Photo Caption: Neil Graham from the Beaufort Street Network and Vincent mayor Emma Cole discuss the future of Beaufort Street. A NEW plan’s in the works to get Beaufort Street back to its prime, with a round-the-clock 40kmh speed limit and a plan to pedestrianise some side streets to get people back to the strip. …

Photo Caption Infant turtles: So small, but so brave. Bayswater councillor Catherine Ehrhardt cradles this little oblong on its release day. TEN tiny turtles grew big enough to be released into Maylands’ Lake Bungana on June 1, after nearby resident Margaret Landre found their nest had been disturbed and called in a rescue. She noticed…

A KIOSK is looking likely for Hyde Park despite concerns about the park’s vegetation and its status as a commercial-free zone.  Vincent council is seeking tenders for the fit out of a warm kitchen in a storage shed within the western toilet block. Several councillors had mixed feelings; before approving an operator they want a…

BIG changes are on the way for Leederville with a pair of proposed towers slated for 25 and 17 storeys in an area historically limited to five. Developer Hatch and RobertsDay are in the early stages of the proposal for 40 Frame Court, the block next to the WaterCorp which sold for $12.5 million in…

IT’S been 134 years since Emile Berliner got groovy with with the world’s first flat gramophone disc; now a 25-year-old has opened up a bricks and mortar shop on Hay Street paying homage to vinyl.  Gavin Clancy was working in a supermarket before Covid hit and put him on a new path. “The pandemic has…

THE trio of mixed-use “Karrinyup West” towers planned for Karrinyup Shopping Centre has been deferred, with Development Assessment Panel members seeking some tidbits of information to clarify the final design. The plan by Rowe Group for owner AMP adds 270 apartments across the three towers measuring nine, 15 and 24 storeys, and joining an upcoming…

This week’s tale from the Vincent Local History Centre looks back at a time when single mothers faced great prejudice, and a Lincoln Street house offered a refuge. MANY Perth families would know and appreciate the work of the Ngala parenting and children’s support service which has operated out of its premises in Kensington since…

AN electors’ vote to change the City of Stirling’s name because it is insensitive to Indigenous people has certainly poked the bear, but mayor Mark Irwin says it would take years to implement anyway. Last Monday Coolbinia resident Jeff Bullen moved at the city’s elector’s general meeting to rename Stirling because of former governor James…

A SOUTH Fremantle inventor who patented a helmet shown to reduce concussion rates in footballers by up to 75 per cent has been left scratching his head at the seeming lack of interest shown by the AFL. Graeme Attey says the AFL’s reluctance is hard to understand given recent publicity about the long-term effects of…

STIRLING council is aiming to run on 100 per cent renewable energy and cut its carbon emissions by 70 percent before the year 2030 as it does its bit to help Australia hit Paris Climate Agreement goals.  Stirling’s targets were detailed in the Corporate Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) draft, presented to council on Tuesday May…