THE Maylands Hawkers Market will reopen for the start of the summer season in November. Bayswater city council approved the markets to be held at the space between the RISE and Maylands Hall until March 28. It had previously completed a successful trial there. Last month, Local Arts and Community Events, the not-for-profit group behind…

PLANNER Ben Doyle says Vincent council’s design advisory committee process is “broken”. His client’s Cowle Street design was first lodged with the council 342 days ago. The DAC is supposed to improve the design before it gets to council, but he found the process to be a tangled mess. “It’s been to DAC four times…

GREENS & CO cafe owner Stuart Lofthouse has dropped his minor protest against the police state. Greens & Co is a known hangout for uniforms, with coppers and ambos frequently seen at the coffee counter where they get $2 brews. Mr Lofthouse had temporarily erected a sign saying “sorry all police coffee now $4—ambos still…

GIANT elkhound Bart is just one of the colourful cast of characters to be written about in the forthcoming history of St Bart’s homeless shelter. Since stepping down as St Bart’s CEO in 2012, Lynne Evans has put pen to paper and has nearly finished the first draft of of her 300-page history of the…

BAYSWATER city soccer club has won the inaugural National Premier Leagues WA league. The Black and Blues clinched the title with a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Sorrento at Percy Doyle Reserve. After going behind in the first half, Baysy secured the title with a late 86th minute strike from Paul McCarthy. They will now go…

FOLLOWING his fourth suicide attempt and a schizophrenic stint where he believed he was Jesus, David Tehr decided it might be time to seek help. These days he’s married with a steady job but back when he wanted to kill himself he couldn’t see any bright days ahead. The attempts started with shooting himself at…

VINCENT mayor John Carey has publicly thanked former councillor Dudley Maier for his help bringing the budget deficit problems to light. Last year the pair were looking like competitors, with Mr Maier considering running for mayor. But at this week’s council meeting Mr Carey said “I want to thank the former Cr Dudley Maier who…

AN opportunity to boost tourism in Maylands has backfired because Captain Cook Cruises is not guaranteed access to the jetty next to Tranby House. Last year Bayswater city council and the WA government spent $247,000 restoring and modifying Tranby Jetty so larger commercial vessels and recreational boats could make regular stops at the 1839-built house…

FORMER Vincent CEO John Giorgi apparently did not tell the elected council the WA local government department had been issuing him letters warning about finance problems. The department had sent the council letters three times raising “questions regarding the city’s financial position and reporting discrepancies”. Problems included a $3.2million deficit wrongly counted as a surplus,…

Perhaps it was the theme from Love Story, thought Perth Voice photographer Matthew Dwyer as he snapped a couple in a romantic embrace while Antonio Diaz busked. Diaz was in a philharmonic orchestra in Colombia and has only been in Australia for three weeks. While London was more profitable he’ll be sticking around a while…