Author: Bayside News

A FAVOURITE of the live music scene Joe Camilleri and his Black Sorrows will be back in town next week to launch a new album. The Faithful Satellite album, (released 16 September) is the successor to the band’s last original album, released in 2014, Certified Blue. Joe Camilleri and long-time writing partner, Nick Smith, continue to effortlessly embrace all musical styles. The album touches on everything from samba and swing, to rock ‘n’ roll and blues, and shows Camilleri is still a singer, songwriter, musician, performer and producer at the top of his game. As frontman of the seminal 70s band,…

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THE driver of a train approaching Parkdale station kept going rather than stop when he spied a swarm of wasps buzzing around the platform, Thursday morning. Metro spokesperson Sammie Back said the driver noticed a “considerable number” of the stinging insects at the station at 10.50am and, after consulting the company, was told to run express. She said there were no passengers waiting on the platform and those on the train who missed their stop were offered buses back. The wasps hung around for about an hour before dispersing. Normal services resumed later.

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Southern Metro Crime Team detectives have released images of two men they believe may be able to assist with their enquiries following a car theft and carjacking in Cheltenham on Monday. A silver Toyota Hilux ute was stolen from Dingley Village early on Monday morning (3 October). Investigators later discovered the stolen ute drove to a petrol station on Dandenong-Hastings Road near Bayliss Road in Lyndhurst about 8am. The car filled up and drove off without paying. The ute was then driven to a shopping centre carpark on Nepean Highway in Cheltenham about 1.30pm. The three occupants dumped the ute…

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A POLICE raid on a business address at Carrum Downs last week unearthed drugs, guns, ammunition, large quantity of cash – and even a pill press. Detective Senior Constable Chris Sweet, of Frankston CIU, said the eight guns seized at the Hall Rd premises included a variety of rifles and handguns. The drugs included large quantities of ice, ecstasy, a variety of pills and prescription drugs. Detectives executed the warrant on Thursday afternoon 29 September. A Carrum Downs man, 26, was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Thursday and further remanded to reappear on 20 December.

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Burglars stole two cars, large amount of cash, credit cards, and two handbags containing business papers and spectacles, all valued at almost $29,000, from a Patterson Lakes house, early Thursday 29 September. The 62-year-old owner of the Governor Arthur Drive house said she heard “male voices and a loud bang” about 2.50am but thought it must have been wind slamming the side gate. Thieves broke in through a sliding glass door and stole car keys and handbags from the lounge room. They then entered the garage and stole a white 2004 Honda CRV and a white 2012 Toyota Yaris. The…

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