SKYBUS will begin running its “peninsula express” buses to the airport from next week. SkyBus will be picking up passengers from Frankston, Chelsea, Mordialloc, Mentone, Moorabbin, Brighton, and Elsternwick on its way to the airport. The bayside bus service runs from 4 December onwards. The bus route has been suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. SkyBus co-CEO Michael Sewards said he was “delighted” to announce its return. “We had to make some tough but necessary decisions at the onset of COVID to suspend some of our express services and this impacted the lives of many of our team who have helped…
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A man is fighting for his life following a single vehicle crash in Seaford overnight. Police have been told the motorbike rider fell from his bike as he approached the intersection of Ti Tree Crescent and Centenary Street just after 10pm. At this stage it is unclear why the rider fell however police believe the rider was travelling at speed just prior to the crash. Witnesses found the 36-year-old man injured on a nature strip, where he had come to rest, amongst a number of rubbish bins put out for collection. The Seaford man was taken to hospital with suspected…
A CAR was left damaged after a road rage incident in Dingley Village earlier this month. The incident came to a close at the intersection of Dingley Bypass and Mordialloc Freeway between 7:20am and 7:30am on 2 November. It started on Thompsons Road and escalated into road rage on Mordialloc Freeway, police say. The end result of the altercation was damage to the passenger side door and rear bumper of a Mitsubishi Lancer. The other car involved was a blue Subaru WRX. Police are investigating the incident. Any witnesses can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a…
A WOMAN is wanted for allegedly using a stolen credit card in Parkdale. Police say that the card was stolen from a Parkdale op shop at around 3pm on 9 August. The card was later used at other shops in the area. Police have released an image of the woman who used the card. Police describe her as “in her 50s and has a European accent”. Anyone who recognises the woman can contact Mordialloc Police on 9588 2988. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 23 November 2022
FOR a third year running, Mordialloc’s Dan Maitland will lead a group in the Stride4Stroke fun run. The run is a personal one for Maitland. His sister Bec survived a stroke in 2016, one she suffered aged just 28. Maitland said that seeing his sister have a stroke was “incredibly life changing for all of us”. “To see her fighting for her life and her whole life flipped upside down – career, relationship, everything – was massive,” he said. “The biggest reason why we wanted to do this was to support Bec and spread awareness by showing others how stroke…