AN elderly woman was swindled out of her $50,000 savings by a conman claiming to be from the Australian Taxation Office. The Dingley Village woman, 80, was told she owed the money in back taxes and that if she did not pay up immediately she would be taken to court and lose her home. In fear, the woman followed the man’s instructions and withdrew $50,000 from various locations and transferred the money via Western Union. The incident occurred in September but was not reported to Kingston CIU until last week. The ATO reminds people – especially the elderly – that…
Author: Bayside News
A HOT, three-course breakfast is making a difference to the lives of people in need every Wednesday thanks to the tireless volunteers at Chelsea Community Church of Christ Hall, 5 Blantyre Avenue Chelsea. The freshly cooked meals provide nutrition for people struggling to make ends meet, as well as the friendly, supportive company of the volunteers. Pastor Judi Turnham said everyone is welcome to come for a feed, including businesses people who could start the morning with a free, hot breakfast and hire one of the rooms for afterwards . Pastor Turnham said donations are always welcome to help continue…
SIX cars stolen from a Mentone car yard after hours, Tuesday 22 November, may have been used by thieves to later steal up to $60,000 from a Mentone supermarket. The cars were stolen from James Michael of Mentone, Nepean Highway, after a chain was cut and offenders jemmied open a metal framed door to enter the office area. Here, they allegedly stole six sets of keys and drove the cars – including a BMW and a Mercedes – away. In the early hours of Wednesday 23 November, a staff member at the Coles supermarket in Mentone Pde alerted police after…
THE Rotary Club of Chelsea has partnered with a Braeside businessman to save the lives of underprivileged children through an everyday household item – soap. The club is working with Michael Matulick, founder and CEO of Soap Aid, and hotels around Australia, to improve hygiene for communities in need around the world. The innovative charity collects, sorts and even cleans up discarded soap from hotels and produces hygienic bars of soap for re-distribution, coupled with education on hygiene practises. Rotary Chelsea president of the club Peter Batten said the club was proud to be partnering with Soap Aid in humanitarian…
THE site of the former Ambassador Hotel function centre is being advertised as being for sale again. KBL Commercial has listed the 325 Nepean Highway site, zoned Commercial 1, for sale as a “development site” with “plans and permits for 37 apartments, six 1 bedroom, 27 two-bedroom and four 3-bedroom apartments”. Mortgagee Jack Gringlas, of the Jadig Group, has been trying to sell the site since February for about $2.5 million after successive plans by prospective property developers fell through. Mr Gringlas had the function centre, long regarded as an eyesore by Frankston councillors and a magnet for drug dealers…