomping Ground Brewery in Moorabbin. The brewery’s co-founder Justin Joiner said “the Bayside Beer Belt is set to showcase the amazing group of producers in our local area.” “Community is at the core of everything we do so the opportunity to join the beer belt initiative was very exciting for us,”…