A HEART attack nearly killed Frankston father Duncan Rodger last year. Nearly six months on, he has been reunited with the paramedics who helped save his life. Rodger, 44, was asleep last September when his wife Kim noticed his breathing had changed. She quickly phoned 000, but the situation soon worsened. Shortly after calling emergency services her husband stopped breathing. She began administering CPR, and kept going for eight minutes while paramedics arrived. Rodger said that the quick thinking saved his life. “If she didn’t know CPR I wouldn’t have made it. If she didn’t know it there’d be no…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
THE Peninsula Community Legal Centre in Frankston says it will have to cut some of its free services if its government funding doesn’t increase. The PCLC offers free legal services and advice to people across many areas, including housing, family arrangements, employment, health, finances, and personal safety. PCLC CEO Jackie Galloway says that the centre is helping more people than ever in the midst of the cost of living crisis, and that increased funding is badly needed. “With so many struggling with the cost of living and housing crises, we are seeing an unprecedented number of people who are buckling…
A BONBEACH aged care home is set to close its doors, impacting nearly 50 elderly residents. Calvary Bonbeach will permanently close on 31 May. Residents and their families were informed of the closure on 13 February. 49 residents will be moved to other Calvary facilities, or to other homes if needed. In a media release, Calvary said the Bonbeach home was “unable to meet the expectations of contemporary age care services into the future as it predominantly features shared bedrooms and bathroom facilities. “Calvary has decided to close the home as the extensive redesign and building works needed to modernise…
CHANGES to the intersections of Nepean Highway, Station Street, and McLeod Road in Carrum are being considered. The level crossing at Station Street in Carrum was removed in February 2020. At the same time the intersection of Station Street and McLeod Road changed from a t-intersection to a multi-leg cross intersection. In November 2020 a 75-year-old woman was killed in a car crash at the intersection of Station Street and McLeod Road. A survey on potential changes to the intersection is now underway. The VicRoads website reads that responses “will help inform planning for future safety improvements at the intersection.”…
CLOSED lanes on Hall Road have reopened to traffic after the completion of major upgrade works. The state and federal governments have spent $141.25 million each upgrading Hall Road. Work began in 2022, and major works wrapped up last week. In total, 5.2 kilometres of new lanes were completed and new signalised intersections were installed at McCormicks Road, Taylors Road, Western Port Highway, and Evans and Cranbourne-Frankston roads. Minor works will take place throughout the rest of this year. The state government says that the end of major works came nine months ahead of schedule. Federal infrastructure minister Catherine King…