FRANKSTON shoppers have joined a ‘16 Days of Activism’ campaign to end violence against women by weaving colourful stars for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast at a Bayside Shopping Centre workshop. The workshop, part of the international One Million Stars to End Violence project, kicked off the 16-day campaign in Frankston on Friday 25 November. An art exhibition of more than 6000 stars already weaved is on display at the shopping centre throughout the campaign, and there is a range of activist activities throughout Frankston until 10 December. One Million Stars is an international project bringing communities…
Author: Bayside News
WITNESSES are being asked to come forward after a man was left seriously injured in a hit-run collision in Pearcedale last month. The incident occurred when a green Subaru station wagon travelling south on Craig Rd, made a right turn onto Baxter-Tooradin Rd into the path of a motorcycle, 4.30pm, Tuesday 11 October. The station wagon stopped a short distance away before fleeing without the driver rendering assistance or exchanging details. The 56-year-old rider, of Pakenham, received broken bones and was taken to hospital in a serious condition. He underwent surgery, is awaiting more surgery, and is in a wheelchair…
A MAN has been charged with arson, stalking, intentionally causing injury and assault with a weapon after a car was set alight outside a Carrum Downs factory, 8.40pm, Friday 25 November. Detective Sergeant Gary Richards, of Frankston CIU, said police would allege the 21-year-old, of no fixed address, went to the Frankston Gardens Drive factory where the victim works and poured petrol over his car parked outside before setting it alight. They say the offender, armed with a box cutter, confronted the victim, 36, of Seaford, and chased him a short distance before they scuffled and he left the scene.…
A NEW dance work exploring the themes of what it is to be a ‘bloke’ drew crowds at Frankston library last Friday. Dance artists Matt Cornell and Joshua Thomson have drawn on their conversations with men in the extreme north, and their own experiences growing up in outback Australia, to choreograph a dance routine investigating the notion of what it is to be a man. The men will perform outside the library all this week, and plan to tour the country with their show. They will also continue their quest to capture the changing representation of the Aussie ‘bloke’, by…
SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie LANGWARRIN’S assault on the 2017 State 1 South-East championship will be powered by a raft of visa players. The Lawton Park outfit will throw down the gauntlet to local clubs Mornington and Casey Comets and cashed up Greek-backed opponents Malvern City, Clifton Hill, South Springvale and Caulfield United Cobras by backing the quality of its imports to take the league by storm. Central defender and former Macclesfield Town youth team captain Kieron Kenny has agreed terms with Langy and should arrive within a fortnight. Kenny, 23, is currently on the books of Congleton Town in the…