MORE mobile food van operators are set to roll out across Frankston from the middle of the year. After receiving an increased number of expressions of interest for licenses, Frankston Council has allocated a new space for food vans at Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve. New and returning vendors are set to appear around Frankston from 1 June. Frankston mayor Sue Baker said that “mobile food vans play a valuable role in shaping vibrant, welcoming destinations across Frankston City.” “It’s also exciting to see the opportunities the program offers to help local entrepreneurs test ideas and turn them into thriving businesses…
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Compiled by Cameron McCullough AT the Mornington Court on Friday last Mr. D. Berriman, the Coroner, held an injury into the death of George Cook, who was well-known in the Peninsula, and who was killed in a collision at Pt. Nepean crossing, between a motor car driven by himself and the 8.30am motor train from Frankston on January 5. Mr. C. J. Walker, an accountant of Essendon, who identified the body of Geo. Cook, said that deceased was a careful driver and had never drank. Dr. Somers stated that he attended to the victims of the accident on 5th January.…
REYCLED equipment from five Frankston playgrounds will soon get a second lease on life overseas. The equipment will make its way to Cambodia as part of the “Play It Forward” initiative, a partnership between Frankston Council and Rotary Peninsula 2.0. Rotary has equipment from 19 play spaces on pallets ready for future shipments overseas, and has already sent 26 play spaces to Cambodia in the past 15 months. The first shipment from Frankston is expected to ship out on 7 March. Pieces of equipment from Ferndale Reserve will soon travel to Siem Reap. Equipment from four more council playgrounds are…
A PROPOSAL to implement a differential rate on vacant retail buildings in Frankston’s city centre is set for further consideration. The differential rate, which is planned to be set at 300 percent of general Frankston Council rates, was proposed last year. Community consultation is underway, with submissions set to close on 4 March. Frankston Council’s website states that the differential rate would apply to 96 vacant retail properties inside Frankston’s metropolitan activity centre. The new rate would apply if the site has a building, is designed or adapted for the sole purposes of retail or general business occupation, and has…
THE Pink Ladies Auxiliary has opened its new gift shop at the redeveloped Peninsula University Hospital. Since its inception in 1968, the Pink Ladies Auxiliary has fundraised more than $11 million for the hospital. The money has been spent on vital medical equipment. The new Pinkies Gift Shop and Pinkies Cafe opened on level one of Peninsula University Hospital last week. Bayside Health Peninsula Care Group chief executive, associate professor Helen Cooper, said “the Pinkies Gift Shop looks amazing and it means a lot that we have a Pink Ladies presence here in the new building. Thank you to Karen,…