A FREE event will take place next week to raise awareness of the work being done to help Frankston families sleeping rough. Frankston Homelessness Network and Community Support Frankston, in partnership with council, will host a barbeque lunch, coffee van, and live music on 8 August to help raise awareness for their work. The day aims to get people connected with services that may help them in times of need. The event will take place during Homelessness Week 2019, which runs from 4 August – 10 August. Frankston mayor Michael O’Reilly said “everyone has the right to secure, affordable, safe…
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THE BreastScreen Victoria van will roll into Frankston on 5 August, offering free breast checks to women over 40. BreastScreen Victoria says that a breast screen is recommended for women older than 50 every two years, to help detect cancer early and act quickly. Frankston resident Tracee Davis-Hall was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer in June 2017, and said that getting checked regularly is “critical”. She went for a check after her GP asked her if she’d recently had a mammogram. “I felt fine and had a normal health check every 12 months but I couldn’t remember the last…
Police have arrested a 26-year-old Edithvale man and 40-year-old Skye woman after an aggravated carjacking in Frankston this afternoon. It is understood the victim, a 68-year-old Langwarrin man, was getting out of his parked vehicle about 3pm near Inglenook Crescent and Havana Crescent, when a man approached him and produced a knife. The man stole the victim’s car and drove away. The victim was not physically injured during the incident. Police responded shortly after when the vehicle was seen driving erratically around the Frankston and Skye area. The vehicle was located at an address in Skye and the two were…
Police have today arrested seven people and seized several thousand cannabis plants as part of an investigation into an organised drug syndicate operating in Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs. The Clandestine Laboratory Squad, along with detectives from Crime Command, Southern Metro Region and Eastern Region, plus members of the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force executed eight warrants at commercial and residential premises from 6am this morning as part of Operation Escapist. These suburbs included Clayton South, Waterways, Springvale, Dandenong South, Pakenham, Rowville and Carrum Downs. As a result, four men and three women were arrested and will now be…
Dandenong Police arrested a male after he was found in a Dandenong fish and chip shop last night. The 39-year-old Frankston man made a splash diving through the roof of a Dandenong fish n chip shop at about 8.10pm. Police located him hiding out with the frozen fish display cabinet trying to blend in. The man had tried to slip through the police net and get off the hook. The man is now floundering in the cells with time to mullet over. The man has been charged with burglary and criminal damage and was remanded to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’…