FRANKSTON Libraries has a packed schedule of events for this month. On 15 July, A.W. Hammond will speak at Carrum Downs Library. He will talk about his new novel The Paris Collaborator, an historical mystery, from 7pm. At 1pm, 21 July, Sandi Scaunich will appear at Frankston Library. She will go into detail about her debut novel Chasing the McCubbin, a story of loneliness and the ageless desire for belonging. Picture book author Lili Wilkinson will visit Frankston on 24 July to showcase her newest young adult novel The Erasure Initiative. Rachel Givney will speak at Frankston Library from 11am,…
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A NEW COVID-19 vaccination site has opened at the Bayside Shopping Centre. The vaccine clinic is located next to Rebel sport. It is open from 9.30am-5pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday, and from 11.30am to 7pm on Thursdays and Fridays. Pfizer jabs are available by appointment only for people over the age of 40. Walk-in appointments can be made for AstraZeneca vaccinations for people over 60. Existing coronavirus vaccine bookings made for John Madder Hall and Theatre 10 at Frankston Hospital will be moved to the Bayside site. Anyone with bookings at the old site from 7:30am to…
A MURAL of a tree branches across a wall on Clyde Street Mall in Frankston. The new mural, titled Tree of Dreams, was painted by artist Sara Catena (pictured). She said that she hopes visitors to the mall will “dream away” when they see the mural. “It is a mindful moment to dip into that place of joy within, a place of love and hope – a reminder to dream of a positive future,” she said. “The visuals in Tree of Dreams are the setting of childhood – a timeless moment of bare feet, blue skies and limitless dreaming. A…
A MAN is dead after an alleged hit-run in Cranbourne North. At around 1.40am, 1 July, a motorcyclist was hit by a car on Thompsons Road near the intersection of Lansell Drive. Witnesses stopped to help the motorcycle rider, but the 26-year-old man died at the scene. The silver Holden Commodore allegedly involved in the collision was found later in the day unoccupied on Lyall Street, Hastings. At 4pm, police arrested a 30-year-old Toora man at Frankston train station. Police say that the driver of the car briefly stopped but did not assist the victim before leaving. The arrested man…
AN iconic rock act and a Eurovision contestant are set to help restart the local live music scene. The Live At City Hall program kicks off at the end of this month at Kingston City Hall in Moorabbin. To kickoff the program, Australian rock band Regurgitator will perform on 30 July. On 31 July, acclaimed singer Kate Ceberano will take to the stage with Ben Butler for a show featuring pop, jazz, and soul classics. On 13 August, X Factor Winner and Eurovision contestant Isaiah Firebrace will perform on the City Hall stage. The program is presented by Kingston Arts.…