Moorabbin Highway Patrol officers have impounded a vehicle after it was allegedly detected travelling at 180km/h on the Mornington Peninsula Freeway. The white Ford Territory was pulled over in Patterson Lakes about 9.10am on 14 June. It will be alleged the vehicle was unregistered. The driver, a 31-year-old Frankston man, underwent drug and alcohol testing which indicated the presence of an illicit substance in his system. He was also found to be in breach of interlock conditions The vehicle was impounded for a period of 30 days and the driver will be charged on summons to front court at a…
Author: Bayside News
A SURVEY has been conducted to help decide if a caretaker should be reappointed to look after the Frankston Memorial Park. The caretaker role at the cemetery was abolished in mid-2019. Frankston Council, which manages the cemetery, cited safety concerns with a person working alone as the reason to get rid of the position. A report has been conducted by council officers on options for the reinstatement of a caretaker. A survey was put together to help “identify whether there is a need for a different level of service at the cemetery and if so, what would be the preferred…
A MAN was restrained by police after he flipped his car in a Somerville fast food drive through and allegedly attacked emergency services workers trying to help him last week. At around 12.40am, 13 June, emergency services received calls that a car had hit a bollard and flipped onto its side at an Eramosa Road fast food restaurant. Police were told the man inside the car was acting in “an aggressive manner”. A police statement read that the driver had freed himself from the car, but then allegedly pushed a paramedic and headbutted a CFA member. Police restrained the man…
IT is believed that when the Globe Theatre closed because of the spread of the bubonic plague in the 1600s, playwright William Shakespeare used the time to create the now famous play King Lear. Fast forward to 2020, and students at a local high school have used their time in lockdown to create a play of their own. Woodleigh School will livestream an experimental performance this week, which was devised by students while stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. So Far Away was put together over a six week period. It is a collaboration between 27 students and three…
TEAMS of cleaners have been hard at work keeping Frankston safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. A team of 25 cleaners have walked over 6000 kilometres during the pandemic sanitising Frankston’s hand rails, ticketing machines, seating, bins, traffic light buttons and poles, bicycle stands, street furniture, and door handles. The cleaners were recruited through the state government’s “Working for Victoria” program set up to help people who have lost their jobs as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The mayor Sandra Mayer said “through this program, people have been able to go back to work, which does wonders for their mental…