A DIRECT care worker working for Frankston Council has tested positive for COVID-19. The worker was last with clients on 7 August and is now self-isolating. Close contacts have been contacted by the Department of Health and Human Services. Council CEO Phil Cantillon said “at this stage it is believed close contact encounters have been minimal. Close contact means having face-to-face contact for more than 15 minutes or sharing an enclosed space for more than two hours with a person who has tested positive.” “We take the safety of our clients very seriously and all direct care staff are provided…
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Claudia Skubel A DECISION on an eight storey building at Bayside Shopping Centre has been deferred by Frankston Council. Council deferred consideration of the permit application due to issues related to the provision of parking spaces. The complex, which would include a basement level carpark, shops, and office spaces, requires the provision of 3416 parking spaces from the existing Bayside Shopping Centre. Cr Colin Hampton said he “had a feeling [they] needed to double check how many spaces were actually part of the Bayside Shopping Centre (…) and they’ve come up very short”. Council officers found there to be only…
WALKERS across Victoria have been stumbling upon villages of colourful spoons. The Spoonvilles have been putting smiles on faces during the COVID-19 pandemic. One has been set up on Wahgunyah Crescent in Langwarrin.Willow (below) was among the visitors to the spoon village. First published in the Frankston Times – 17 August 2020
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a woman after an affray at a Café in Frankston yesterday, Tuesday 11 August 2020. It will be alleged a woman attended a café on Beach Street just before 12.20pm on 11 August and was spoken to by another woman at the café as she was not wearing a mask. The incident escalated and police were called. On police arrival the woman allegedly refused to state her name and assaulted a police officer. The 58-year-old Frankston woman was arrested and has since been charged with a string of offences including breaching the directions…
A THEFT from a Moorabbin shopping centre is being investigated by police. Police believe a man entered the Nepean Highway shop at around 4pm, 19 July and stole multiple items. Stolen items included a Tommy Hilfiger grey windcheater and navy pants, an Adidas navy top, superdry green pants, and a KSCY windcheater. The man left in a silver Subaru station wagon bearing the stolen plates 1NZ-6CE. The number plate had been stolen from Narre Warren South earlier in the month. The man police wish to speak to is “perceived to be Caucasian in appearance, approximately 175cm tall and aged in…