A TRIBUTE to a lifelong environmentalist will be installed at a site overlooking the foreshore. Kathleen Hassell was a veteran of the Frankston Beach Association. She died in late 2020, and now a permanent tribute is in the works. The artist of the Sentinel sculpture at Esplanade Reserve has given permission for a plaque to be installed on the artwork commemorating Ms Hassell. Frankston Council has approved the proposal and says that the cost of the plaque can be accommodated within its budget. Kathleen Hassell worked with the FBA for more than four decades, helping preserve Frankston Beach and Oliver’s…
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A NEW “fast-track” Bachelor of Psychology course has been introduced at Chisholm Frankston. Students with a diploma can go straight into the second year of the degree. Dean of Chisholm Higher Education College, Dr Andrew Bridges, said that the fast-track course meant that “entry-level diploma students can qualify for an Associate Degree in Psychology in one year and a Bachelor of Psychology in two years”. “The psychology course incorporates a wide range of transferable skills that can be used in business, community, numeracy, literacy and analysis, launching students towards their chosen career path,” he said. “Psychology is a great foundation…
Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance following a fire in Patterson Lakes last night. Investigators have been told the fire broke out at a shop on Thompson Road around 11.35pm. It’s believed two people have driven to the scene, exited the vehicle and smashed the front door of the shop before pouring an accelerant into the building and igniting it. The offenders then left the scene in the vehicle. Detectives have released images and CCTV of a silver 4WD utility with a canopy and two people who may be able to assist with their enquiries. One…
A DRIVER allegedly caught driving at nearly twice the speed limit on the Dingley Bypass has had his car impounded for a month. Police allege that they caught the dark blue BMW speeding on 30 January. They say it was clocked at 155kmph in the 80 zone. Police pulled over the car in Clarinda and impounded it for 30 days at a cost of more than $932. The driver will face the Magistrates Court at a later date. In a statement on the Facebook eyewatch page, police said “there are no excuses to justify driving behaviour such as this. Road…
A PROPOSAL to build 15 dwellings, ten of them triple storey, on a block of land in Parkdale has been knocked back. Kingston councillors rejected the development at their most recent meeting. The plan for 217-221 Nepean Highway in Parkdale included the construction of ten triple storey dwellings and five double storey dwellings, the removal of an easement, and alterations to access to a road. The rooms proposed for the site are four two-bedroom dwellings, eight three-bedroom dwellings, and three four-bedroom dwellings. Councillors voted to refuse a permit because “the proposal fails to meet the objectives and strategic directions of…