NORTH PERTH primary school kids will get their space-age climbing dome (Voice, October 17, 2014) after the public dug deep and crowd-funded the state-of-the-art gear. The German-engineered explorer dome is on the cutting edge of play equipment, encouraging children to develop both brain power and motor skills, but the price tag weighs in at a…

RENOVATIONS at Luna Palace cinemas in Leederville have uncovered a lost history of the art deco building. Workers recently stripped back red paint on the awning to reveal a faded sign reading “library,” a forgotten use of the interwar-era shops just to the north of the main Luna corner buildings. Luna’s Tony Bective said he’d…

PLANS for a five-storey William Street unit block have neighbours worried it’ll dominate the street and lead to gridlock. Locals are worried they’ll lose their privacy with balconies peering over their windows and backyards. With 48 units and 48 car bays, many locals are sceptical every unit will contain just a one-car family, putting pressure…

ASTOR THEATRE owner Bruno Zimmermann has the Alanis Morissette lament Ironic swirling through his head. Stirling city council is set to hand owners of heritage-listed properties a rates concession, but the Astor is in the section of Mt Lawley that shifts to Bayswater in council mergers in July. Bayswater offers heritage grants of up to…

BAYSWATER councillors are feuding over a decision to appoint an independent arborist before cutting down any more trees. Cr Terry Kenyon says it’s a necessary move after the backlash that followed the axing of several century-old trees at Halliday Park without community consultation (Voice, November 21, 2014). But Cr Mike Sabatino says the decision is…

WHAT makes grown men drool over primitive computer games and heavy-duty vinyl reissues of Supertramp? The whiff of nostalgia? A world glimpsed through rose-tinted Speedos? Michael de Grussa will cash in on this psychological phenomena when he provides games consoles for High Score, a nostalgia-inspired games lounge. “The games were better back then, they lasted…

AROUND 2000 people crammed the pavements for the launch of the Inglewood night markets Monday. Food-stall holders reported good business with many selling out. ‘They didn’t just come to look, they came to eat and enjoy themselves,” says Amandine Trouillet, from Miam Miam: a bite of France. Marcelita’s Empanadas Matt O’Donohue said he had to…

THE Mount Hawthorn Hawker Markets has won ongoing approval for the summer after a successful four-week trial. The event by Local Arts and Community Events was so overwhelmingly successful that on the first night the stalls ran out of food. It’s been a big drawcard for the area but the nearby Cabin restaurant has reported…

NORTHBRIDGE trader Evan Kakulas has pulled from sale all palm oil products in his William Street shop after learning they were leading to the deaths of orangutans. “I am an animal lover,” he says. “I try to look after the swans in my backyard too.” He’s recently posted a sign at Kakulas Brothers telling patrons…

LUCKY the guinea pig is out of surgery and doing well. Lucky had a tough start in life, abandoned, almost cooked and then nearly drowned after falling from a bridge (Voice November 29, 2014). When new owners Jasmine, Robert and Daniel Bagley brought him into their Yokine home they soon found his teeth were getting…