NEARLY a third of new COVID-19 cases recorded in Victoria on Sunday were from Frankston. There were 16 new cases of coronavirus found statewide on 27 September. Frankston residents made up five of those. All new cases found in the Frankston area were within the postcode 3199. Across the whole municipality, there are nine active cases of COVID-19 as of 27 September. One of those positive tests was linked to the Baptcare Peninsula View aged care site in Frankston South. Baptcare has confirmed that a contractor who last worked at the site on 23 September had tested positive. “Out of…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
LOCAL playgrounds and outdoor gym equipment reopened last week, as COVID-19 restrictions were slightly relaxed. Families were able to enjoy the play equipment again after the easing of restrictions at midnight on 13 September. Kingston Council CEO Julie Reid confirmed that council had removed posters and cordoning tape from local playgrounds. “While everyone is now free to use the playgrounds and gym equipment, we ask the community to continue to practice social distancing and wear their masks at all times, and to wash their hands regularly,” she said. Skate parks and barbeque facilities remain closed under the current COVID-19 guidelines.…
AFL SYDNEY Swans captain Luke Parker played his 200th AFL game this season. He has won a premiership, made the All Australian team, finished second in the Brownlow voting, and won two best and fairest medals. Despite his many achievements in the AFL, a lone senior outing for the Langwarrin Football Club still ranks high on the list of Parker’s best memories. Before making the move to New South Wales to start his AFL career in 2011, Parker pulled on the blue and white guernsey he had grown up wearing for a solitary senior game. “It was an incredible memory,”…
CARETAKER period has kicked in for Victorian councils, with elections now just one month away. Frankston Council entered caretaker period on 22 September, after holding their final ordinary meeting the night prior. Caretaker mode prohibits councils from making certain types of decisions and from producing materials which could affect voting at the election. Nominations for the council election also closed on 22 September. The local government elections will take place by postal vote. Election material will be sent out by mail between 6 October and 8 October. Campaigning will be made more difficult this year by the current COVID-19 restrictions,…
THE Mentone Hotel is set to reopen next year. The building was purchased by Momentum Developments in late 2014. An original plan to convert the building into apartments without a substantial pub space was abandoned in 2018 after community pushback (“Mentone Hotel saved’, The News, 18/4/18). Paul Huggins from Momentum Developments said “the restoration of the hotel is well underway, and the heritage listed building will be stunning when it’s completed.” “People will be blown away by the hospitality space,” he said. “It is important we get every detail right and that is not just limited to the commercial business,…