HOMELESSNESS and mental illness in Frankston are being tackled through a program that includes the acquisition of 16 properties for people in need. Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said the state government will buy ten properties and lease six under a Rapid Housing Assistance program for people in need. They had also funded $3.5 million to partner with ‘Haven Home Safe’ to provide accommodation in Frankston for people with severe mental illness. The funding package will support 19,000 people at risk of or experiencing homelessness over the next five years, providing targeted support for especially rough sleepers, young people and veterans.…
Author: Bayside News
MORE than 500 bottles and 118 shopping bags weighing more than 146kg were removed from the base of Olivers Hill during a recent clean-up day run by Frankston Beach Patrol. The volunteer organisation picks up rubbish every month from different locations along Frankston’s coast line, and this month conservation organisation Sea Shepherd Marine Debris Campaign volunteers helped the group pick up rubbish. Frankston Beach Patrol manager John Billing said Sea Shepherd’s Trent Williams contacted him a few months ago and asked if they could join us for one of the patrol’s clean-ups. “Knowing that Olivers Hill can be particularly challenging,…
A COUPLE in their 30s was arrested during a routine police check in Wandella Rd, Mt Martha, early Monday morning last week, and later charged with a range of offences. The man and woman in their early 30s, of Carrum Downs, were seen sitting in a car, 2am, by Mornington police. The man was allegedly found to be wanted on five outstanding warrants. He was charged with going equipped to steal, theft from a vehicle, carrying a false licence, and possession of a drug of dependence. The woman was charged with possession of the drugs ice and GHB. They appeared…
THE much-troubled AquaSphere at the Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre will be dismantled in the wake of several incidents where swimming centre goers were injured on the slide. Two boys were injured on the AquaSphere slide in February and the ride was closed by PARC management pending investigations into the slide’s safety. One of the boys was concussed and the other suffered a fractured elbow. The AquaSphere was also previously closed for ten months after two adults suffered head injuries on the slide in August 2014. Frankston mayor Cr Brian Cunial said council is “delighted” PARC “have taken the necessary actions…
ESCALATING tensions between the Rebels and Comanchero outlaw motorcycle clubs may have led to shots being fired at a Carrum Downs gym, 3am, Friday 18 November. Echo Task Force detectives are appealing for public assistance after two shots were fired through the front roller door of the Nitro gym, which has links to the Comancheros, on Frankston-Dandenong Rd. Acting Sergeant Melissa Seach, of police media, said one person in the gym at the time was not injured. Detectives are keen to speak to anyone seeing any suspicious activity in the area. They are “actively monitoring” tensions between the groups. Anyone…