HISTORY was made last Saturday (October 19) when Mark Irwin became Stirling’s first popularly-elected mayor. Mr Irwin was re-elected as mayor with 39.20 per cent of the vote. Councillor Elizabeth Re came second with 23.08 per cent. Mr Irwin says getting light rail on Scarborough Beach Road is still a top priority. “We will continue…

LISA SCAFFIDI’S three-term run as lord mayor of Perth quietly ended on October 19. With the council currently suspended there was no election, but Ms Scaffidi had officially held the lord mayor’s title until Saturday. Serving a total of 20 years on Perth council, Ms Scaffidi’s 12 years in the top job is second-longest after…

HALLOWEEN on Angove Street is back this Thursday October 31. Town team North Perth Local are filling the street with pumpkins, black cats and ghouls for a free family eve of tunes and trick or treating. This year the North Perth Town Hall will be transformed into the “Hall of Shadows”, with an interactive horror…

IT was a close race for the two vacancies in Vincent’s south ward during Saturday’s council elections. While incumbent Susan Gontaszewski was returned relatively safely with a 167-vote margin, newcomer Ashley Wallace narrowly pipped Joshua O’Keefe by 69 votes to take second place. Full results: • Susan Gontaszewski: 1430 votes (24.6 per cent of the…

“APPALLED, but hardly surprised” is how Mount Lawley MP Simon Millman felt after discovering a swastika in the heart of his electorate. The racist graffiti was scrawled on a stop sign on Park Road in Mount Lawley. It’s not super close to any Jewish landmarks (the Temple David is a bit over half a kilometre…

CONSTRUCTION of the new Highgate Woolworths is due to start early 2020. The plan for the $10 million, three-storey supermarket, cafe, liquor store and early learning centre at the corner of Bulwer and Stirling Street was approved by the joint Vincent council/state government Development Assessment Panel on October 11. Vincent council staff initially recommended the…

DANIEL SANTICH can’t remember the first time he saw Fremantle’s Blessing of the Fleet; it’s always just been part of life. His “nonno” Nick Visaggio has been secretary of the Fishing Fleet Festival Association since 1969 and Daniel’s part of a new generation hoping to keep the tradition strong. “I always walked alongside Nonno, or…

FREMANTLE’S Blessing of the Fleet displays the local Italian community’s devotion to Madonna di Capo d’Orlando and Madonna dei Martiri for a bountiful fishing season. The tradition originated from the Italian town of Molfetta and was bought here by Italian migrant fishermen in the hope of continuing this important custom. This year’s festivities take place…

DAN BULL is back as Bayswater mayor. Bayswater has not yet embraced the popular election of mayors, with Mr Bull given the nod by his colleagues on Monday night after taking west ward unopposed at last Saturday’s council elections. Cr Catherine Ehrhardt unsuccessfully put her hand up for the job, but had consolation for the…

PERTH Police have charged a man with stealing a bicycle on Saturday 29 October 2019. It will be alleged around 3pm the man was at a bike shop in Beaufort Street. He took a Cervelo road bike valued at $7,800 for a test ride and failed to return it. On Monday October 21 he was…