HAVING dialysis treatments three times a week isn’t easy, but an assistance dog can help make it a little less rough. Elle Heuch, a 28-year-old Frankston South resident, started dialysis treatment at the Frankston Haemodialysis Unit last year when her kidneys started to fail. The treatment proved to be a difficult time for Ms Heuch. “I have type 1 diabetes so that caused my kidney failure,” Ms Heuch said. “I’d had kidney disease for about four years when my kidneys started to fail in May last year. It was terrifying, the scariest thing that has happened to me and a…
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FRANKSTON Council has voted unanimously to endorse their new busking code of conduct and street performance permit conditions. Under the revised rules, buskers will face new restrictions on how long they can play for. Buskers are now only permitted to perform for 30 minutes at a time, followed by a 10 minute break. They are forbidden from performing in one position in the municipality for longer than 90 minutes. The council officer’s report noted that the biggest changes to the code of conduct were that “street performance permits will be free, applicants [will be] vetted through a quality lens (keeping…
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision in Cranbourne on Sunday (11 August). The 20-year-old Frankston man has been charged with a number of offences relating to the collision that occurred in an allegedly stolen vehicle on South Gippsland Highway near Camms Road just after 4pm. He has been charged with numerous offences relating to the collision including one count of unlicensed driving and two counts of: Culpable drivingDangerous driving causing deathNegligently cause serious injuryDangerous driving causing serious injuryFive counts of reckless conduct endangering life and;Commit indictable offences whilst on bail He will also…
A MAN from Chelsea has died after a car crash in Mount Martha, Sunday 11 August. The 60-year-old man is believed to have been driving on The Esplanade when his car left the road and hit a power pole, around 3.15pm. He was treated at the scene but died. An 8-year-old passenger in the car was taken to hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries. The death takes the state’s road toll to 182 this year, up from 121 at the same time last year. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 14 August 2019
STAGE one of a $13 million dollar redevelopment at St Kilda’s Moorabbin training base has been officially opened. The first stage of the project has been completed in time to be used by the Saints’ AFLW team, which is set to make their debut in 2020. The completed facilities include female change rooms, player meeting rooms, match committee rooms, and a lounge. The next state of the redevelopment will add a grandstand and pool. A total of $25 million in taxpayer money has been committed towards re-homing the St Kilda Football Club at Moorabbin. Sports minister Martin Pakula said “these…