Author: Bayside News

RESURFACING works are underway on South Road between Nepean Highway and Warrigal Road. Crews are currently working to build a third right turn lane from South Road to the Nepean Highway. Night works to resurface the road will take place from 9 December to 12 December. Motorists have contended with intermittent road closures from 26 November to accommodate works. Major Roads Project Victoria program director Brendan Pauwels said “we’ll do all we can to limit disruption on the road network, but there will be some delays while we work. We thank everyone for their patience and suggest that if you…

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IN Ballina you’ll find the Big Prawn, on the Sunshine Coast you’ll find the Big Pineapple, and now in Carrum Downs you’ll find a big chocolate bar. Chocolate Grove in Carrum Downs unveiled its big attraction at an event last week. The big block of chocolate was the brainchild of chief chocolatier Will Muddyman. “I’ve always had this idea of building a BIG chocolate bar to promote our chocolate shop and business here in Carrum Downs. Great care and attention to detail has gone into making it as authentic as possible, so it becomes a tourist drawcard, an icon, gravitating…

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THE Liberal Party have preselected a candidate to run in the seat of Isaacs at next year’s federal election. Former Bridge Hotel operator Robbie Beaton has been chosen to contest the seat currently held by Labor MP Mark Dreyfus. Mr Beaton was preselected at a party meeting last month. He operated Mordialloc’s Bridge Hotel for more than twenty years before it was sold earlier this year. Mr Beaton said he was “honoured to stand as the Liberal Party’s candidate in Isaacs, and to use this opportunity to make our community’s voice heard.” “With my lived experience running a small business…

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A NEW mural capturing Frankston scenery has been painted. The artwork, titled Funky Town, has been installed on Davey Street. It was overseen by Sheldon Headspeath, who worked on and workshopped the mural with a group of young artists. Mr Headspeath said that the group decided to pursue a cartoon design for the artwork. “In the initial discussion, the main topic was Frankston and not wanting to do the normal beach scene, so we decided as a group to put a funky cartoon twist on the design. The mushroom band members added an element to the funky town cartoon theme,”…

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A LANGWARRIN man is expected to be charged over two separate collisions in Frankston and Moorabbin. Just after 6pm on 26 November, a black Volkswagen Tiguan on South Road in Moorabbin allegedly crashed into the back of a stationary vehicle. Around an hour later, police believe the same car was involved in a collision with a blue Honda CRV wagon near the intersection of Karingal Drive in Frankston. The cars involved in the collision were both badly damaged and towed from the scene. The two occupants of the Honda, two 70-year-old people from Somerville, were not hurt. Police say that…

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