A FAMILY hoping to give their intellectually disabled daughter and her friends some independence have got the green light from Vincent council. At Tuesday’s meeting, the council approved three homes on Leake Street that are designed to create a mini-community for their daughter, who has Down syndrome, and seven friends. “Our daughter has several friends…

VINCENT council will abandon its latest attempt to protect the character of its “Norfolk” precinct after admitting it still hasn’t got it quite right. The council had initiated an amendment to its planning scheme to try and prevent ugly infill ruining the pre-1940s, single-storey streetscapes in the triangle bounded by Walcott, Vincent and Fitzgerald Streets.…

A LONG-RUNNING stoush over the location of a new public toilet in Maylands has taken another turn after council officers recommended installing it opposite the Whatley Crescent retail strip. The Exeloo would be on the road reserve beside the Maylands train station, just outside the heritage-listed Parcel Office, and cost $179,028. Last year council looked…

VINCENT council has cancelled plans for protected bike lanes on Carr Street because of fears the impact of Coronavirus will be too big a hit on its budget. Instead the council will fix up the existing painted lanes, despite a staff report saying they no longer complied with the WA transport department’s guidelines.  The planned…

ANOTHER giant digital advertising sign has been knocked back by Vincent council, with city planners saying it could lead to accidents on Graeme Farmer Freeway. The council has long tried to keep the lid on the visual clutter of billboards, and a big 20×8 metre screen above the four-storey office block at 12 Newcastle Street…

GROUND’S been broken on the new science and tech facilities at Mount Lawley Senior High School. To watch over the first shovel loads, the school’s therapy dog Khyzer joined premier Mark McGowan, education minister Sue Ellery, Mount Lawley MP Simon Millman and WW II veteran Arthur Leggett OAM (he’s had a long association with the…

A CARR STREET resident says Vincent council hid the fact 19 car parking bays are to be removed to make way for a bike path upgrade. In November last year the council sent a letter to 615 residents and businesses extolling the plan to add protected bike lanes to Carr Street, later sending a second…

FIVE sell-out sessions out of seven proves people want to see more films from their own backyard, WA Made Film Festival director Matthew Eeles says. In the weeks leading up to the inaugural festival Mr Eeles had been nervous about whether he could fill seats at all seven sessions, but there’s been such massive demand…

THE impact on local traders from the Coronavirus pandemic has been varied, but with big conferences and the HBF Run for a Reason being cancelled, it’s starting to get awfully close to home. A city department store worker reported the big shops are noticeably quieter the past couple of weeks, but people still appear to…

ROYAL Perth Hospital opened one of three Covid-19 testing clinics on March 10, and lines soon formed as people arrived for testing. Anyone with fever and respiratory symptoms (cough, sore throat) and who’s returned from overseas travel in the last 14 days, or has had contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case ought attend the clinic…