IT’S smiles all round for Frankston North residents who will now be offered free dental check-ups thanks to a partnership between new Peninsula Health and Frankston Council. Frankston mayor Cr Sandra Mayer and Peninsula Health’s community health general manager Ruth Azzopardi visited the new community dental room at Frankston North Community Centre last Monday to check out the new dentist’s chair. The free dental check-up and health education sessions will be held at the centre every second Monday. Ms Azzopardi says the free dental service will help keep out of hospital. “Dental admission is a major cause of preventable hospital…
Author: Bayside News
COPPER cabling valued at tens of thousands of dollars has been stolen in a series of overnight raids on building sites in Carrum Downs and Skye. Five sites have been hit since June, with offenders using a four-wheel-drive utility to pull cabling out of the ground before cutting it up into manageable lengths. In one raid in Frankston-Dandenong Rd, two tonnes of copper cabling valued at $13,000 was taken – with a similar amount stolen in an earlier theft at the same site. Other robberies took place at McCormick’s Rd and McClelland Dr, Carrum Downs, and Potts Rd, Skye. Around…
A CLYDE woman was taken to Frankston hospital with leg injuries, Thursday (15 October), after her Suzuki sedan was hit from behind by a truck towing a prime mover in Thompson Rd, near McCormick’s Rd, Sandhurst. The woman, 23, was driving the last of four cars which stopped abruptly to allow a car in front to turn into a driveway, Leading Senior Constable Ash Bowden, of Carrum Downs Highway Patrol, said. The force of the impact extensively damaged her car, and caused a four-vehicle pile-up about 3.50pm. The woman remained trapped in the car for 30 minutes before being released…
RECEIVING a free, hot lunch-time meal was a treat for needy residents on Thursday – thanks to Community Support Frankston’s Anti-Poverty Week activities. The emergency relief provider put on fruit and vegetable giveaways, as well as sizzling snags and delicious burgers, for up to 100 diners. The event aimed to treat some of Frankston’s most vulnerable residents and raise the profile of the local emergency relief provider. Community Support Frankston manager Steve Phillips said all welfare agencies were encouraged to make the most of Anti-Poverty Week activities. “We have a large cohort of people in poverty and do our best…
A NUMBER of builders in the Frankston area have put their talent and time into raising funds for Menzies (“Caring for Kids”) the best way they know how. Buy Property Direct in conjunction with Mainline Developments are the driving force behind the fundraising campaign, which will see the two companies and their affiliated tradesmen build a home in Langwarrin, and then auction it off early next year – with all profits going directly to Menzies Frankston. Menzies (“Caring for Kids”) is a not-for-profit organisation established in Frankston in 1901 and run by a committee of volunteers. It provides a high…