A DAY offering free comics to promote the writing and art form that began in the US before making its way to Melbourne is now arriving in Frankston. The Comic Place will host Frankston’s first Free Comic Book Day at its Playne Street store on Saturday 5 May. Giveaways on the day will include some free issues of Australian and overseas published comics. Artists will produce on the spot sketches for a donation to charity and shop visitors can have photos taken with cosplayers for a charity donation. There will be free kids face painting and colouring activities in store.…
Author: Bayside News
Somerville Highway Patrol officers intercepted a motorbike in Brunel Road, Somerville at 2am on Monday 16 April because a blue tape altered its number plate. The rider was not keen to speak to police and raced off, hitting 148kph in a 60 kph zone. The motorbike’s chain fell off and stopped the bike in its tracks. Police caught up with the uninjured rider, 29, and discovered he was disqualified from riding or driving. He also tested positive for methylamphetamine. The bike was impounded for at least 30 days, and during the inspection police found a switch had been installed to…
A woman had her car impounded after she was allegedly caught drink driving with children in the car at Frankston in the afternoon on Friday 13 April. Frankston police saw a red Toyota sedan driving carelessly around a roundabout and followed the vehicle where it was intercepted on Hillcrest Road just after 5.30pm. A 44-year-old woman returned a positive preliminary breath test and officers found she had four children in the car. She was taken to a police station where she returned a BAC of 0.305 per cent. Her car was impounded at a cost of $1038. She is expected…
A CAR with stolen plates rammed a police car at about 1.45am on Cranbourne Road, Frankston on Friday 13 April. The vehicle took off at high speed and evaded police who decided not to pursue since it would be too dangerous to public safety. The same vehicle, a grey silver Holden sedan, was involved in another brief chase when an unmarked police car tried to intercept the car at about 10am on Cranbourne Road on Friday 6 April. New offences introduced by the state government this month mean anyone who rams or tries to ram a police vehicle can face…
A DRUNK driver took out a gas meter and power pole after careening out of control on Towerhill Road, Frankston at 5pm on Sunday 15 April. The road was cordoned off as CFA firefighters arrived to contain a gas leak. The power pole was snapped off at the base such was the impact of the car crash into the pole. The male driver, 39, later found to be over the alcohol limit to drive, was arrested after driving down a side street. Witnesses identified him as the driver of a silver Mercedes sedan hastily parked which had smoke billowing from…