SOCCER By Craig MacKenzie THREE local champions and four local clubs promoted – it doesn’t get much better than that. The relegation of Frankston Pines was the only disappointing aspect to a spectacular season of achievement in local soccer. Scott Morrison’s Rosebud Heart entered the record books by winning every league game in 2016, finishing with 18 wins, 76 goals for and 11 against. In just its second year Heart joins 2014 juggernaut Eltham Redbacks as the only Victorian senior teams in over 50 years to boast a perfect record in a season. You have to go back to the…
Author: Bayside News
Prahran Highway Patrol members are appealing for public help following a hit-run involving a pedestrian at Mordialloc overnight. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Boundary and Canterbury roads after a passer-by discovered a man lying on the road about 11.40pm. It’s believed the man may have been crossing Boundary Road, at the intersection, when struck by a south-bound vehicle shortly before being found. The man was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening, injuries. Investigators believe the vehicle involved to be a Nissan Pulsar which will have damage to the front. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone who…
TASSIE Fine Foods, in Downard St, Braeside, was entered by force, overnight Saturday 3 September, in the second robbery at the premises in the past 12 months. The thieves jemmied open a fire exit door and entered upstairs offices, stealing the CCTV camera hard drive. They used an angle grinder to cut open a small safe, stealing a quantity of cash. They then stole keys to a Toyota Hi-Ace van and loaded 12 boxes of meat from the cold room valued at $6000 into the van. The thieves attempt to load a $10,000 pressure cleaner into the van using a…
A MORDIALLOC man has been charged with assault, offensive behaviour and public nuisance after allegedly throwing a bag of urine and faeces at a school girl, Tuesday 19 July. The man, in his late 50s, has been bailed to appear at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court, 9 November. Police allege the incident occurred when the girl, 14, was waiting for a bus in Charman Rd, Cheltenham, 4.20pm. She told them at the time that a person “of transgender appearance” threw the waste at her without warning. The girl said her attacker looked “shocked” immediately afterwards before running north towards the station. Nothing…
KINGSTON ranked 21st of Victoria’s 79 local council areas for animal cruelty, according to a list of hotspots released last week by RSPCA Victoria. Of the 11,840 cruelty reports received by the RSPCA across the state in 2015-16, 192 concerned animal welfare in Kingston. RSPCA Victoria CEO Dr Liz Walker said that geographic analysis of cruelty reporting data would support the RSPCA’s efforts to target its prevention activity to the areas that need it most. “[Our] vision is to end cruelty to all animals – and we know that prevention is the key to ending cruelty,” Dr Walker said. “Over…