FIRE fighters from Carrum Downs, Edithvale, Patterson River, Skye, and Frankston fire brigades were among those that helped to battle a huge blaze in Lyndhurst last week. At around 10pm on 17 July, firefighters were alerted to a fire at the corner of Thompsons Rd and McCormicks Rd in Lyndhurst. They were told that a large glasshouse was ablaze. Fire crews arrived to find the building burning. They worked into the early hours of the morning to extinguish it. A statement on the Carrum Downs Fire Brigade Facebook page read “Crews worked through the night and well into today to…
Author: Bayside News
By Associate Professor Janet Stanley and Professor John Stanley* THE natural areas of Melbourne are under threat at the same time as there’s growing evidence of their importance for humans. In the late 1960s, the Victorian government designated 12 areas, covering 17 municipalities around Melbourne, as land set aside for recreation, conservation, farming and resource utilisation purposes. These areas are known as green wedges. Over the past 60 years the world has changed. The rapid population growth and expansion of Melbourne’s footprint, along with the subsequent losses in biodiversity as increasingly scarce natural environments disappear, are particularly important to the…
POLICE are appealing for public assistance to solve a vicious assault in Frankston North from last December. At around 8.14pm, 14 December 2020, a victim became involved in a verbal altercation with unknown men outside Seagull’s Fish and Chips on Excelsior Drive in Frankston North. The victim was then physically assaulted. One man punched the victim in the head, then another kicked him in the head while he was on the ground. The offenders fled the scene, then the victim left after getting up. The victim sustained serious facial injuries. Police believe two or three males were involved in the…
TWO aggravated burglaries took place at an apartment complex in Frankston last week. At around 9.30pm on 15 July, a man and two women kicked open a front door of a Nepean Highway apartment. The man was armed with a knife. The offenders demanded a woman’s property, stole personal items, then left. The occupant was not physically injured. Later that night, police believe the same trio broke into another apartment. The occupant awoke and chased the offenders away. Police are now appealing for any witnesses to come forward to help arrest the offenders. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers…
WORK has been completed on the intersection of Skye Road and McClelland Drive in Langwarrin. The roundabout was upgraded at the intersection. The works cost just over $520,000, funded through Frankston ratepayers and the federal government. They were completed earlier this month. Frankston councillor Steven Hughes said “the pavement at the roundabout and sections further along Skye Road were previously identified as needing maintenance under council’s road renewal program – so council took the opportunity to combine the two components under one project, both renewing the road and improving safety at this busy intersection.” “These $340,000 works funded by council…