A man is expected to be charged on summons for hooning after a baby gender reveal gathering in Carrum Downs attracted police attention for all the wrong reasons on Saturday afternoon. Police were called to reports of a gathering and hooning on Frankston Gardens Drive just after 2pm on 28 September. Somerville Highway Patrol and Carrum Downs police officers intercepted a driver allegedly performing burnouts with blue smoke coming from his tyres. Enquiries revealed the blue smoke was part of a baby gender reveal party. The 29-year-old Frankston North man had his Holden Commodore impounded at a cost of $1120.50…
Author: BaysideNews
HEARTKIDS, the only charity dedicated to supporting Australians impacted by congenital heart disease, will take place for the first time in Frankston this year, on Sunday 13 October.Two Feet & A Heartbeat is a moment for impacted families, bereaved parents and the broader community to raise awareness of Childhood-onset Heart Disease (CoHD), one of the largest causes of infant death in Australia, and which more than 80,000 Australians currently live with.Held annually since 2014, the event will take place in more than 30 locations across Australia during the month of October. Participants will have a choice to walk four kilometres…
A man has had his licence immediately suspended for 12 months and his car impounded after allegedly driving more than three times over the legal limit in Bonbeach on Sunday morning. Moorabbin Highway Patrol officers intercepted the driver on Nepean Highway about 12.50am on 29 September. The 31-year-old man underwent a roadside breath test and returned an alleged evidentiary result of .191. The Dandenong man had his car impounded for 30 days at a cost of $1100 and is expected to be charged on summons with traffic offences. This intercept forms part of Operation Scoreboard, a statewide road policing operation…
FRANKSTON City Council has agreed to work with the Frankston City Motorcycle Club to explore options to reopen Frankston City Motorcycle Park.The decision, made unanimously at the Council’s 12 August meeting, follows the release earlier this year of a Coroner’s report into a fatality at the site in 2017. The report did not make any adverse findings or recommendations.Council will now work with the club to explore a range of options for the future management of the park. The park, located in Seaford, has been closed since December 2017 following the tragic death of Sebastian D’Imperio. Councillors extended their deepest…
ACCESS to boat ramps on the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston will be improved after the state government awarded its annual dredging grants to various projects. The projects at Tootgarook, Dromana, and Kananook Creek boat ramps were announced on September 16 as part of the recreational boating access and dredging grants, which are provided through the government’s better boating fund.The money will be used to dredge Anthony’s Nose boat ramp near Dromana using a long reach excavator, which will be undertaken for the first time by Dromana Foreshore Committee of Management thanks to a grant of $42,000.Tootgarook boat ramp will be…