WORK will begin next month on the construction of a new Carrum Family and Children’s Centre at Roy Dore Reserve. Kingston Council has awarded a $3.6 million contract to Clayton South builders DURA Constructions to build a new centre to replace the existing Rene Anderson Kindergarten, Carrum Child Care Centre and Carrum Maternal Child Health Centre. The Carrum Family and Children’s Centre has been funded in partnership by Kingston Council ($2m) and the state government ($1.6m). Kingston mayor Cr Geoff Gledhill said the new centre will provide an extra 33 kindergarten places, 39 long day-care places, maternal and child health…
Author: Bayside News
A CHELTENHAM man has been charged with aggravated burglary, theft and obtaining property by deception. Police allege that early Sunday morning 13 September he broke into a house in Sherwood Av, Chelsea, while the occupants were asleep upstairs and stole a laptop, car keys and the victim’s wallet. They say the man then made numerous fraudulent purchases on a stolen credit card. The next day, police executed a search warrant on a Cheltenham house and arrested the 31-year-old. Detective Senior Constable Carly O’Donnell, of Kingston CIU, said police seized other items from the man’s home which were identified as being…
Police have released an image of a man they would like to speak to following the theft of a battery pack worth $2600 from a cinema complex in Frankston this month. Investigators have been told the man attended the Wells Street complex around 7.40pm on Saturday 19 September. Once inside, he spoke to staff and claimed to be a construction worker who had left some of his tools in the main function room at the complex. The man attended the function room where it is believed he stole a $2600 battery pack which was left in the room by an…
VOLUNTEER Adele Parker has been delivering library items to Mentone’s Helen Latham for the past five years. Ms Parker, a former librarian, is a member of Kingston Home Library Service’s team who volunteers so she can share her love of books with the community. “Helen loves a good mystery novel so I keep an eye out on the library website or browse the shelves looking for new authors for her to explore,” she said. “We chat about books we’ve enjoyed and encourage one another to try something new. It’s a wonderful service – but we need to spread the word…
DOG lovers in Mentone will be able to exercise their four-legged friends at all hours of the day or night following a successful year-long trial of a 24-hour dog off leash area at Mentone beach. The permanent dog beach is located on a 450-metre long stretch of beach between Charman Rd and the entry point opposite Plummer Rd in Mentone. Dogs must be under effective control at all times and are not allowed off leash until they reach the sand. In other areas of Kingston’s beaches, summer rules governing the times dogs are allowed on beaches apply from 1 November…