Officers from Carrum Downs Uniform are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a collision in Frankston last month. Investigators have been told a red Honda CBR650 motorcycle was seen speeding in the Frankston area about 5pm on the 27th. It is alleged the Honda was seen travelling from Mornington along the Moorooduc Highway, Peninsula Link and Cranbourne Road and reached speeds in excess of 220km/h. As the bike travelled along Cranbourne Road it is also alleged that the rider narrowly missed a woman who was crossing the road near Ballam Park. The bike continued on for a short distance…
Author: Bayside News
WEAPONS and drugs were seized from a Carrum Downs address last month, police say. Police attended a property on Lats Road in Carrum Downs on 24 November as part of a search for a 45-year-old man subject to a firearm prohibition order. Police arrested the man at the address sometime after midday. They allegedly found seven gel blasters, a crossbow, knuckle dusters, ammunition, and drugs during their search. The man, and a 41-year-old woman, were both charged and bailed to appear at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 10 January next year. First published in the Frankston Times – 5 December 2023
A DONATION drive will help to make Christmas a day to remember for people in Frankston doing it tough. Christmas Giving Trees have been set up across Frankston for people to leave unwrapped toys and non-perishable foods under. The annual initiative is run by Frankston Life Community and Community Support Frankston in partnership with Frankston Council. Donated items will be handed out in hampers at this year’s Frankston Life Community Christmas Lunch. Community Support Frankston manager Steve Phillips said the donations will help more than “3000 Frankston residents, the majority being kids and families, needing hamper, vouchers and support with…
THE new $4.5 million home for Carrum Surf Life Saving Club has been officially opened. The facility was built with $2.1 million in state government money and $2.4 million from Kingston Council ratepayers. The new clubhouse features expanded ground floor storage capacity, more change rooms, a first-floor observation deck, additional office and dry storage space, and other improvements. Kingston councillor Cameron Howe said the new facility would help keep swimmers safe. “Carrum SLSC has had the highest metropolitan rescues in the past and the $4.5 million redeveloped clubhouse has more space to train, patrol and store, allowing volunteer and paid…
THE Bonbeach Baseball Club played its first match under lights last week. Last year Kingston Council committed $125,000 towards the construction of new lighting at the baseball club. At the inaugural nighttime game under the new lights, Bonbeach White went down to Bonbeach Blue 22-3. Bonbeach Baseball Club committee member Luke Scholes said the upgraded lights would help with training and night games. “Winter training is really difficult – it’s dark before players have finished work and school. Now we have an avenue to train at night,” he said. “The new lighting is up to Baseball Victoria spec. We are…