TWO steps forward for the Brookman/Moir Street heritage precinct: two owners in the endangered area have been awarded big grants to help restore their places. The almost-intact number 16 Brookman scored $21,030 for restorations from the WA government’s heritage grants program, while number 28 gets $100,000 to restore the original facade and remove “intrusive render”.…

FEES for juniors playing sports on Vincent ovals are likely to be reinstated. Back when communist Jack Marks was mayor, Vincent council slashed juniors’ fees and then abolished them altogether. But now clubs are growing, the ovals are getting overused and it’s costly to maintain them. The effects of 314 pairs of junior soccer boots…

BAYSWATER city council wants Main Roads to cough up $190,000 to compensate for land it took to construct the new Seventh Avenue bridge. Councillors authorised the city’s CEO to make a claim for 215sqm of land lost during road widening. The council also voted not to give up a 357sqm parcel on Garratt Road to…

SIXTY-EIGHT people have signed a petition calling for pedestrian crossings on dangerous sections of Beaufort Street. Locals want crossings at the intersections of Wood Street, and Third and Central Avenues. Janelle Marshall, 43, was partially paralysed and suffered brain damage after a car accident when she was nine. Now confined to a gopher, it’s difficult…

BAYSWATER residents have petitioned the council about smells and noises from a waste transfer station on Collier Road. Residents living in Shalford Street 150m behind the station have lost patience with Transpacific Cleanaway, which manages the plant. Lead petitioner Kevin Buckley wants a 5m concrete wall built at the rear of the site to block…

VOLUNTEERING WA is looking for food and clothing to give to the homeless. Every year the organisation holds Homeless Connect, a community event where the homeless can pick up free food, clothing and goods. The event also offers pro bono services, including health and dental checks, accommodation assistance and legal counselling. Homeless Connect manager Marija…

A NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation teaching Italian to 22,215 students in WA schools is worried a WA government review could jeopardise its language program. For 35 years the Italo-Australian Welfare & Cultural Centre has been teaching italian in WA schools. It now employs teachers in 81 schools, including Kyilla primary (North Perth), Our Lady’s Assumption (Dianella) and…

AS summer beckons, Stirling city council is warning people not to attempt to catch or kill snakes. Rangers are busy erecting “snakes on this reserve” signs, before they emerge from hibernation in search of food and a mate. Stirling parks manager Ian Hunter says residents should be like Indiana Jones and stay clear, especially of…

BACK when he was a private citizen trying to get the Beaufort Street Festival off the ground, John Carey says he walked into Vincent city council and staff told him “you won’t be able to do it”. Shortly after, a suspicious councillor walked the streets trying to find out who exactly these Beaufort Street Network…