THE first stage of the redeveloped Karingal Hub Shopping Centre opened its doors last weekend. The new fresh food precinct opened 26 June. It features an Aldi, Coles, Woolworths, MarketPlace fresh grocer, and more. This school holidays, the precinct will be host to a series of cooking workshops. One will be hosted by Masterchef Australia finalist Dani Venn, who will showcase all of the colours of the rainbow in family-friendly dishes. MasterChef contestant and author Fiona Inglis will also showcase her recipes. Activities at the fresh food precinct will run from June 26 to 10 July. See the full schedule…
Author: Bayside News
PHOTOS which capture life as it was in 2020 are being displayed as part of Frankston Art Centre’s This Time Last Year online exhibition. Jenny Rusby’s collection The Year We Stayed at Home explores the importance of family and connection during a year in which everyone was kept apart. “The aim of The Year We Stayed Home was to capture that closeness at home, where we spent so much time, so we can remember that unique time together,” Ms Rusby said. “Families were gifted the sessions for free in exchange to committing to do at least one act of kindness…
By Joseph Misuraca A MOUNT Eliza couple is working with a new statewide health initiative to track and improve children’s wellbeing. Dr Jolyon Ford and his wife Jo Ford are a Mount Eliza couple working at Peninsula Health with a new statewide health initiative called ‘GenV’. The program is designed to track Victorian babies born between 2020-2022. Its goal, according to the GenV website, is to achieve “a better approach to child health, development and wellbeing in Victoria”. It’s a voluntary program, and one of the largest of its kind. The research study is being carried out by the Murdoch…
CONSTRUCTION work to remove two more Frankston line level crossings will begin soon. Level crossings at Glen Huntly Road and Neerim Road will be removed by lowering the line into a trench. Once the level crossing removal project is complete, the Frankston Line will be level crossing free between Flinders Street and Moorabbin Station. The boom gates are expected to be gone by 2023. Designs of the new Glenhuntly Station on the Frankston line were released this week. Work on the station is expected to start shortly. The state government says that since 2016, 10 pedestrians have been involved in…
POLICE commandeered bicycles during a pursuit in Bangholme, 20 June. Police say that a stolen Hyundai sedan crashed into two cars on Eastlink, around 8.20am. Three people fled from the car on foot into the Dandenong Creek Trail. Two attending police officers borrowed an electric bike and a push bike from two onlookers, and pursued the suspects. The three people were chased for more than a kilometer before police caught up with them. Police then arrested two 15-year-boys and a 16-year-old girl, who were taken to hospital for observation. The bicycles were returned to their rightful owners. Any witnesses or…