THE finalists of the 2024 Rick Amor Drawing Award have been announced. The drawing competition, overseen by McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin, is in its second year. It had 150 applicants vying for $20,000 in prize money. The award is named after Frankston-born artist Rick Amor, who helped establish the exhibition. He said, “a room full of drawings is a wonderful thing to behold”. “This prize gives people one more reason to keep drawing on paper – the most direct and intimate expression of an artist’s sensibility,” Amor said. The finalists are Kylie Blackley, Moira Burke, Carmel Byrne, Philip Cooper, Matthew…
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FOR the last seven years Ian Becker has been putting smiles on the faces of students at the Frankston Special Developmental School by dressing up as Santa. For his Santa duties in 2023, Becker has put his carpentry skills to use by building his own sleigh. The sleigh is powered uniquely by a disability scooter. Becker said his annual visits to the school makes the children happy. “They loved it,” he said. “I’ve been doing it there at least seven years – my sister-in-law was the bursar there for 45 years and when she found out I was doing Santa…
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for information following a robbery in Frankston last month. Police have been told a 22-year-old woman was working at a supermarket in a shopping centre on Cranbourne Road, when she was approached by an unknown offender, about 8am on 30 December 2023. The man made demands for money from the cash register before threatening to stab the store attendant. She handed over a small quantity of cash and he fled the scene. He was last spotted getting onto a bus on Cranbourne Road, headed towards Cranbourne. The supermarket worker was not injured. Investigators…
A man who attempted a carjacking in St Kilda last night has been held down by the victim and members of the public until police arrived. Police were called to the intersection of Chapel Street and Alma Road following reports of an assault and scuffle, on Wednesday 10 January, about 8.55pm. Officers have been told the 51-year-old victim was stopped at the lights, when he was approached by a man who opened his door and demanded he get out. The victim refused and was allegedly assaulted before he grabbed onto the man to try and get his car keys back.…
TWO men are wanted over the theft of a car from Mordialloc on Christmas Eve. Police believe that a red 1988 Nissan Pulsar was stolen from Avalon Street at around 7.30pm on 24 December. They say two men arrived at the scene on their bicycles before stealing the car and driving away. The first man wanted by police in connection with the theft is “perceived as Caucasian, with a medium build and believed to be in his late teens to early 20’s”, police said. The second man is “tanned, with a slim build and a moustache and believed to be…