BAYSWATER city council will investigate fencing off Shearn Memorial Park in Maylands following concerns from locals over dog safety. The park, designated as a dog off-leash exercise area, is beside the busy Central Avenue and locals wrote to council asking for a perimeter fence and traffic signage at the Carrington Street intersection. The wire-mesh fence…

THE massive Luna Palace mural is complete with Sydney-based artist Fintan Magee laying down the final strokes on Tuesday. A projector and a cherry picker were needed to create the 30-metre piece—the biggest in Vincent—with the cost split between Vincent city council and Luna. Magee says he uses regular acrylic housepaint to get that painterly…

A PhD candidate wants Maylands decision-makers to get off their butts and pound the streets with locals. Tina Askam is researching whether there are tangible benefits to officials and property developers walking with residents before making decisions that affect the community. Since last year the Edith Cowan Uni student has completed 50 walks with locals,…

NORTH PERTH is set to get more markets, subject to council approval. The Rosemount Hotel is planning to hold a night market and more day markets in its Angove Street car park. The 25-stall night market will be held 5–9.30pm along with special events at the hotel. Day markets are planned to operate from 10–3pm…

IT was standing room only at Bayswater city council as Morley residents crammed the chamber to protest council mergers. The Barnett government’s decision to shift the northern portion of Morley into an enlarged Swan infuriated ratepayers who, during an emotionally charged public question time, demanded that Bayswater councillors fight the amalgamations. “We feel let down,”…

SOME jerk vandalised the Hyde Park water playground last week, putting it out of commission just as the place gears up for a hot summer. Excited kids tiptoed across sun-scorched concrete to turn on the sprinklers but were left high and dry and disappointed. A sensor pad had been smashed with a rock or something…

THE Inglewood summer night markets will start Monday December 8 and run till March. They are the brainchild of Inglewood on Beaufort Street, a nascent community group spearheaded by Mondo’s Vince Garreffa. Deputy chair Matt Seabrook says a development application has just been approved by Stirling city council. The night markets will consist of food…

BAYSWATER city council will plant trees and monitor sound beside a waste transfer station in Collier Road following complaints. Residents living in Shalford Street 150m behind the station have lost patience with Transpacific Cleanaway, which manages the plant, and have petitioned the council about noise and smell. The council voted to plant trees along Joan…

VINCENT city council has proclaimed it supports marriage equality and will join the mayors for marriage equality group. Mayor John Carey says the position is purely symbolic and will have no effect on local laws, but it represents the overwhelming community view. Byron mayor Simon Richardson is writing to councils nationwide to join his group.…

PEOPLE power and common-sense have resulted in the WA government shifting a bus stop in Mount Lawley that was endangering local students. Following its new legibility policy the public transport authority had moved the North Street stop so it directly faced another on the other side of the road. The move resulted in gaggles of…