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Author: Your Herald
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If you’re in the CBD buying some last minute presents then make sure you check out the Christmas Lights Trail. With a total of 30 stops across the city from Northbridge to West Perth, there’s a great variety of light installations to enjoy until January 3. Here are some of the highlights of the Central…
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SOMETIMES it’s good to revisit old favourites to see if they’re still holding their own. Siena’s of Leederville has been an Italian institution for donkey’s years, and when we went there for dinner on Tuesday night the place was pumping and still as popular as ever. With a huge play area visible from the dining area,…
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IF you’re into the beautiful game then this could be your dream home. It’s situated directly across from Perth Soccer Club. You could literally sit on your first floor balcony, wearing your strip with a cold beer, and watch the game for free. But there’s more than soccer to this two bedroom two bathroom…
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A BIG idea from little Mount Hawthorn has spread across the world, with Pippa Candido’s The Little Bar Cart branching out to Rhode Island, Vancouver and Connecticut. Four years ago Ms Candido came up with the idea of hiring out an old-timey wagon decked out as a bar, with top-notch service staff for weddings, parties…
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FIFTY actions required to prevent a repeat of the poor behaviour that led to Perth council’s suspension have not been started. The state government-initiated City of Perth Inquiry report was finished on June 30 and publicly released on August 11 “outlining a litany of dysfunction, poor governance, factionalism, and fertile ground for greed, incompetence and…
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THE Wotton Reserve skate and BMX park has been given a stay of demolition until 2022, and the state government has now confirmed it’ll give Bayswater council $2.5million for a new park. Skaters and supporters previously thought the park would be demolished as early as March 2021 to make way for Metronet’s Bayswater train station…
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PUBLIC comment is now open for Vincent council’s 40kmh speed limit plan, with the results of a trial in the southern half showing a modest drop in crashes and a jump in pedestrian and cyclist numbers. The southern half of the council area’s currently in the midst of a two-year 40kmh trial on local residential…
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JUST 25 people will be invited to Vincent council’s consultation session over its new consultation policy, despite more than 70 people applying. Vincent’s had a few hiccups owing to shortcomings in its consultation recently, like the upset over the surprise Carr Street bike lanes which much of the street was unaware of (cancelled after backlash), and…
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A MYSTERIOUS book last checked out from a Minnesota library was returned to the City of Vincent library by an unknown figure last week. Library staff quickly realised the copy of The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe didn’t belong to them when they noted the last checkout date was January 29, 1969 from the…
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A BUS driver has been charged with “dangerous driving occasioning death” over the October 6 death of 54-year-old North Perth man John Ferrington at the corner of Beaufort and Newcastle Streets. The driver, a 54-year-old man from Averley, was charged on November 3 and had his first brief court appearance on December 4. Police allege…
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