IT was a case of Starsky—but no hutch. An East Perth couple have rescued and returned a lost bunny to its owners, after they’d found it hopping around their verge Saturday night. Jenni says they christened the intrepid bunny “Starsky” and put it in their front garden to keep it safe. It stayed there over…

WITH the old Cheriton Street cottage narrowly saved from being sold, the Norwood Neighbourhood Association is turning it into a neighbourhood centre. Vincent city council is soon to start restorations on the cottage, so the NNA’s asking locals to come out to an ideas day on August 30 to think up plans on how to…

LOCALS with an interest in wetlands are being urged to turn out for a Baigup wetlands planting and weeding day this Sunday August 24. The Bayswater wetland is coming back to life after decades as a site for market gardens, and then a weed-infested wasteland. “Once the land was no longer used privately, that led…

PLANS for a multi-million dollar wine bar in Maylands are generating plenty of interest both for and against. A 103-signature petition opposing the venue has been submitted to Bayswater city council but supporters have taken to Facebook in their droves, excited about the one-of-a-kind live music venue. Applicant Michiel de Ruyter says around 100 letters…

BAYSWATER mayor Sylvan Albert says the council has no plans to sell its Mertome retirement village ahead of a special council meeting about its redevelopment. The Winifred Road home was established in 1972 and accommodates 213 people in 200 units. It was the first of its kind to be constructed by a council and pioneered…

SCIENCE is coming to the Perth cultural centre this weekend. The free Perth Science Festival kicks off national science week, our first since the Abbott government deleted the science portfolio last year. There’ll be 35 sciencey (and free) activities like the petting zoo, reptile display, science poetry and Tim Jarvis’ tales of recreating Shackleton’s Antarctic…

VINCENT city council’s financials are in deep trouble after $3.2 million listed as a surplus was found to be a deficit. If not tackled, the council deficit could blow out to $6.4 million. The discovery means “potentially nothing is off limits” says new CEO Len Kosova in his first tumultuous week in the job. “There…

BEING regarded a place of “considerable cultural heritage” is something most churches might praise. But Father John Anastasiou says it’s a headache he could do without. His Greek Orthodox Parish of St Nektarios in Dianella is earmarked to appear on Stirling council’s heritage list and he says that might throw a spanner in redevelopment works.…

PERTH city councillors granted the Pride Parade $45,000 for this year’s festival. Pride faced insolvency three times in the past 10 years, but management’s completed a review to tighten things up. Last year’s daytime parade was a bit of a quiet affair, with the streets only sparsely populated, but this year they’re heading back to…

THE organisation that feeds homeless people in Weld Square has bought a food truck to keep its volunteers safe from druggies. Manna Inc’s volunteers currently serve food from fold-out tables, leaving them exposed. “It is a difficult time of year and a small percentage of disadvantaged people that Manna Inc provide meals to turn to…