A FRANKSTON woman with Huntington’s disease and her husband have paid tribute to Peninsula Health staff for helping them receive new equipment through the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Fiona Winsborough has received a new wheelchair, as well an air mattress and other specialised care items including hip protectors, a falls sensor alarm, and a tilt-in-space shower commode. Her husband Karl said that he “was struggling to get anything done for Fiona” before her equipment was overhauled. Mr Winsborough said the equipment upgrade had allowed him to return to work part-time. He said he was “extremely impressed” with the work done…
Author: Bayside News
By Lily Kristanto FORCED to close their doors to dine-in customers during the COVID-19 pandemic, cafes have had to adapt in order to remain afloat. Mikaela Keysers, owner of Karingal cafe Two Boys, One Beagle and A Coffee Shop, said “changing the way you do business” is the key to getting through the pandemic. “It’s a lot different to what we were doing before. It’s a lot to work out, not hard, just something to get used to,” she said. Ms Keysers said that support from the community had helped cafes like hers stay open. “Heaps of locals [are] coming…
STUDENTS are set to get back into school classrooms next week. Students statewide have been undertaking remote learning during Term 2 while the coronavirus pandemic has been ongoing. The state government has now announced a path back to onsite learning for Victorian students. On 26 May prep, grade one, grade two, VCE, and VCAL students will return to schools. Specialist school students will also return to onsite learning at the same time. Students in years three to ten are scheduled to return to onsite learning on 9 June, although can return to schools before then if their parents or carers…
WORKS are nearing completion for three major local sporting projects. Kerr Crescent Reserve, known as the Aspendale Gardens Sports Ground, and Chadwick Reserve in Dingley Village are both receiving major overhauls. Works on a new pavilion at Jack Grut Reserve in Mordialloc are also weeks away from completion. Stage one works at Chadwick Reserve will add sporting fields and lighting. Landscaping has also been undertaken as part of the project. At Aspendale Gardens Sports Ground, stage one works include creating sporting fields and car parking. The projects are ongoing during the coronavirus pandemic, with social distancing measures being enforced at…
A MAN has been charged in relation to a hit and run that left a man dead in Dingley Village last year. On 20 December 2019, around 4.30am, a man’s body was spotted by a passerby on Spring Road. Emergency services attended but the 53-year-old man from Dingley Village had died at the scene. A few days later, a 19-year-old Dandenong South man handed himself into police and was charged with culpable driving, dangerous driving causing death, and fail to stop and render assistance. Last week a second man was arrested by police. On 6 May a 19-year-old Diamond Creek…