A MAN and a woman brandishing a hand gun held up the Shell service station at Five Ways, Baxter, 6.10pm, Tuesday. Luckily, no one was hurt in the robbery in which the pair rode up on a motor cycle and walked into the convenience store wearing their helmets and sunglasses. CCTV footage shows the woman pointing the gun at the attendant as she demands money from the till. Sergeant John Coburn, of Somerville police complex, said the attendant was traumatised by the incident. The pair made off with a small quantity of cash. Police are examining footage of the incident…
Author: Bayside News
By TERRI LEE FATOUROS THINK your rock might be lacking gutsy grunge blues, or your passion for it withering? Then atone, my friends, and get yourself down to soul repenting, mystical “shakin & rockin” blues rock with The Electric Church. With eccentric mastermind Baron Franco on lead vocals/guitar as the charismatic front man of the band, flavoured by bassist, Jesse Ingram and interchanging with their tight new rhythmic drummer, Paul Fiddes, and playing in the style of “New Blues-based Alternative Rock,” you’ll be impressed with the funky, raw, and gritty rocking blues the Electric Church is churning out. The Electric…
RESIDENTS whose efforts have made a difference to Kingston were honoured at the Citizen of the Year Awards held at Kingston Council’s annual Australia Day Breakfast at City Hall this month. The four awards include Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, Community Group of the Year and Young Community Group of the Year. Presenting the awards, mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley said each of the award winners had all helped make Kingston a stronger community. “The winners, and indeed all of the nominees, have made outstanding contributions across a wide range of areas in Kingston,” Cr Bearsley said.…
THE Australasian Golf Club will host the 4th annual ‘Thank You Chelsea SES Golf Day’ at Chelsea Public Golf Course, 29 Fraser Ave, on Sunday 28 February. Once again, all funds raised throughout the day will go to the Chelsea SES Unit. A breakfast of egg and bacon rolls from the barbecue will be available before teeing off at about 8am. Following a round of golf, lunch can be bought from SES master chefs at the barbecue which will be loaded up with snags and burgers, and just like breakfast; all at very reasonable prices. To top it all off,…
A TRAWLING expedition by fisheries officers on land and sea netted 144 anglers breaking such rules as catching too many fish, using too many lines and keeping undersized catches. Despite the number of anglers booked, Fisheries Victoria says its Operation Billit found “the vast majority” of anglers in Western Port and Port Phillip “are doing so legally”. The operation was targeting snapper anglers but caught one angler with too many calamari and another with abalone. “We inspected 2100 recreational anglers on the water and at the boat ramps, we detected a total of 144 offenders were detected,” Fisheries Victoria’s Bob…