A DINGLEY Village man awoke when a white Holden ute with two men aboard reversed up his driveway and rammed into his garage door, 2.35am, Tuesday. The victim, 53, of Harrier Ct, confronted one of the men before the ute reversed into him, and he ended up in the tray. The man jumped out as the ute drove off and then tackled the driver of another car – a white 4X4 ute – grabbing him around the neck. That car did a hasty U-turn on the nature strip, damaging a fence and narrowly missing neighbours’ cars, and drove off. The…
Author: Bayside News
A PATTERSON Lakes man was assaulted after a night out in Chelsea Heights and left with facial injuries and a possible fracture of his right arm. The man, 25, told police he and a few friends enjoyed a night drinking and dancing at a local hotel, Saturday (30 January) night. At some stage he noticed his friend involved in a “bit of pushing and shoving” on the dance floor and intervened. At 2am he left on his own and walked to a nearby takeaway in Wells Rd, but was attacked and hit to the forehead with a metal pole, causing…
A MAN was arrested in Carrum after allegedly being found by police with an imitation handgun wrapped in a black balaclava hidden under his car’s front seat. He later told police he used the items to play “cops and robbers” with his young son. Chelsea uniform police had earlier approached a car in the Stephens St car park, 4.30am, Saturday (30 January), with five men inside. The man, 32, allowed police to search the car and admitted to owning the silver coloured cap gun and balaclava with red skull print. He was arrested and taken to Chelsea Police Station where…
HERITAGE Victoria has approved a planned redevelopment of the Mentone Hotel in principle paving the way for an apartment complex and townhouses to be built at the Beach Rd site. The heritage permit is the first stage in the planning application process. The planned development of the hotel, also known as The Edgy, will be assessed by Kingston Council before final approval. Heritage Victoria stated: “The Construction Management plan must include a structural engineers report detailing the measures being employed to ensure that all historic features of the heritage place are adequately protected during the course of carrying out the…
FOUR sets of twins starting school at Kilbreda College was news enough: the big news is they join nine sets of twins already there. The newcomers – all entering Year 7 last week – are identical twins Laura and Sarah, Lucy and Miranda and Emily and Grace, and non-identical twins Briana and Mia. The other twins already attending the college, in Mentone, are in years 8-12. The Year 7 twins joined in orientation classes and made the most of the opportunity to get to know their classmates and make new friends. “Kilbreda College prides itself on being a girls’ school…