VINCENT mayor Emma Cole has sought to clarify “inaccuracies” in a widely disseminated letter opposing Rosewood’s upgrade of its Cleaver Street aged home. The letter by the Cleaver Precinct Action Group states: “The Rosewood Aged Care Group is on the verge of gaining approval for a monstrously high building in your neighbourhood” and urges locals…

LORD mayor Lisa Scaffidi and longtime allies Janet Davidson and Judy McEvoy have been censured by a standards panel over an attack on deputy lord mayor James Limnios. Cr Davidson had moved a motion of no confidence in Cr Limnios as a matter of urgent business in May last year, claiming he hadn’t gone to…

THE future of Maylands Waterland is hanging in the balance, with Bayswater councillors rejecting a $5.8 million rescue plan put forward by the community. The quaint water park on Clarkson Road is popular with parents of young children (when its sunny), but is in urgent need of essential maintenance and renovation, so Bayswater council undertook…

THE Maylands Easy Retro Ride took a step back in time with a tour of historical places last Sunday. Part of Bike Week, Local Arts and Community Events teamed up with the Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association to provide vintage bikes for the ride around town that wound up at the Maylands foreshore. Even though…

ANGRY Mt Hawthorn residents have pleaded with the Supreme Court to reinstate a bus route they say is “vital” for disabled and elderly residents. Transperth’s route 15 runs from the Perth CBD to Glendalough, but was amended mid-2015 to miss out stops in and around Tasman Street. It prompted Tad Krysiak to form the Senior…

PEOPLE with disabilities are being continually denied access to Acrod parking bays by selfish able-bodied drivers. North Perth resident Mark Fletcher, who has multiple sclerosis, says he’s sick and tired of turning up to do his shopping only to find the allocated bays taken up by a tradie or time-poor clod hoping their quick trip…

REDLANDS STREET residents in Bayswater have discovered almost half of a 3 to 3.8-metre wall designed to block out truck noise from the new NorthLink highway upgrade will be below road level. The $1.12 billion upgrade runs north from Collier Road to Muchea, and it’s intended to improve freight capacity, reduce urban congestion, and reduce…

BAYSWATER council has appointed Andrew Brien as its new CEO with a $319,625 salary package. Cr Brent Fleeton was the only councillor to vote against the appointment, saying the yearly wage was “obscene” and at the top end of the advertised $250,000 to $325,000 range. “My vote against was related to the salary as I…

THERE are plenty of life lessons to be learnt through taking risks, and where better than at a circus school, says Isobel Lyall. The CirQuest managing director warns that wrapping kids in cotton-wool puts their physical and mental health at risk. “[Playing] safe, but challenging, unlocks many skills,” she says. Late last year the not-for-profit…

AFTER six months of delays a modest cut to Vincent councillors’ generous allowances has been proposed by staff. Last October staff recommended slashing the phone, computer and communications allowance from $3500 to $1500, and if councillors exceeded that figure they could put in a claim. The move would’ve saved the council $18,000 a year. But…