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Author: Your Herald
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NORANDA RETREAT is one of several retirement villages set to be off-loaded by Bayswater council as it undertakes a strategic review of its aged care residential services. Maintaining the council-owned villages has become financially onerous in recent years and Bayswater is already in negotiations about divesting Mertome Village to Hall & Prior and Heathley. Other…
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VINCENT council has postponed making a decision on including Robertson Park on a short-list of sites for a new state tennis centre. The existing centre in Burswood has major subsidence problems that would cost more than $50 million to fix, so Tennis West is considering moving to a new home and wants to add Robertson…
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COUNCILLOR Stephanie Gray has withdrawn her proposal for a fenced dog park at Strutt Way Reserve in Noranda, following a community backlash. Cr Gray lodged a motion in May to “develop costings and a design for a specialist dog park separated for large and small dogs at Strutt Way Reserve to include fencing, dog agility…
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POLICE have reissued a call for help in finding a hi-vis thug who bashed a man before stealing his backpack at a Bayswater car park in September. The incident occurred just after lunchtime on September 15 when the victim was getting into his car on Railway Parade and was approached by a man not known…
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BAYSWATER council is contributing $35,000 to two community festivals in a bid to make the city more vibrant. At Tuesday night’s council meeting, councillors voted to give $20,000 to The Baysie Roller’s Bayswater Street and Arts Festival and $15,000 to the The Morley Momentum’s Laneway Fiesta. The Baysie Roller’s festival in March is expected to…
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A NEW micro-brewery is set to open in Maylands after some planning ping-pong between the applicant and Bayswater council. The Seasonal Brewing Company – a 620sqm boutique micro-brewery with a tasting and dining area at 175 Guildford Road – was approved by council on Tuesday night. The council had originally approved the micro-brewery in March,…
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LUNCH for one at Yefsi at Attika turned into a Shirley Valentine moment as Greek music played in the background and the decor evoked the sparkling blue water and white sands of an idyllic Greek island. Then my food arrived and my love affair with Greece was sealed. Yefsi means flavour, “and food, life and…
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THE Kransky Sisters are bringing their tuba, keyboard, tambourines and even a toilet brush to Perth for a Very Kransky Christmas. The Voice caught up with Mourne Kransky as she and sisters Eve and Dawn were getting ready to leave their hometown of Esk in remote Queensland. Even for these oddball ladies, a toilet brush…
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LIVING the life of Riley is as simple as moving into this Tuart Hill home on Riley Street. This almost-new property has timeless appeal and light-filled spaces. Honey-gold bamboo floors flow from the entry hall to the vast open living/dining/kitchen at the rear of the home, adding a warm glow to crisp white walls. The…
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THE Light Up Leederville Carnival is taking a break this year, but there’s still plenty to keep kids entertained in Leedy in the lead-up to Christmas and New Year. If the name is anything to go by The Arty Farty Children’s Christmas Party, run by town team Leederville Connect, is sure to be a hit.…
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