KINGSTON Arts is rolling out the red carpet with a Great Gatsby themed celebration of the Roaring Twenties at this year’s International Youth Silent Film Festival. Attendees are being encouraged to wear 1920s inspired outfits while heading along to the Kingston City Hall at the end of the month. Aspiring young filmmakers’ works will be showcased on and three winners will be awarded major prizes. The return of the annual event sees filmmakers aged 20 years and under invited to create a three-minute film to accompany one of seven original scores in the genres of slapstick, action, horror, romance, mystery,…
Author: Bayside News
WILD weather last Sunday (9 October) forced organisers to close the popular Frankston Pets Day Out early over concern for public safety. The event, which attracts all kinds of pets and animals lovers to Ballam Park, was scheduled to run until 3pm but was closed around noon when winds caused chaos. Thousands of households across the state were without power for hours after the severe storm blew up on Sunday 9 October. Emergency services received more than 5600 calls for assistance, as winds reached up to 119 kmh. The Blessing of the Fleet on Frankston pier was also cancelled due…
The 2016 Frankston Festival of Rugby (FFR) incorporating the 2016 Melbourne International Sevens was a huge success following the inaugural event held in 2015. Six teams from Fiji participated alongside one team from South Australia and five Victorian teams in the men’s draw, as well as four Victorian teams in the women’s competition. The entertaining Rugby Sevens, Pacific Island performances, food stalls and kids’ activities provided a carnival for all. Results: Melbourne Fiji defeated the Victorian Rebels (woman’s cup final); Box Hill Rugby Club defeated Festival State Bula Boys (men’s cup final); Melbourne Sinali defeated Bula Quins (men’s plate final);…
GETTING up every day to go to work was something Frankston’s Kirsty Biswas thought she might never have the opportunity to do. But the 22-year-old, who has overcome long-term unemployment and now works as a membership sales consultant at Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre in Frankston, said her life is back on track. “I feel like a weight has been lifted off my chest. Now I can function and feel normal, and have a life for myself and my son, and hopefully his father too,” she said. Ms Biswas is one of more than 160 young people in the Frankston-Mornington Peninsula…
TWO Frankston North teenagers were charged with aggravated burglary and theft of a car after incidents in the Frankston North and Pines areas last week. Detective Sergeant Brett Daly, of Frankston CIU, said police will allege the pair – aged 18 and 16 – broke into houses to steal jewellery, wallets and car keys, Monday 10 October. In one instance, a resident walked into his lounge room to find them standing there. The 16-year-old simply said, “Sorry mate,” as they ran from the house with the man’s car keys, stealing his Holden Commodore parked in the driveway. The car was…