ADVOCACY group Committee for Greater Frankston has called for free two-hour parking to be offered at Bayside Shopping Centre. The committee’s president Rod Evenden said parking costs at the centre have been “bleeding the retail soul out of Frankston for many years.” “Shoppers have warmly received Karingal Hub shopping centre’s $160 million redevelopment with its ample and free undercover car parking, with many describing it as brilliant. The new Karingal Hub development leaves Bayside and the CBD blatantly uncompetitive,” he said. “Two hours of free parking CBD-wide would encourage shoppers to return to our city and restore the confidence of…
Author: Bayside News
CARRUM Downs Library is completing an unlikely transformation into a late night hangout spot. The library will now open until 10pm on Thursday nights. The Libraries After Dark program welcomes visitors to enjoy a number of different activities. The program runs at many libraries statewide through funding from the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation. Frankston councillor David Asker said the initiative aims to “offer an alternative to gaming venues and online gambling.” “Between 2018 and 2019, $559 was lost at the poker machines per adult in Frankston City, which is higher than the Victorian average of $538. Frankston City residents lost…
THE Air Wing helicopter was called in to help chase down an allegedly stolen car in Langwarrin last week. At around 3pm on 3 February, police pursued the car down McClelland Drive. Police say that the car had collided with a civilian vehicle, decamped at “an excessive speed”, and eventually stopped just outside the flora and fauna reserve. Police arrested one youth inside the reserve. They later arrested a further two youths from the Cranbourne area. Police charged the alleged offenders with theft of motor vehicle, and conduct endangering life or serious injury. First published in the Frankston Times -…
COVID-19 is still lurking around and anyone with cold or flu like symptoms, however mild, should get tested. Medical authorities say every test helps the community stay safe and stay open. Symptoms can include fever, coughing, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, headache, muscle or joint pains, nausea, diarrhoea, vomiting, loss of sense of smell, altered sense of taste, loss of appetite and fatigue. Testing clinics on the Mornington Peninsula are at Eleanora House at the front of the Rosebud Hospital, in the clinic car park at Atticus Health Medical Clinic, Hastings, by appointment only, and at Rosebud Respiratory…
VISITORS to Mornington Peninsula cafes, shops and businesses are being urged to check in using QR codes or by jotting down their names and phone numbers. Checking in properly – even if only there for a coffee – allows contact tracers to more easily follow up in the event of a positive case of coronavirus. First published in the Frankston Times – 9 February 2021