KNITTING is a thread that connects the community at Aspendale Gardens Community Service. People are invited to drop in to the centre on Tuesday mornings to sip some free tea and help knit some scarves, beanies, blankets, toys, childrens’ and babies’ clothing to be distributed to the needy. “The knitting mornings offer a wonderful opportunity for members of the community to share a cuppa and meet new friends while all the while creating knitted items that are desperately needed in our community,” community development coordinator Angela Costigan said. The mornings are part of the Knit One Give One (KOGO) initiative…
Author: Bayside News
UP to 25 stolen “high-end” cycles were recovered when police raided a factory in Southern Rd, Mentone, Thursday 11 August. Senior Constable Chris Victory, of the Caulfield Divisional Response Crew, said some of the bikes – including Schwinn, Giant and Cervelo makes – were valued at $12,000 each. They were allegedly stolen from properties from Mentone to Seaford over several months. A 36-year-old man and an 18-year-old girl, of Mentone, have been charged and bailed to appear at Moorabbin Justice Centre on 17 October charged with trafficking and possessing drugs of dependence, handling stolen goods and dealing property suspected to…
CAR parts valued at $13,000 were stolen from a vehicle restoration factory in Mordialloc overnight Thursday last week. The business, Muscle Cars, of Japaddy St, was the victim of an arson attack in October last year and is currently unoccupied, although cars are sometimes stored there. Police said offenders entered through a gap in the fence and then forced a door in the office area after midnight, Thursday 11 August. They stole two superchargers valued at $7000, the brakes of a burnt-out 1967 Mustang valued at $5000 and four Go Jacks valued at $1000. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc…
BOUNDARIES will be put in place to limit advertising around sports field boundaries at Kingston reserves. Under new guidelines adopted by Kingston Council advertising signs are allowed on scoreboards, coaches’ boxes and fences but not on toilet blocks. Club identification signs are allowed on pavilions and a limited number of free-standing signs will be allowed to promote club membership drives and events. Kingston mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley said the Guidelines for Advertising and Promotional Signs on Council Sporting Reserves “struck a fine balance between meeting the needs of local sports clubs and responding to resident concerns over the growing amount…
SIX artists and organisations will share in $22,000 to help develop a range of original works including a community art day, a new mural for Clarinda Community Centre, and a photography book documenting local industrial estates thanks to the annual Kingston Arts Grants. Mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley said the grants helped support community artists and arts organisations display innovative and creative arts. “We’re proud to support such an interesting and diverse group of grassroots community artists and I’m looking forward to seeing their projects in action.” Grants are provided in four categories: community grants (up to $3000), youth arts internship…