By Joseph Misuraca A MOUNT Eliza couple is working with a new statewide health initiative to track and improve children’s wellbeing. Dr Jolyon Ford and his wife Jo Ford are a Mount Eliza couple working at Peninsula Health with a new statewide health initiative called ‘GenV’. The program is designed to track Victorian babies born between 2020-2022. Its goal, according to the GenV website, is to achieve “a better approach to child health, development and wellbeing in Victoria”. It’s a voluntary program, and one of the largest of its kind. The research study is being carried out by the Murdoch…
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CONSTRUCTION work to remove two more Frankston line level crossings will begin soon. Level crossings at Glen Huntly Road and Neerim Road will be removed by lowering the line into a trench. Once the level crossing removal project is complete, the Frankston Line will be level crossing free between Flinders Street and Moorabbin Station. The boom gates are expected to be gone by 2023. Designs of the new Glenhuntly Station on the Frankston line were released this week. Work on the station is expected to start shortly. The state government says that since 2016, 10 pedestrians have been involved in…
POLICE commandeered bicycles during a pursuit in Bangholme, 20 June. Police say that a stolen Hyundai sedan crashed into two cars on Eastlink, around 8.20am. Three people fled from the car on foot into the Dandenong Creek Trail. Two attending police officers borrowed an electric bike and a push bike from two onlookers, and pursued the suspects. The three people were chased for more than a kilometer before police caught up with them. Police then arrested two 15-year-boys and a 16-year-old girl, who were taken to hospital for observation. The bicycles were returned to their rightful owners. Any witnesses or…
A 13-YEAR-old girl has been charged over an aggravated burglary in Aspendale. Police allege that a home invasion took place in Brighton on 28 May, followed by an aggravated burglary in Aspendale on 12 June and an aggravated burglary and home invasion in Lyndhurst, 12 and 13 June. Police soon arrested a 13-year-old girl in relation to the alleged offences. Southern Metro Crime Team detectives have charged her with home invasion, aggravated burglary, theft of motor vehicle and numerous other driving charges. The girl has been taken before a Children’s Court. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News -…
A TOTAL of $50,000 in grant funding has been paid to local emergency relief service providers to help them cope with rising demand from the recent lockdowns. Kingston Council has allocated the funding to numerous local groups. Pantry 5000, Bayside Community Care Emergency Food Relief, Matt’s Place, Kingston City Church Emergency Resources, Make a Difference Dingley Village, Mentone Community Assistance and Information Bureau, Chelsea Community Support Service, Churches of Christ Auspice Community Care, Bayside Community information and support services, and Chelsea Longbeach Anglican Church have been chosen to receive funding. Each organisation will receive a one-off payment of $5000. Kingston…