A TOWN square for North Perth is getting closer with Vincent council approving a tenderer this week. Engineering company BOS Civil saw off three other firms to win the building contract for “North Perth Common”, a public space planned for the corner of View and Fitzgerald Streets in the town centre. BOS Civil previously worked…

THE new Beaufort Street Christmas Festival kicks off this Sunday (December 16), with the first Christmas Parade to follow next Saturday. The reinvigorated Beaufort Street Network has teamed up with St Alban’s Church and Vincent council to put on a week of Christmas events to get the Street back on people’s “to-do” list. The street’s…

A STUNNING trio of photos have won top honours at the annual Bell Tower photographic competition. In its eighth year, this year’s theme was “Sense of Place”. People’s choice winner Christian Mueller has been taking snaps for about seven years, but this was his first competition entry. His photo, A Space for New and Old,…

FOUR cultural festivals in Stirling have received a $90,000 funding-boost from council. In February the state’s largest annual African festival, The Jambo Africa Festival, will bring the tastes, sounds and rhythms of Africa to the city. The event, now in its fifth year, will receive $20,000 from council and is expected to attract about 5000…

A COMMUNITY garden in Mt Lawley is a step closer after Stirling council chose Inglewood Bowling and Sports Club as its preferred site. The council will put the Stancliffe Street site out for comment in February before making a final decision next year. The city had also considered Walter Road Reserve, Inglewood Oval, and Faull,…

THE notorious Bayswater rail bridge will be raised by one metre to stop trucks getting jammed underneath it. The alteration is part of a $146 million state government project that will overhaul the Bayswater train station. Metronet Under the over-arching Metronet strategy, the station will be turned into a hub connecting the Forrestfield-Airport link and…

CALLING all inspiring (or aspiring) wordsmiths, bards and poets – we want to hear from you. In January next year the Perth Voice is opening up its pages to local writers who’ve got something to say. Tell us about the highs and lows of your neighbourhood, who the hard-working champions were that inspired you, and…

BAYSWATER council is set to crack down on sloppy business owners who have turned the Baysy industrial estate into a junkyard. In recent years a few bad apples have left parts of the district looking like a Mad Max set with tons of car wrecks strewn across verges. In the first seven months of this…

MENORA residents can expect a rate hike after a cost blow-out in upgrading the suburb with underground power. Unexpected changes to Western Power’s code of practice jacked up equipment and labour costs, adding $680,000 to the cost of the project. Stirling had agreed to foot 60 per cent of the bill, meaning Menora ratepayers will…

A PETITION to save Maylands Waterland has been signed by 2700 people in its first week. In July a divided Bayswater council voted to give themselves four months to find $3.2 million in external funding to refurbish the ageing waterpark or close it down. They can’t get the cash and the quaint waterpark, popular with…