FRANKSTON Council has chosen eight businesses to share in $120,000 in funding to help “give local businesses an opportunity to take their next step towards success”. Among those successful in applying to the business grants program include a brewery, a town planning company, an archery range and a cafe. Frankston mayor Michael O’Reilly said “not only did we receive a number of high quality applications from across the city, but also from businesses looking to invest in Frankston.” “Council has recognised the previous success of the Frankston City business grants program in supporting the local business community and has doubled…
Author: Bayside News
A MAN ejected from Sands Hotel in Carrum Downs has allegedly caused trouble for police after getting behind the wheel of his car unlicensed and with a blood alcohol reading of nearly six times the legal limit. The 46-year-old Frankston North man was ejected from the venue at around 9.30pm, Saturday 19 January. Police said the man then left the hotel in a car, crashing the Holden Commodore into the back of two stationary vehicles on the corner of Hall and Cadles Road. The man then allegedly drove off again, running over a nature strip and flattening a small tree.…
A 44-YEAR-old Frankston man has been charged after allegedly committing a random attack armed with molotov cocktails in Seaford, 17 January. The man allegedly broke into a garage on Rosland Street at around 10am, and used items found inside to construct three molotov cocktails, which are as flammable projectiles. The man then allegedly tossed the cocktails over the fence onto another property. Some damage was caused to the car and driveway at the property which the cocktails were allegedly thrown onto. Police said they caught the man after he jumped the fence to the rear of the property, and was…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a further three teenage girls following two alleged robberies in Frankston last month. In the first incident, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted and robbed outside a Ross Smith Avenue shopping centre about 2.45pm on 14 December. In the second incident two, aged 16 and 17, were allegedly assaulted and robbed on Ross Smith Lane on 18 December. Two 13-year-old Flemington girls and a 14-year-old Avondale Heights girl, were arrested on Monday. One Flemington girl was charged with robbery in relation to both incidents. The two other girls were both charged with robbery…
A DRIVER has fled the scene of a three vehicle crash that took place on the Nepean Highway in Mordialloc a little after 8am, 8 January. Police said the nose to tail collision occurred at 8.08am on Nepean Highway, Mordialloc. Police said the “offending vehicle” was a black Kia Cerato. That car was towed from the scene, and the offending driver left the scene on foot. They have yet to be identified. Police wish to speak to the driver of the Kia Cerato, and anyone who may have witnessed the incident. Highway Patrol investigators are also looking for dash cam…