A CHARITY has received a $40,000 grant to expand school-based paediatric clinics in Frankston.The grant was awarded to Menzies: Caring For Kids by Frankston Council. Menzies: Caring For Kids president Kevin Johnson said “ongoing investment in school-based paediatric clinics will support research into the long-term impact of these services, helping to build a sustainable pathway to healthcare for the children who need it most.” “Many children from low socioeconomic backgrounds don’t see a general practitioner, let alone a paediatrician,” he said. “Funding towards this program will help change that.”Since 2017, Menzies: Caring for Kids has delivered more than 7,600 free…
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A BREAST care nurse working across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula is celebrating 25 years in the healthcare industry.Jenny Macindoe has been a breast care nurse for 25 years. For the last eight years she has been with the McGrath Foundation, working out of Peninsula Health hospitals.Macindoe said that an experience with a high school teacher helped set her on her path. “One of my favourite teachers from my high school years was diagnosed with breast cancer, and while I was doing my training in Sydney, she came to Sydney for treatment,” she said. “I went and visited her. She…
AFTER more than two years in the pipeline, a multi-storey building has been approved by Frankston Council for 438-444 Nepean Highway.The approved proposal at the former Frankston Cinemas site is for a 14 storey mixed-use building with 144 residential apartments. The building will also house one shop, two food and drink premises, a wellness centre, and a gym.The permit for 438-444 Nepean Highway was approved almost unanimously. Cr Emily Green abstained, and the remaining councillors voted in favour. Frankston mayor Kris Bolam said “council’s newly adopted FMAC Structure Plan is giving greater confidence to investors that Frankston City is a…
MENTONE and Mordialloc lifesavers were recognised for their efforts in the water last week at Life Saving Victoria’s Awards of Excellence.In front of more than 500 people at the Sofitel Grand Ballroom, the Junior Lifesaver of the Year award was given to Mentone Life Saving Club’s Angus Liddell. It was also a good evening for the Mordialloc Life Saving Club, which was named Victorian Championship Point Score winner. Mordialloc member Jemma Holt was named Youth Athlete of the Year, the U14 Girls Beach Relay Team was named the U14/U15 Team of the Year, and the Male 4x25m Manikin Carry Team…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughFOR a considerable time the people of Mornington have been buoyed up under the impression that there was every likelihood of the line between Frankston and Mornington being electrified, and rosy visions of future progress and prosperity were indulged in, but on Thursday last the Railway Commissioner-in-chief paid Mornington an official visit, and was waited upon by representatives of the Mornington Shire Council and Progress Association, who laid before the Commissioner a strong plea for the electrification of the line, based upon the rapid material progress of Mornington during the past two years.The Commissioner, in reply, said:…