AS far back as she can remember, Jenny Jessop always wanted to be an artist. The 39-year-old Irish artist now calls Mordialloc home but she recalls art being a big part of her family’s life back in the town of Boyle. Her artist father and psychotherapist mother encouraged Jessop and her four siblings – including actor and comedian Chris O’Dowd, renowned for TV show The IT Crowd and movies Bridesmaids and The Sapphires – to pursue their artistic ambitions. The 39-year-old mother-of-three who has a fine art degree and majored in sculpture and photography is preparing for her first solo…
Author: Neil Walker
CONCERNS over swimmers’ safety off Bonbeach and Aspendale beaches have been flagged by Kingston Council. Mayor Cr Tamsin Bearsley says council has written to Parks Victoria to request an extension of existing ‘no boating’ zones to keep boats and jet-skis away from people in the water offshore. “At the moment some of the boating zones begin directly in front of the foreshore carparks, which is where most beach goers hop out of the car and head straight for the water,” Cr Bearsley said. “Council has requested existing no boating zones are extended to ensure swimmers and water craft are kept…
KINGSTON councillor Paul Peulich and former Carrum MP Donna Bauer have missed out on Liberal preselection for the seat of Dunkley at this year’s federal election. Chris Crewther, former CEO of the Mildura Development Corporation, won the Liberal nomination in a close run race featuring eight candidates. The vote by Liberal Party members came down to the wire between Ms Bauer and Mr Crewther on Sunday afternoon (21 February) at a party convention in Mt Eliza with Mr Crewther, 31, emerging as the preferred candidate. Mr Crewther unsuccessfully contested the seat of Mallee in 2013 and is a former staffer…
A KNITTING project to help the homeless is growing by the day at three cafes and two schools in the Frankston area. Di MacDonald decided to begin the ‘Knit-A-Row and Go’ initiative after seeing a Facebook page two years ago showing a South African shop owner encouraging locals to knit scarves for homeless people. The Frankston resident dropped off knitting needles, yarn and instructions for a ‘feel good pattern’ at the Street Express Cafe in Chelsea and encouraged knitters dropping in for a cuppa to knit as many lines as they liked to make blankets for the homeless. “I moved…
FRANKSTON Council has warned rates capping will cause a $28 million budget black hole in its budget within four years. Mayor Cr James Dooley says council had not joined 21 other Victorian councils in asking for an exemption from the 2.5 per cent rise limit, linked to the annual inflation rate, for 2016-17 but says Frankston residents will be asked in future about their willingness “to give up high quality services and infrastructure maintenance or back us up in advocating for an exemption through the Essential Services Commission”. “Prior to last year’s announcement of a 2.5 per cent cap, Frankston…