MOTORISTS will be faced with more road closures this week as work continues on the Mordialloc Freeway project. Centre Dandenong Road between Boundary and Tootal roads will close from 8pm Friday 26 February to 5am Monday 1 March. Beams will be lifted into place for the freeway bridge over the road. While the road is closed, detours will be in place via Old Dandenong Road or Lower Dandenong Road. Pedestrian access along Centre Dandenong Road will also be cut off between 11pm and 9am, with detours via Howard and Lower Dandenong roads. Springvale Road between Wells and Pillars roads is…
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Local shoppers in Frankston can now experience a fresh new-look supermarket with the completion of the Woolworths Karingal Hub store renewal. Over twenty new jobs have been created in the supermarket to cope with the additional customers due to the closure last year of the other Woolworths store in the Hub, which was part of the shopping centre’s major redevelopment plans. Amongst the convenient new features, customers can expect an extensive fresh fruit and vegetable section, with certified organic products, as well as a range of fresh fish and seafood and a new look continental style deli. The renewed store now also…
DOCTORS at Frankston Hospital are leading the line for a new treatment for asthmatics. A program at the hospital has been treating asthma patients with injections. Peninsula Health’s director of thoracic medicine Associate Professor David Langton has been in charge of the program. “We have been involved with asthma research for over 10 years and are pleased to be at the forefront of new treatments for our patients” Mr Langton said. “The results of the treatments to date are amazing. About 95 per cent of patients are improved, often greatly so, with marked reductions in asthma symptoms, reductions in exacerbations,…
A YOUNG Mornington Peninsula dancer is the star of a new mural which has been installed at the Frankston Arts Centre. Olivia Gard, 16, first performed at the Frankston Arts Centre when she was just three-years-old. Now a snapshot of her dancing features above the box office for all Arts Centre patrons to see. Ms Gard appears next to Archie Roach and Rhonda Burchmore in the mural. “It’s a real honour to appear next to these amazing people,” Ms Gard said. “I always have to be dancing. If I see a show somewhere, I want to be on the stage.…
A GOLDEN retriever which was allegedly stolen from a Frankston South home last week has been reunited with her owner. Two men have been charged by police in relation to the alleged theft of Peggy. Two Somerville residents, a 44-year-old man and a 52-year-old man, were charged with aggravated burglary and theft. They were remanded to face Melbourne Magistrates Court on 20 February. Police say Peggy “is now back with her owner and doing well”. First published in the Frankston Times – 23 February 2021