Author: BaysideNews

Compiled by Cameron McCullough A movement to secure the establishment of a new railway with a terminus at Westernport Bay was initiated at a meeting which was held in the Municipal Chambers, Queen street, recently.The meeting was convened as a result of a resolution of the Moorabbin Shire Council.Councillors and landholders representing Moorabbin, Oakleigh, Dandenong, Cranbourne, and Frankston Shires, the Borough of Carrum, and the town of Mentone-Mordialloc attended.A sub-committee of 21 councillors and landholders was elected with a view to urging the establishment of a line half-way between the Mordialloc-Frankston and the Dandenong Cranbourne lines.The proposal under consideration is…

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CONSTRUCTION on the $50 million Frankston Basketball Stadium is set to begin at the end of this month.Earlier this year, Frankston Council signed a $50 million contract to rebuild the Seaford stadium. The finished project is expected to feature ten basketball courts, a show court with retractable seating for up to 1000 people, two multi-purpose courts suitable for volleyball, futsal, and badminton, function spaces, a café, and a dedicated gymnastics hall. Last week, Frankston District Basketball Association CEO Wayne Holdsworth announced that construction will get underway on 30 June.“In collaboration with Frankston Council, its building contractor Ireland Brown Constructions, and…

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Compiled by Cameron McCullough A motoring party, in charge of a young man, Claude White, joiner, Inkerman street, St. Kilda, spent Monday’s holiday on a trip to Mornington. Liquid refreshment was partaken of before the party left Frankston, and all the hotels on the road were visited. Things went well; however, till Mt. Eliza was reached on the return journey. Here the joy riders evidently reached a stage of dangerous hilarity, for, other motorists, becoming alarmed at their erratic conduct, requested the Mt. Eliza storekeeper to communicate with the Frankston police.This was done, and when the party pulled up outside…

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SIX teenagers have been arrested after police spotted them driving an allegedly stolen car in Seaford.Police allege that keys to a Mazda 3 were stolen from a Wantirna gym at around 11.30pm on 3 June. Police quickly arrived and arrested one person and seized a machete.The rest of the group allegedly fled in the Mazda. Police later saw the car travelling south on Eastlink in the Dandenong area about 1am, and allegedly speeding alongside a blue Toyota Echo in Seaford. Using stop sticks, police stopped the cars on Cranbourne Road. The Mazda was allegedly dumped in the vicinity of Moate…

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A NEW centre for community correctional services and youth justice case managers has opened in Frankston.The Frankston Justice Service Centre opened its doors this month. The centre is at the corner of Fletcher Road and the Nepean Highway in Frankston inside the new Department of Families, Fairness and Housing building, which was completed in February. The multi-storey office building sits on the former site of the Frankston International Motel, across from Evelyn Park and the Frankston Police Station. The project was undertaken by developer Castlerock.The redevelopment of the Frankston Justice Service Centre cost $3.4 million. Victorian corrections and youth justice…

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