Author: Your Herald
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LOCALS with an interest in wetlands are being urged to turn out for a Baigup wetlands planting and weeding day this Sunday August 24. The Bayswater wetland is coming back to life after decades as a site for market gardens, and then a weed-infested wasteland. “Once the land was no longer used privately, that led…
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PLANS for a multi-million dollar wine bar in Maylands are generating plenty of interest both for and against. A 103-signature petition opposing the venue has been submitted to Bayswater city council but supporters have taken to Facebook in their droves, excited about the one-of-a-kind live music venue. Applicant Michiel de Ruyter says around 100 letters…
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BAYSWATER mayor Sylvan Albert says the council has no plans to sell its Mertome retirement village ahead of a special council meeting about its redevelopment. The Winifred Road home was established in 1972 and accommodates 213 people in 200 units. It was the first of its kind to be constructed by a council and pioneered…
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Pollie pot PREMIER Colin Barnett calls Clive Palmer a damaging embarrassment to WA. Hmm. Perhaps. Yet certainly not more so than Mr Barnett’s abhorrent policy on sharks. Another case of the pot calling the kettle black. Otto Mustard Queens Cres, Mount Lawley New broom blows whistle I REFER to your front page article (Voice, August…
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BEHIND really good comedy often lurks an edge of darkness. No doubt Robin Williams would agree if he was still here: the comedian had ended his life the morning I was due to meet Australian funny man Peter Rowsthorn, and it inevitably set a sombre tone for the interview. Rowsthorn is set to play the…
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by JENNY D’ANGER THE blackboard sign on William Street simply said “spaghetti”, but “where?” was the question. Francoforte Spaghetti Bar is tucked away down one of the increasingly hip lanes being opened up around Northbridge. The first time I’d tried to visit I failed to find it, as there were no tables in the laneway…
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SCIENCE is coming to the Perth cultural centre this weekend. The free Perth Science Festival kicks off national science week, our first since the Abbott government deleted the science portfolio last year. There’ll be 35 sciencey (and free) activities like the petting zoo, reptile display, science poetry and Tim Jarvis’ tales of recreating Shackleton’s Antarctic…
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VINCENT city council’s financials are in deep trouble after $3.2 million listed as a surplus was found to be a deficit. If not tackled, the council deficit could blow out to $6.4 million. The discovery means “potentially nothing is off limits” says new CEO Len Kosova in his first tumultuous week in the job. “There…
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BEING regarded a place of “considerable cultural heritage” is something most churches might praise. But Father John Anastasiou says it’s a headache he could do without. His Greek Orthodox Parish of St Nektarios in Dianella is earmarked to appear on Stirling council’s heritage list and he says that might throw a spanner in redevelopment works.…
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PERTH city councillors granted the Pride Parade $45,000 for this year’s festival. Pride faced insolvency three times in the past 10 years, but management’s completed a review to tighten things up. Last year’s daytime parade was a bit of a quiet affair, with the streets only sparsely populated, but this year they’re heading back to…
