Police continue to appeal for public assistance to help locate missing 15-year-old Jade Robson. Jade was last seen on 24 March in the Frankston area. Police have concerns for her welfare due to her age and the length of time she has been missing. Jade is 150cm tall, slim, with long auburn-coloured hair and green and brown eyes. She is known to frequent the Frankston, Dandenong and Warrugal area. Police have also released an image of Jade in the hope someone recognises her and can provide information regarding her current whereabouts. Anyone with information about Jade is asked to contact…
Author: Bayside News
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie LANGWARRIN remained on top of the State 1 South-East ladder after downing St Kilda 2-0 at Lawton Park on Saturday. Gus Macleod’s side now faces a crunch fixture against second-placed outfit Caulfield United Cobras at Victory Park next weekend. Langy’s new Scottish signing Liam Baxter took just three minutes to make a major impact last weekend when he skinned an opponent on the left and surged into the penalty area before watching his cutback deflected by Sam Sweeney for an own goal. Big George Whiteoak was at the near post to head home Connor Belger’s corner…
Coranderrk is about what might have been. This special production pays tribute to the resilience and adaptability of a people who rose to the challenge despite the odds, appropriating the power of the written word to make their own voices ring loud and clear. At a Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry in 1881, the men and women of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve went head-to-head with the Aboriginal Protection Board. Their goal was both simple and revolutionary: to be allowed to continue the brilliant experiment in self-determination they had pioneered for themselves on the scrap of country left to them. Coranderrk recreates the…
A MAN is being sought by police for stealing from an electrical appliance store at the Power Centre, Frankston. Detective Senior Constable Darren Paxton, of Frankston CIU, said the man took a Dyson heater/cooler from a display stand at The Good Guys store and drove off in a white Ford sedan parked outside, 11am, Friday 14 April. The car has a damaged rear/side panel and the rear left tail-light is missing. When last seen it had an L-plate on the left-side windscreen. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.
A STATE government allocation to provide more accommodation in Frankston for those with severe mental illness has been welcomed by the Council to Homeless Persons. The funding was announced in November but formally included in last week’s budget. The state government will provide $109 million to “intervene early and provide targeted support that helps people get back on their feet”, Premier Daniel Andrews said. Council to Homeless Persons’ CEO Jenny Smith said that, given the increase in rough sleeping being reported by homelessness services in Frankston, and the dire shortage of affordable accommodation, we “need every single dollar allocated in…