TWO PEOPLE who allegedly tried to evade police by jumping into Kananook Creek have ended up in hospital to be treated for hypothermia. Four people were inside a car spotted driving erratically on 8 August. Police said the car had been spotted driving at speeds of up to 120 kmph on the wrong side of the road at Main Street, Mornington, in the early hours of the morning. The car made its way to Frankston where police attempted to deploy stop sticks at Seaford Road. Police said the car veered towards them, hit a gutter, and crashed through a fence.…
Author: Bayside News
FRANKSTON’s sister city relationship with Susono in Japan has been recognised with the opening of a tribute garden. The mayor Michael O’Reilly said the garden, next to Frankston Private Hospital, paid “tribute to Frankston’s enduring friendship with its Japanese sister city.” Susono is a city 115 kilometres from Tokyo, at the foot of Mount Fuji. The sister city relationship was established in 1982 with the help of the Yakazi Australia group. The garden features a plaque recognising their work. “Yazaki were a global leader in the car industry and the reason Susono became our sister city is because it is…
HAVING dialysis treatments three times a week isn’t easy, but an assistance dog can help make it a little less rough. Elle Heuch, a 28-year-old Frankston South resident, started dialysis treatment at the Frankston Haemodialysis Unit last year when her kidneys started to fail. The treatment proved to be a difficult time for Ms Heuch. “I have type 1 diabetes so that caused my kidney failure,” Ms Heuch said. “I’d had kidney disease for about four years when my kidneys started to fail in May last year. It was terrifying, the scariest thing that has happened to me and a…
FRANKSTON Council has voted unanimously to endorse their new busking code of conduct and street performance permit conditions. Under the revised rules, buskers will face new restrictions on how long they can play for. Buskers are now only permitted to perform for 30 minutes at a time, followed by a 10 minute break. They are forbidden from performing in one position in the municipality for longer than 90 minutes. The council officer’s report noted that the biggest changes to the code of conduct were that “street performance permits will be free, applicants [will be] vetted through a quality lens (keeping…
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision in Cranbourne on Sunday (11 August). The 20-year-old Frankston man has been charged with a number of offences relating to the collision that occurred in an allegedly stolen vehicle on South Gippsland Highway near Camms Road just after 4pm. He has been charged with numerous offences relating to the collision including one count of unlicensed driving and two counts of: Culpable drivingDangerous driving causing deathNegligently cause serious injuryDangerous driving causing serious injuryFive counts of reckless conduct endangering life and;Commit indictable offences whilst on bail He will also…