Author: Your Herald
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AN awesome selection of French cheeses at a shop within walking distance is one of the many and varied reasons the vendor of this Clifton Crescent, Mt Lawley abode loves her home. The fact the grandkids can ride their trikes under cover of the huge garage/car port is another, and she’s pretty impressed with the…
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MYSTERIOUS steps have been unearthed today, Thursday September 25, 2014, at the Elizabeth Quay development, leading the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority to call in experts to figure out what they are. Works have stopped in the immediate area while the investigation is carried out. The Voice understands the steps could be from the old jetty leading…
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ABORIGINAL groups, anthropologists, archaeologists and the QC who launched Mabo have savaged the Barnett government over proposed changes to the Aboriginal Heritage Act. About 120 people staged a protest on the steps of Parliament House on Tuesday, saying the government is silencing Aborigines while making it too easy for miners and developers to get projects…
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THE WA public transport authority is holding a public meeting in Bayswater on the proposed 8km tunnel to be built under the city as part of the WA government’s train airport link. Cabinet has approved the plan for the Forrestfield-Airport Link rail project, meaning the procurement process can start in 2015. It will involve 8km…
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Stolen stroller a buggerboo! ON Wednesday September 16, 2014 a rather sad thing happened to us at the car park close to the driving range of Maylands Peninsula golf course. My wife and son took our grand-daughter for a walk in her pusher. On return, we left the pusher next to the car and found…
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ALFRED MARSHALL died in 1947 but you might still see him after you’ve downed a few shandies at the Queens Tavern in Highgate. His ghost is rumoured to haunt the pub, where he’d perished at the age of 64 after falling down the back stairs. His body wasn’t found till the next day. His wife…
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THE owner of the Charles Hotel is seeking a rezoning which, if granted, would allow up to five storeys across the 14,000sqm site. Vincent city council wants the sprawling Charles Street site rezoned up to R100 in its new planning scheme but Chris Angelkov is angling for R160 residential-commercial. He says he has no immediate…
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VINCENT city council will raid interest earnings of $745,352, accummulated from its aged persons and senior citizens reserve over the past five years, to offset its surprise budget deficit. The council’s financials are in deep trouble after $3.2 million listed as a surplus was found to be a deficit. The transfer was approved at a…
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COOLBINIA residents say their verges and streets have been wrecked by faltering installation of underground power in their street. House owners forked out around $5000 each for the work but complications saw contractor Diamond Communications down tools for 10 weeks. Carnarvon Street’s Mike Davidson has taken a black humour approach, nicknaming the contractor “Diamonds take…
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THE Maylands ratepayers and residents association has written to Bayswater city council expressing “no confidence” in local councillor John Rifici. MRRA president Roger Tomlins says Cr Rifici has not attended any association meetings and ratepayers feel “disenfranchised”. “There is a definite lack of representation,” he says. “He never comes to our meetings, despite me asking…
