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Author: Your Herald
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Take personal responsibility for your energy and your actions. As Mars passes through Pisces, one can all too easily say that one is a vehicle for greater forces, sacrificing freedom, responsibility and dignity in the process. Be a lover not a fighter. The Centaur Sun is pulling you towards…
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SANTA CLAUS would feel right at home amongst all the Baltic timber in this Inglewood home. The minute you step inside this Macaulay Crescent home, the terracotta floors, pine panelling and support beams create a rustic feel. The formal lounge is redolent of a picture-perfect Crimbo with a natural stone fireplace to hang stockings, flanked by…
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THE notorious Bayswater rail bridge will be raised by one metre to stop trucks getting jammed underneath it. The alteration is part of a $146 million state government project that will overhaul the Bayswater train station. Metronet Under the over-arching Metronet strategy, the station will be turned into a hub connecting the Forrestfield-Airport link and…
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CALLING all inspiring (or aspiring) wordsmiths, bards and poets – we want to hear from you. In January next year the Perth Voice is opening up its pages to local writers who’ve got something to say. Tell us about the highs and lows of your neighbourhood, who the hard-working champions were that inspired you, and…
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BAYSWATER council is set to crack down on sloppy business owners who have turned the Baysy industrial estate into a junkyard. In recent years a few bad apples have left parts of the district looking like a Mad Max set with tons of car wrecks strewn across verges. In the first seven months of this…
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MENORA residents can expect a rate hike after a cost blow-out in upgrading the suburb with underground power. Unexpected changes to Western Power’s code of practice jacked up equipment and labour costs, adding $680,000 to the cost of the project. Stirling had agreed to foot 60 per cent of the bill, meaning Menora ratepayers will…
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A PETITION to save Maylands Waterland has been signed by 2700 people in its first week. In July a divided Bayswater council voted to give themselves four months to find $3.2 million in external funding to refurbish the ageing waterpark or close it down. They can’t get the cash and the quaint waterpark, popular with…
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ERIC Singleton Bird Sanctuary in Bayswater is safe from developers after being rezoned from “urban” to “parks and recreation” by the state government. No development was earmarked for the sanctuary, which underwent an award-winning restoration in 2015, but the rezoning closes any planning loop holes. The move comes after the state government and Bayswater council…
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“WHY’S the big blue head yellow?” is the question on the lips of Vincent locals. Turns out the sculpture in front of council offices has been painted yellow to celebrate the launch of the city’s outdoor events season. Mayor Emma Cole says: “We host so many fantastic and free outdoor events in Vincent during the…
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A HISTORIC glory hole has been accepted into the WA Museum’s collection as a significant object in Perth’s LGBTI history. The hole had been cut through the door of a car park toilet block on the Albany Highway-side of the Gosnells train station and was used by gay men for covert sex and to find…
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