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Author: Your Herald
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NORTH PERTH residents packed Vincent council’s public gallery this week to oppose a 24-hour petrol station planned for the Angove Street cafe strip. Their main concern was that petrol fumes would endanger health and kill the strip’s alfresco culture. The block on the corner of Angove and Woodville Street was a mechanic’s garage for five…
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THE Fremantle Chamber Orchestra will be joined by a new choir formed by Ukrainian refugees for a benefit concert in Fremantle tomorrow (Sunday November 20). All proceeds from the Christmas Wish for Ukraine Benefit Concert will be donated to the Ukraine Crisis Appeal, an Australian charity providing emergency and humanitarian aid to those affected by…
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THE owners of a vast West Perth block have won approval to demolish the existing buildings and build a Bunnings warehouse. The decision stymies attempts by local creatives and Vincent council to rejuvenate the ‘Pickle District’ into an arts hub. The state government’s Development Assessment Panel greenlit plans from the block’s owners Anita Percudani and…
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1962 Empire Games AFTER recently delving into the unofficial first uses of Beatty Park Leisure Centre and its multiple clandestine first swimmers who dove in before opening day (“Did you take the plunge,” Voice, September 3, 2022), this week the Vincent Local History Centre brings us the story of the more official uses of the…
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St Pat’s is holding its annual fundraiser, The Fremantle Long Table Dinner, next Saturday (November 26) with a target of raising $150,000 to continue supporting the most vulnerable people in Perth’s South Metro. Tix: fremantlelongtable.com.au THANK goodness St Patrick’s Community Support Centre is celebrating its 50th birthday with a Long Table Dinner fundraiser – because…
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THE Voice’s unofficial Jewish food tour continued with a trip to Satchmo Cafe in North Perth. Situated on the corner of Forrest and Fitzgerald Streets, the cafe is opposite North Perth Plaza on a busy little stretch with lots of traffic and pedestrians. Peering through the cafe’s large bay window on a hot day, I…
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BORDER control must be struggling to find a space to stamp Aliya Kanani’s passport. That’s because the Canadian stand-up has lived in 30 countries, went to 10 different schools and can speak six languages. Growing up the daughter of Indian parents in Canada, she was constantly on the move, shuttling between cities with her family,…
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SITUATED in the prestigious Queens Riverside precinct, this boutique seven storey building provides resort style amenities, spacious and modern living spaces and easy access to the vibrant East Perth community. This one bedroom one bathroom studio apartment is built and ready to go and includes a car bay and store room. With an open and…
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ARE Melanie Gray’s origami birds a metaphor for breaking free from her traumatic past and soaring high again in life? Gray grew up in a small town in the Wheatbelt, where her life was going along nicely – she was a straight-A student, national basketball player and the owner of several beauty-related franchises. “But I…
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THE fate of Bayswater’s “ward” system up for public debate. Bayswater currently has councillors allotted to four wards, with citizens voting for three representatives in West Ward, Central Ward and North Ward, while South Ward has two. The ward system is intended to better represent an area’s minority views which might otherwise get lost if…
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