POLICE are investigating the death of a woman who was involved in a car collision on 12 October. The women had caught a taxi from her home in Chelsea to go to a residence on Brighton. Police have been told the taxi was travelling westbound along the Nepean Highway when a red sedan exited a service lane and crossed all lanes of traffic to perform a U-turn. As a result, the taxi was forced to brake suddenly to avoid a collision. The red sedan continued driving east along the Nepean Highway. Police said the woman had experienced soreness and taken…
Author: Bayside News
Mordialloc candidates Tim Richardson – Labor “LABOR is the only team with the proven track record, and the plan to keep Mordialloc and Victoria moving forward on our roads, rail, health, education, and cost of living. We’ve already started removing the Level Crossings at Cheltenham, Mentone, Edithvale, and Bonbeach, and if I’m re-elected, Labor will also remove every level crossing in Chelsea. “We’ll also build the Mordialloc Freeway, slashing local traffic and getting people home safer and sooner. It’ll connect the Mornington Peninsula Freeway to the Dingley Bypass and include on and off ramps for Thames Promenade Chelsea Heights, have…
KINGSTON and Frankston libraries are among a group of municipalities signed up to the Summer Reading Club. Both regions will take part in the summer reading challenge, which encourages children of all ages to get reading, this year exploring the theme of curious creatures. Frankston City’s library engagement coordinator Susan Bentley said “children of all ages can’t wait to explore this year’s theme of curious creatures”. “Children and young people are encouraged to explore and connect with the curiosity of creatures,” she said. “It’s wonderful to explore books that look into the strange, odd, peculiar, funny, unusual, bizarre, weird, eccentric,…
THE WESTERN Port Steelers will lead the way when it comes to mental health and wellbeing for basketballers in Victoria as they commence their new resilience project on Tuesday 11 December. Becoming the first basketball association in Victoria to implement this initiative, the Steelers will hold a “resilience project” information session that looks at building resilience within sporting clubs, schools and work places as well as opening up conversations about mental health and positive health habits. The program is targeted towards the junior basketballers, in particular the representative players due to the perceived extra pressure of competing at that level,…
FEW districts in Victoria have been so much neglected as the Mornington Peninsula, more especially the hilly country situated towards the southern end, and known as Red Hill. The costal strip, in which are the favourite seaside resorts of Flinders, Cape Schanck, Dromana, Rye and Sorrento, is familiar to tourists and holiday makers, but the central district is still practically unknown. It is a picturesque country, possessing a fertile soil and an equitable climate. Late frosts are rarely experienced, and the district is particularly suitable for orchards and root crops. Strawberry culture is carried on extensively allotments of not more…