By David Harrisson THE Melbourne Press Club last week commemorated the death of Graham Perkin, one of Australia’s great journalists, 40 years ago. He was vitally alive in that room for the many who worked with him, and for those honouring the legend he has become, an enduring and inextinguishable presence in the annals of Melbourne. Ranald Macdonald, a former managing director of David Syme and Company who now lives at Flinders, appointed Graham Perkin editor and with him revived The Age, making it a newspaper of world renown. He spoke at the commemoration dinner. This is an edited text…
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MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire Council will receive $50,000 to upgrade Caraar Creek coastal cliff pathways and $27,000 to improve beach access at the northern end of Moondah Beach, Mt Eliza. The grants are among almost $700,000 going to 15 public land managers, including volunteer organisations, to improve public coastal access and safety. They were announced last week by state environment, climate change and water minister Lisa Neville. Other grants include $55,000 to the City of Frankston for a seawall and public access ramp near Seaford Life Saving Club, and $19,000 to tackle beach assess erosion. Mornington Peninsula Shire will receive $6410…
IT’S smiles all round for Frankston North residents who will now be offered free dental check-ups thanks to a partnership between new Peninsula Health and Frankston Council. Frankston mayor Cr Sandra Mayer and Peninsula Health’s community health general manager Ruth Azzopardi visited the new community dental room at Frankston North Community Centre last Monday to check out the new dentist’s chair. The free dental check-up and health education sessions will be held at the centre every second Monday. Ms Azzopardi says the free dental service will help keep out of hospital. “Dental admission is a major cause of preventable hospital…
COPPER cabling valued at tens of thousands of dollars has been stolen in a series of overnight raids on building sites in Carrum Downs and Skye. Five sites have been hit since June, with offenders using a four-wheel-drive utility to pull cabling out of the ground before cutting it up into manageable lengths. In one raid in Frankston-Dandenong Rd, two tonnes of copper cabling valued at $13,000 was taken – with a similar amount stolen in an earlier theft at the same site. Other robberies took place at McCormick’s Rd and McClelland Dr, Carrum Downs, and Potts Rd, Skye. Around…
A CLYDE woman was taken to Frankston hospital with leg injuries, Thursday (15 October), after her Suzuki sedan was hit from behind by a truck towing a prime mover in Thompson Rd, near McCormick’s Rd, Sandhurst. The woman, 23, was driving the last of four cars which stopped abruptly to allow a car in front to turn into a driveway, Leading Senior Constable Ash Bowden, of Carrum Downs Highway Patrol, said. The force of the impact extensively damaged her car, and caused a four-vehicle pile-up about 3.50pm. The woman remained trapped in the car for 30 minutes before being released…