Author: Bayside News

By Ben Triandafillou IT’S been a year since the Mornington Peninsula Junior Football League announced their smoke-free initiative and now local football clubs along the Mornington Peninsula will be following in their footsteps. Football clubs along the Peninsula will stand together to remove smoking at both junior and senior levels ahead of the ‘World No Tobacco Day’ on 31 May. Working towards becoming smoke free, AFL South East and its leagues, Frankston District Junior Football League (FDJFL) and Mornington Peninsula Football Netball League (MPNFL), have teamed up with Peninsula Health, St Kilda Football Club, Good Sports, Frankston City Council and…

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ONE of the most exciting new events is set to hit the sand of Sorrento foreshore this June/July school holidays…SKATING AT SORRENTO 2017. In a first for the Mornington Peninsula, an ice skating rink rivalling that of Times Square and Paris will pop-up on Sorrento Foreshore from 23 June to 16 July 2017. The rink, measuring 25m x 9m, will be set by the picturesque bay between The Baths and Rotunda on Sorrento foreshore, with ice skaters able to enjoy the views whilst ice skating….day or evening, rain or shine! The Skating at Sorrento Ice Rink is a partnership between…

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ONE of two men who bashed a Frankston woman in a savage home invasion two years ago was sentenced to six and a half years jail in the Melbourne Country Court on 9 May. Detective Senior Constable Flyn Loughlin, of Frankston CIU, said the 30-year-old, of Frankston, was convicted on charges of recklessly causing serious injury, false imprisonment and theft over the attack which occurred at 10pm, 29 July 2015. However, his co-offender in the crime – in which the Karingal woman, 50, received serious head and facial injuries – is still at large and police are determined to catch…

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FRANKSTON police are appealing for public help following an aggravated burglary in Seaford earlier this month. Investigators have been told a man broke into an apartment on Nepean Highway about 6.30am on Sunday 14 May. The victim woke when she heard a thud at the top of her stairs. She went to investigate and confronted a man standing at the top of the stairs. She yelled at the man and he left the property without taking anything. The offender is believed to be in his 50s with a thin build, grey spikey hair and dishevelled in appearance. First published in…

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A MOORABBIN brewery has been served a double at major beers awards this month. The 2 Brothers Brewery won two major Australian International Beer Awards taking out the gong for Best Australian Style Pale Ale for its Pay Day ale and Best Reduced or low alcohol beer for draught beer Happiness. The brewery was founded in 2007 by brothers Andrew and David Ong. “The AIBA awards are one of the toughest competitions in the country, so to receive such esteemed recognition from our peers is truly humbling,” Andrew One said. The co-owner said the awards were reward for the hard…

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