A WORKER escaped injury last week after their excavator touched power lines in Frankston South. The excavator touched the low voltage wires on 10 February. It temporarily disrupted electricity supply to the street. The same day, an excavator in Woodside also touched power lines. That worker was also uninjured. In the wake of the dangerous day, Energy Safe Victoria has issued a reminder to people to be safe around power lines. ESV commissioner and chairperson Marnie Williams said “it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been operating machinery, these close calls are an important reminder to always be aware of your…
Author: Bayside News
THE Langwarrin Community Centre’s Backyard Community Garden will host an open day next month. Bernie Higney owns two plots of land at the community garden. He will be cooking a barbeque at the open day on 5 March. Mr Higney said getting a garden plot in the Backyard Community Garden after he retired was a “way to reconnect to my past”. “Taking care of my veggies gives me time to be in the moment and enjoy the space and it’s great to share the spoils with family and friends,” he said. “Now that we’re able to get out and about…
A TEENAGER from Frankston has bigger things in her sights after releasing her debut single. Kaiyah Mercedes released her first song, After Summer Ends on streaming platforms last week. The 15-year-old musician hopes that there will be more songs released throughout the year. Ms Mercedes took up guitar and piano during the lockdowns of 2020. Since then she has taken writing her own music as a way to navigate her own feelings and emotions. Ms Mercedes says that After Summer Ends is about “the heartbreak of finite summer love and trying to come to terms with something amazing coming to…
A DOG has survived an all night ordeal stuck in the pipes under a Frankston sports ground. 14-year-old Jack Russell Terrier Tuppence was walking at Ballam Park with her owner when she ran off into some pipes. She became stuck inside, and spent the next 11 hours there. Tuppence’s owner Laura Sorraghan said she was overwhelmed with emotion when her dog was finally freed. “I was beside myself laughing and crying,” she said. “She went in just before 8pm and then they got her out at around 7am. She was fine, she was a bit stiff the next day but…
KINGSTON Council has released its own alternative plans for suburban rail loop sites in Highett and Heatherton. Council’s plans feature an underground pedestrian connection to Southland Station and Westfield Shopping Centre and a green roof over the train stabling yards at Heatherton. The advocacy document adopted by council reveals that it is concerned about the “significant” loss of open space at Sir William Fry Reserve, where the new Cheltenham Station will be built. Its alternative plans include more open space, a new skate park, and the continuation of the Kingston Farmers Market. The location of stabling at Heatherton has also…