APRIL is pet registration time – and Kingston Council is reminding all cat and dog owners to ensure their pets comply. Registering pets is the best way to ensure owners are reunited if their pets are lost or run away. Over the past two years, all properly registered dogs collected by Kingston Council rangers have been successfully returned to their owners. Kingston mayor Tamsin Bearsley has her family’s five-year-old maltese/shitzu cross, Roxy, registered each year. “Roxy is a much-loved part of our family and the thought of losing her is heartbreaking,” Cr Bearsley said. “I encourage all pet owners to…
Author: Bayside News
ÉCUME Gallery in Aspendale will host Participation Mystique, the latest exhibition by NY based photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Georgeson. The gallery’s first solo exhibition – and Georgeson’s first in Melbourne – will run Friday 8 to Friday 22 April. The opening night event on Friday will run 7-9pm. Born in Sydney, Georgeson has a permanent collection at The National Portrait Gallery of Australia, Canberra, and has won numerous awards, including World Press Photo, Leica, Cannes, and New York Festival. Écume gallery, which opened in November, offers an intimate and engaging space for Bayside residents to taste established and emerging art.…
DOGS are allowed more exercise time on Kingston’s beaches under winter foreshore restrictions in place until 31 October. Owners are reminded that all dogs must be on leash until they reach the sand area and must remain under effective control at all times. Under winter rules, dogs must be on leash 11am-3pm at Mentone, Parkdale and Mordialloc (Plummer Rd, Mentone to Bay St, Mordialloc) and Aspendale, Edithvale, Chelsea, Bonbeach and Carrum (Mordialloc Creek to McLeod Rd, Carrum). The 24-hour dog off-leash beaches are still active at: Mentone (the northern end of the beach from Charman Rd to Plummer Rd) and…
By Craig MacKenzie STATE League soccer kicks off this weekend and there have been major changes to some first team squads in the Frankston and Peninsula region. Here are the first team squads for 2016 with the previous club of new signings listed in brackets (Strikers and Seaford have named one large squad for both firsts and reserves): BAXTER GOALKEEPERS: Daniel D’Alfonso, Francis Beck. DEFENDERS: Heath Goss (Mornington), Matt Owens (Mornington), Jake Kidder, Frank Ntim, Paul Swann. MIDFIELDERS: Daniel Sharratt, Bryce Ingram, Marcus Oliphant, Brendan Norris, Dan Disseldorp. FORWARDS: Liam Kilner, Rhys Wilson, Mark Pags (Gretna, Scotland). FRANKSTON PINES GOALKEEPERS:…
THE CFA volunteers’ association believes diversity is vital to CFA and its work of protecting the community. Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria District 8 president Eric Collier says being a CFA volunteer is “about commitment, skills and professionalism”. “CFA brigades welcome volunteers of any gender, age or cultural background. The one thing we all have in common is a commitment to serve our communities,” Mr Collier said. “CFA Brigades are from the community and for the community. We want our membership to be as diverse as the communities of which we are part. “The jobs a volunteer can undertake are quite…