MEMBERS of the public can find out more about Ramadan – Islam’s holiest month – by attending a meal served after sunset on Sunday 3 July. The sunset meal is a tradition of breaking a fast and will be served as a buffet by members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Victoria. The community has a mosque at Langwarrin but the meal is being served at the Uniting Church in Frankston. Those attending will get the chance to speak with mosque members and find out more about Islam. The Interfaith Iftar Dinner, 4.30pm Sunday 3 July, will be held at the…
Author: Bayside News
A MAN’S body was found in a stolen car on Thompsons Rd, Carrum Downs yesterday evening (Wednesday 22 June). Police and detectives attended the scene near the Frankston-Dandenong Rd intersection at about 6.30pm. Frankston SES lit up the area and put a tarpaulin around the Mazda sedan. Detective Ash Eames, of Frankston CIU, said the 26-year-old Aspendale man was slumped in the driver’s seat. Passers-by had noticed the stationary car and called police. It is not known how the man died. Detective Eames said a quantity of the drug ice was found in a cigarette packet and amount of cash found in the…
MOORABBIN’S Bawarchi restaurant and Kingston Arts have teamed up to dish up a tasty experience when Is It Because I’m Indian? hits the stage this week at Kingston Arts Centre. Audience members can enjoy eating spicy Indian food and watch Rajendra Moodley’s spicy one-man show about his life as a Melbourne-based actor and writer. Sick of being typecast as the “token Indian” Raj takes on the stereotypes and bullies in a rollicking ride of laughter and tears. The show is packed with colourful characters and reminds us all that everyone has their own “fragrant curry of magical realism”. Is It…
A BEAUMARIS woman told police she was followed on three occasions by a man as she left Cheltenham station. In the latest incident, the woman, 26, got off the train, 7.40pm, Wednesday 15 June, and walked towards her car in Coape St. She noticed a man following her close behind as she passed Cheltenham Primary School and crossed the road; the man did the same. She quickened her pace and the man did, too. Near Coape St the woman phoned a friend and said she was being followed. When she turned the man had disappeared. The woman told police the…
A MORDIALLOC beachside restaurant has been hit hard by thieves twice in the past week. Windows on the Bay, in Beach Rd, was robbed of $7000 cash and a $3500 safe stolen overnight Sunday 19 June – only five days after the venue was robbed of almost $3000 in another overnight raid, Thursday 16 June. In the latest incident, thieves smashed an office window and used extreme force to remove a heavy safe – bolted to the floor – containing the cash. Police said the thieves appeared to have carried the safe out through the restaurant’s front doors as it…