Author: Your Herald
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“I CAN’T tell you how good this is,” my companion mumbled. Which wasn’t very helpful given this was a review of Mt Lawley restaurant Three Coins. As she took another bite of her pistachio-crusted lamb cutlet ($36) she paused to opine: “It is absolutely melt in the mouth.” Earlier, taking the edge off our appetite,…
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PALM trees lining Riverside Drive, the sparkling river, and the distant blue hills of the Darling Range–and the only thing between this stunning apartment and the fantastic view is the gracious sweeping grounds of government house. Or look to the right from the huge balcony and the gardens backdrop the scurrying of traffic on St…
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YOUNG children have helped design and install a new nature play area at Bayswater primary school. Concepts drawn from pre-primary students’ paintings of an “ideal garden” were incorporated into the school’s final design. Kids wanted their garden to include plants that “smell good”, plants that can be eaten, rainbow-coloured flowers, trees to play under and…
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FRIGHTENED customers, blood-soaked knifing victims invading restaurants and constant drunkenness and fighting. Life is getting worse down at Weld Square say nearby traders and residents. Simon Psaros opened Brika restaurant on Stirling Street a couple of years back but is a long-time resident of the area. He says it’s as bad now as it’s ever…
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BAYSWATER city council has voted to ban liquor outlets bigger than 300sqm from its suburbs. Councillors voted to amend the city’s town planning scheme to restrict large grog shops to business, showroom warehouse, light industry and general industry zones. The amendment application must now go to the WA planning commission and be signed by the…
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Bayswater city council AS flagged in the Voice last week, up to $5000 will be spent by the council to develop a “report-it” smartphone app that allows people to take photos of damage and beam it to the council, along with GPS coordinates. MORE rubbish bins will be installed at Riverside Gardens. Cr Martin Toldo…
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THE woman behind the popular Maylands and Mt Hawthorn markets is challenging Bayswater mayor Sylvan Albert at October’s council elections. Catherine Ehrhardt, who owns Blackcurrant Clothing on Railway Parade, has announced she’s contesting south ward. In her statement she takes aim at the council’s support for premier Colin Barnett’s ill-fated local government amalgamations. “My vision…
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A COLLECTION of vintage posters from the New Orleans Jazz Festival is amongst the donations to the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra since its move into the historic Maylands Town Hall. WAYJO moved in at the end of last month and has been inundated with gifts including a drum kit, a fridge and a mass of…
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TERRY KENYON wants to halve councillors’ travel and function allowances. If successful the Bayswater city councillor’s move will see the mayor’s two-year allowance cut to $15,000 and each councillor’s to $7500. Cr Kenyon is the former mayor and did not propose cuts when he was wearing the chain, but he says things have changed. “Now…
