A NEW bus service to connect Seaford and Cranbourne is set to get off the mark on 16 June. The seven day service will leave from Seaford station and finish up at Cranbourne train station, stopping at Skye and Carrum Downs along the way. The new route will run along the Nepean Highway, and Seaford, Ballarto, McCormicks, Hall and Cranbourne-Frankston roads. The new 760 route will have 16 stops. The timetable and map will be made available on 17 May at ptv.vic.gov.au Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “I want to thank the local community for pushing for this new bus…
Author: Bayside News
POLICE are searching for a man who is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman in Seaford on 21 April. A man approached a 24-year-old woman at Seaford beach at around 5pm and sexually assaulted her, investigators were told. Police believe that the man had kissed and touched the woman, who then pushed the man and ran away. Police described the man as “indian subcontinental in appearance, around 28 years old, 170 centimetres tall, unshaven with a slim build, short dark brown hair and large round eyes.” The man was last seen walking along the beach to the Frankston foreshore…
A POLICE operation to crack down on drink and drug driving over the easter long weekend has seen over 20 people across the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula areas land in hot water. Police conducted “operation nexus” over Easter, and conducted over 8000 breath tests in that time. 16 drink drivers were detected, and 9 drug drivers were caught. 246 people were pulled up for “various other offences”. Divisional Superintendent Adrian White said “April has been a tragic month for the area so far, with four people losing their lives on our roads. Five people have now died on our roads…
RESIDENTS inconvenienced by the six month delay to Frankston Council’s hard rubbish collection service may soon face some relief, with council voting to explore the possibility of expanding their service to offer two free at call collections a year. Cr Colin Hampton moved the motion to have a report prepared by the CEO which will “look at and evaluate the cost and feasibility to offering two free at-call hard rubbish collections per year.” The report is due to return to council by June 2019. His motion was unanimously agreed to. The vote was not to finalise the service but only…
TRIBUTES have flowed for 19-year-old Alex Roszak, who died after falling from the back of a ute in Frankston on 19 April. Mr Roszak was a keen skater, with the team at the Frankston Skate Park last week paying tribute him on social media. “The Frankston Skate Park community lost someone incredibly dear to us,” they said. “Alex Roszak embodied everything it meant to be a skater in Frankston. He was always down at the park, always skating, and was polite and caring to everyone he met. It’s losses like these that remind us to make sure we cherish everyone…