Author: Bayside News

A GROUP of 11 young Frankston residents have been appointed to the 2022 youth council. The group is tasked with advocating for causes that are important to young people. Its members, who can be aged from 12 to 24, meet fortnightly. Youth councillor Isabella Gervasoni said that one of the youth council’s goals was to help the community come together again after years of COVID-19 lockdowns. “In 2022 I would love for the community to feel more like a family again, since we’ve been in and out of lockdown. For all of us to come back together and celebrate each…

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TWO men have been charged after allegedly driving dangerously through suburbs in Melbourne’s south-east. Police tracked a Hyundai along Eastlink, Peninsula Link, and the Mornington Peninsula Freeway on 4 April. They allege that the car was travelling against the flow of traffic, erratically, and at over 150 kmph. The allegedly stolen Hyundai was dumped at a Cranbourne shopping centre car park. Two men were arrested at a nearby property. A 19-year-old man of no fixed address was charged with theft of motor vehicle, conduct endangering life, two counts of burglary, and theft. A 20-year-old man from Carrum Downs was charged…

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POLICE have arrested two people and seized drugs, cash, and jewellery after raids across Dingley Village, Frankston, Mulgrave, and Prahran. Around 2 kilograms of cocaine were allegedly seized from the Frankston address. Police say they seized $20,000 in cash, jewellery, and other drugs from the Mulgrave address. A 24-year old Frankston man and a 25-year old Mulgrave man were both charged with trafficking a large commercial quantity of drugs, drug possession, dealing in the proceeds of crime, and weapon offences. The Mulgrave male was bailed to appear at the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on 28 September, and the Frankston man was…

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THE new cycling and walking path along Station Street in Edithvale, Bonbeach, and Chelsea will open in stages from next month. When works are complete, there will be 11 kilometres of continuous pathway between Frankston and Edithvale. The path is being built as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project’s works at the Chelsea, Edithvale, and Bonbeach Stations. Resurfacing will take place along Station Street until the end of April, with work to be completed in stages between First Avenue in Aspendale and Mernda Avenue in Bonbeach. Level Crossing Removal Project assistant program director Andrew Brenchley has warned that motorists…

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A MAN from Cheltenham was among five people killed in a helicopter crash last week. The helicopter departed Moorabbin Airport on the morning of 31 March. It stopped in Melbourne to pick up passengers before setting off for Ulupna in northern Victoria. The vehicle never made it to its destination. The Police Air Wing found the helicopter wreckage around Blair’s Hut, Mount Disappointment, a little before midday. All five occupants of the helicopter died. They were a a 32-year-old man from Cheltenham, a 50-year-old woman from Inverloch, a 73-year-old man from Albert Park, a 59-year-old man from New South Wales,…

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