UPDATE: Friday 22 April 2016 Missing teenager Hailey Dell-Clooney has been located safe and well this evening. Police would like to thank the public and media for their assistance. _________ Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing Frankston teen Hailey Dell-Clooney. Hailey has been missing since Monday and police have concerns for her due to a medical condition and her age. Investigators have released an image of Hailey in the hope that someone may recognise her. Hailey is of Caucasian appearance, medium build, fair complexion with shoulder length brown hair. Anyone who sees Hailey is urged to…
Author: Bayside News
A CARRUM man living in a caravan suffered “major head injuries and brain swelling” when a group of men burst in and stole a safe, 9.15pm, Sunday. Chelsea police said four or five men entered the back yard of the house in Church Rd and forced their way into the van where the man, 20, was living. They threatened him with a large kitchen knife and hit him on the head several times with a baseball bat. He also received deep lacerations to his left foot. Occupants of the house watched the attack in horror. The offenders ran off with…
KINGSTON Council and Mordialloc Beach Patrol have joined forces to hold the first annual Cigarette Butt Clean Up Day on Sunday April 23 and are calling on community volunteers to join in. Mordialloc Beach Patrol’s area manager Tony Buckle said the group had launched monthly clean-ups late last year and had been disgusted by the high number of dumped cigarette butts along the Mordialloc beach and recreational areas. “Mordialloc Beach Patrol has collected over 10,000 dumped cigarette butts in just five, one hour sessions with only a handful of volunteers,” Mr Buckle said. “We’re calling on the community to join…
AUSTRALIAN breakthrough band Stonefield will rock the crowds at the upcoming City of Kingston Harvest Festival. The annual Harvest Festival brings a little bit of country to Kingston with top bluegrass, rockabilly and country artists set to perform on Saturday 7 May at Bicentennial Park in Chelsea. This year’s event, marking Harvest Festival’s 10th anniversary, will be headlined by Stonefield just back from their successful US tour. The four sisters hailing from rural Victoria won the Triple J Unearthed High contest in 2010 and have been growing from strength to strength on the international festival circuit. The event will also…
PAINTED windows may have prevented the earlier discovery of a fire which caused “moderate” damage to Richmond and Bennison lawyers, Main St, Mordialloc, Friday 15 April. A street sweeper and a passing coffee van operator said they could smell smoke about 4am but couldn’t determine where it was coming from. It was not until 7am that the fire’s location was established and fire crews alerted. About 10 CFA and MFB fire trucks arrived soon after. Police said the offenders had set fire to a number of areas on the ground floor. An arson chemist attended the scene later that day,…