MAYORAL MALCOLM BOYD is back for another crack at becoming Vincent mayor. A small business owner with an engineering degree and an MBA, Mr Boyd ran against incumbent John Carey. “I support free enterprise, initiative, and believe that government should be small, efficient, support local business and our way of life,” says Mr Boyd. He’s…

ALMOST 50 years after forming the Citizens Road Safety Association of WA, Frank Ash is ready to hand over the reins. The Inglewood resident is approaching 90 and says he and his wife’s ill health means their time trying to badger governments into making WA’s roads safer, and cajoling motorists into driving on them more…

A RECOMMENDATION to slash generous IT allowances for Vincent councillors will see the light of day, five months after staff recommended the measure. Councillors are given $3500 to cover phone and computer expenses; the maximum allowed by the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal. They don’t have to produce receipts or pay back unspent money. Vincent’s staff…

THREE hundred homes and about 60 businesses will be impacted by WA Planning Commission plans to widen the Guildford Road reserve through Bayswater and Vincent. About six kilometres between Tonkin Highway and East Parade would be affected by the proposed widening, which won’t add any lanes to Guildford Road but will create wider footpaths, bike…

WITH just one person in the audience aMoment Caravan will be the tiniest show in Fringe. The little caravan will be parked out front of the Blue Room during the first week of Fringe, letting the audience through one at a time for a free 10-minute show designed to transport them to a parallel world…

WHILE holidaying in Spain, local jeweller Rohan Milne and his family were so smitten with a Venetian carousel at La Concha beach boardwalk they decided Perth needed one. It was too big for carry-on luggage and an overly lavish souvenir, so Mr Milne spent the next four years looking into the logistics of running a…

LOCAL town planner and environmentalist Greg Smith will run for the state seat of Mount Lawley under the banner of the Julie Matheson for WA Party. In the past Mr Smith’s crossed swords with Bayswater council for being anti-tree, got stuck into the state’s planners over the Elizabeth Quay development, and pilloried the WA Planning…

WA’s education department has agreed to rethink its plans to build new classrooms on Inglewood primary’s oval. The $3.5 million building would add six classrooms and make space for 192 new students, but the plan was roundly condemned by parents and neighbours who say losing play space to deal with increased demand is an unacceptable…

MATT BUCKELS has backed out of the race to run for Vincent mayor. His decision leaves Emma Cole, who has the backing of outgoing mayor John Carey, as the only candidate to have put their hand up so far. Cr Buckels announced his run in the Voice in December, positioning himself as an independent. On…

PUBLIC health and social policy lecturer Jonathan Hallett has popped up as a second candidate for the vacancy in Vincent’s south ward. Dr Hallett says Vincent’s doing some pretty good work and he simply wants to continue and expand the agenda of greening the town and creating more liveable suburbs. Greening “I think a lot…