The police Air Wing has assisted members on the ground to arrest two riders on allegedly stolen motorcycles in Berwick and Frankston overnight. In the first incident Dandenong police first spotted the rider on Heatherton Road in Dandenong, failing to stop for traffic lights and travelling at speed just before 5.30pm. The Air Wing was brought in to assist unmarked units on the ground as the bike travelled through Dandenong, Casey and Knox police service areas before the rider pulled up to a home Berwick. Police cordoned off the area and moved in to arrest the man on Neagle Mews…
Author: Bayside News
HOMES for people living with significant mental health difficulties will be built in Frankston. The residences will be built by The Haven Foundation in partnership with Mind Australia. The state government is supporting the project as part of its $5.3 billion “Big Housing Build” initiative. Haven houses are self-contained one bedroom homes with a built in wardrobe, bathroom, kitchen, lounge room and outdoor courtyard or balcony. There are shared community spaces and onsite overnight facilities nearby for specialist mental health support staff. Six Haven residences are currently operating in Victoria – they are in Frankston, South Yarra, Highton, Epping, Laverton…
CUSTOM glasses will be sold next week to raise money for the Fred Hollows Foundation’s Indigenous Australia Program. The program aims to make eye care more accessible for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. To raise money for it, Specsavers Cheltenham East is selling a new glasses design and donating a portion of the proceeds. The glasses (pictured above) are designed by Martu artist Helen Dale Samson. They go on sale on 26 June. $25 from each sale will be donated to the Fred Hollows Foundation. The foundation’s chair, Jane Madden, said “we are incredibly grateful to be able to…
THE successful applicants for South East Water’s latest round of community grants have been announced. South East Water has handed out more than $320,000 in the last four years. 66 groups have shared the funding. The latest 16 groups to receive funding have been confirmed. They include A Better Life for Foster Kids Frankston, Bayside Community Information and Support Service, Carrum Downs Secondary College, Chelsea Community Support Services, Food for Change Mornington Peninsula, Lighthouse Foundation Frankston, and Pearcedale’s RSPCA. South East Water customer experience general manager Lara Salembier said the successful applicants made “valuable contributions towards supporting a thriving, more…
A FRANKSTON man was arrested last week after police seized allegedly stolen horse saddles, a scissor lift, a motorcycle, ammunition, and car parts from two properties. Police raided addresses on Ashley Avenue in Frankston and Hardys Road in Tooradin at around 11am on 9 June. They seized the allegedly stolen property and arrested two people. Police charged a 34-year-old man from Frankston with drug trafficking, burglary, theft, theft of motor vehicle, and handling stolen goods. He has been remanded, and was scheduled to face Frankston Magistrates’ Court on 15 June. A 36-year-old Tooradin man was also arrested, He was charged…