A WATERWAYS woman at home with her son, 7.25pm, Saturday, screamed when an unknown woman came in through the unlocked front door and demanded the keys to her car. The woman’s husband had only been gone 10 minutes from the Barmah Av house when the stranger walked in with a hoodie and scarf over her face. Her son ran downstairs when he heard the scream and the stranger ran out the front door, meeting up with five men who were apparently waiting for her. They drove off in a dark coloured Commodore. There were no injuries and nothing was stolen.…
Author: Bayside News
A LARGE police operation involving 24 Kingston police officers, Dog Squad and Air Wing tracked a gang of burglars for several hours in the southern suburbs, early Sunday morning, as they set out to raid stores at Chadstone, DFO Moorabbin, Waverly Gardens and a service station in East Boundary Rd, Bentleigh. The men were seen “casing” Southland shopping centre but drove off when they saw they were being monitored and turned their attention to DFO, in Centre Dandenong Rd, where they stole clothing valued at $10,000 from Kathmandu, 3.30am. Police said the men, driving a stolen silver Toyota Camry sedan,…
NEW parents are learning valuable parenting skills, making new friends and getting expert advice at Kingston Council’s Smalltalk Supported Playgroups. Seven groups meet across the city each week to help families and new arrivals develop parenting skills and confidence. Carrum group member young mum Corissa had just moved to the area when she heard about the Smalltalk Supported playgroup and took her three-year-old Madison along. “Madison absolutely loves going to play group to see her new friends and I’ve made some great long-lasting friends there too,” Corissa said. “The sessions are delivered in a fun and friendly way, all of…
CAST members from the Frankston People’s Playhouse Theatre company selected for the Frankston production of Annie received a special masterclass by musical theatre star Michael Cormick on Saturday 21 May. People’s Playhouse was inundated with children auditioning for the lead roles in Annie, which will be staged during the July school holidays, under director Michelle Thomas. Cormick, who played Daddy Warbucks in the professional production of Annie that toured Australia in 2012, is known to Australian and international audiences as a consummate singer and actor. He has been the lead in many musicals and has appeared in several major television…
GUITARIST Matthew Fagan and pianist Daniel Tucceri will perform Solstice, 3pm, Sunday 19 June at St John’s Church, Flinders. It’s being billed as a concert of classical music at its emotive and technical best – a musical journey into our mythology and a rediscovery of ancient music, using acoustic instruments from Celtic and Classical to Romantic traditions. Solstice will feature the works of classical masters Vivaldi, Beethoven, Rodrigo, Bach and Paganini, with new arrangements for 10 and six-string Spanish guitar and piano. Master works from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Rodrigo’s Spanish guitar masterpiece Concierto de Aranjuez will be played.…