THERE’S a buzz about Kingston suburbs. Beekeeping is increasing in popularity as a hobby but it is important to learn the basics of beekeeping and harvesting honey before installing a hive according to a Mordialloc beekeeper. Tony Buckle says budding beekeepers should learn about urban beekeeping and an information evening at Chelsea Heights Community Centre this month is the perfect chance to head along and get some tips. “It’s like any hobby, if you go in blindly you’re just not going to do it probably,” Mr Buckle said. “There’s a lot more to it than people think and the main…
Author: Neil Walker
STATION-GOERS at Mentone say they are unhappy about unisex toilets at the train station and want gender-specific loos back for the sake of privacy. The Friends of Mentone Station and Gardens chair Dorothy Booth says women who use the toilets are often confronted by the sight of male occupants in the two unisex toilets at Mentone Train Station. “Men go in and don’t bother to lock the door,” she said. “It’s embarrassing for people. What’s wrong with sex-specific toilets? All it requires is a simple change of label on the door.” The toilets were changed from male and female toilets…
THE jury is out on whether sky rail influenced this month’s Isaacs federal election result but July still looms as a major milestone in the future of the Frankston rail line when options for the separation of road from rail at eight level crossings along the line will be revealed. Federal Labor MP Mark Dreyfus was returned for the fourth time as the Isaacs electorate’s representative in Canberra with a 5.8 per cent margin, up from 3.9 per cent, with 79 per cent of the votes tallied by the Australian Electoral Commission against an average swing of 3.42 per cent…
THE seat of Dunkley remains in Liberal Party hands by a narrow margin with Chris Crewther elected as its federal MP to represent the area in Canberra. A 4.2 per cent swing to Labor with 77 per cent of votes counted by last Friday was not enough to overcome a 5.6 per cent margin held by retiring Liberal MP Bruce Billson at the 2013 federal election. “I am very humbled by the result achieved by the Liberal Party in Dunkley and would like to thank the community for the honour and responsibility they have placed upon me by electing me…
SCULPTURES are set to be installed throughout Frankston as part of a council partnership with Sculpture by the Sea, a not-for-profit organisation based in Sydney. Frankston Council will lease 10 sculptures to be placed on public display along the city’s foreshore and “popular public spaces”. Sculpture by the Sea manages two annual free exhibitions of sculpture artworks at Bondi in Sydney and Cottesloe in Western Australia. Council will lease the sculptures for public view across Frankston from Sculpture by the Sea for $60,000 over three years plus installation costs. “Our city’s new sculpture collection will feature an eclectic series of…