MORE than 300 people have had their say during a public consultation period on Kingston’s Bay Trail project. As part of planning to extend the Bay Trail shared bike and walking path from Mentone to Mordialloc, Kingston Council had called for community input on a preferred location for the new path. More than 270 people completed an online survey and around 60 people took part in council’s drop-in sessions along the foreshore. The Bay Trail will deliver an off-road path for pedestrians and cyclists to walk, ride and run along Kingston’s foreshore area. “The Bay Trail project is an important…
Author: Bayside News
KINGSTON Council and the Aspendale Gardens Community Centre will continue to run a youth service in Aspendale Gardens following a successful trial. The Aspendale Gardens Youth Initiative has had positive contact with over 1150 young people – with a strong focus on the young people aged 11 to 15 – since its launch in April last year. Mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley said the trial had been a great success providing much-needed services to the expanding youth population in Aspendale Gardens and nearby areas. “Kingston Council is proud to support this fantastic initiative that provides programs for young people right on their…
Human remains located in the Lerderderg State Park in Bacchus Marsh have been formally identified as missing teenager Cayleb Hough. The remains of the 17-year-old Chelsea Heights teenager were located in a shallow mineshaft in the vicinity of the Seerey Track on Thursday 10 March this year. The death is being treated as suspicious. Missing Persons Squad detectives will today conduct a search of the area with the assistance of the SES. Cayleb was last seen in the vicinity of The Crescent, Highett in the early hours of Sunday 20 December 2015. It is believed Cayleb was seen travelling in…
ANYONE seeking to meet a potential match online should be aware after cars were stolen earlier in the year. Detective Leading Senior Constable Richard Thomson, of Frankston CIU, said people inviting unknown possible love interests into their homes – usually at night – were courting disaster. “The victims are often too embarrassed to come forward after their assignations,” he said. “And it looks like it’s becoming a little bit more common.” In one case in Langwarrin on Sunday 3 January a man arranged to meet a potential love-match in the woman’s home before pinching her car keys and stealing the…
CATS are being given away free by the RSPCA from Thursday 14 April to Sunday 17 April. During these four days, RSPCA Victoria will be waiving its usual $110 cat adoption fee. The organisation has more than 200 adult cats at its nine adoption centres and two RSPCA Pets Place Centres. There are also cats waiting in quarantine (at least eight days before being ready for adoption). Every cat available for adoption is desexed, microchipped and vaccinated. RSPCA Peninsula is at 1030 Robinsons Rd, Pearcedale, call 5978 9000 or visit rspcavic.org/adoptacat First published in the Frankston Times – 12 April…