A PLAN for five inner-city councils to collaborate on an e-scooter share scheme has fallen apart after the City of Perth got cold feet. Originally Perth was meant to be part of a five-way collaboration to trial e-scooters between Vincent, South Perth, Subiaco, and Victoria Park councils, taking in UWA and Kings Park. But Perth…

SMOKING and vaping are officially outlawed in the five town centres in Vincent as of November 22. For the first six months smokers will be ‘educated’ rather than fined for lighting up.  The main strips affected include Angove and Fitzgerald Street in North Perth, Scarborough Beach Road in Mount Hawthorn, Oxford Street in Leederville, and…

BAYSWATER-BASED women’s refuge Orana House has marked a milestone of helping 10 families escape violence and get into rental housing. Housing the families was an uphill battle against a lack of affordable housing and landlords who are reluctant to take on tenants who’ve fled family domestic violence.  Orana House has operated as a shelter and…

MAIN ROADS has dumped an unpopular proposal to turn Charles Street into an even busier high-capacity thoroughfare, cancelling the idea even before the consultation period was over. The proposal involved sinking Charles Street at three intersections (Vincent Street, Scarborough Beach Road and Walcott Street) so traffic north/south could duck straight through and avoid traffic lights.  But…

LAST weekend’s mysterious mass drone malfunction during a foreshore light show was not the first time bots have dropped from the sky. Similar incidents overseas have been blamed on software failure, saboteurs and even consumer devices interfering with drones.  Perth council hired Perth-based company Drone Sky Shows to run sky shows on November 19 and…

FROM the muddy Swan River and Crawley Baths to an international-grade swim centre, this week’s tale from the Vincent Local History Centre goes back to a time when going for a swim in Perth involved a lot more mud and jellyfish. BEFORE the construction of Beatty Park in 1962, a generation of school children braved…

THE date’s set for the new City of Bayswater Skate Park to officially reopen on Saturday December 10. The old Wotton Reserve skate park had to be dismantled and a new one built on the other side of the same reserve to make way for the Morley train station carpark as part of Metronet upgrades. …

THE founder of the Town Team Movement Jimmy Murphy has been named WA’s “Local Hero” in the Australian of the Year 2023 awards. Mr Murphy, a jazzman and former Vincent councillor, founded the Town Team Movement to help local groups like Leederville Connect, Mount Hawthorn Hub and Baysie Rollers spruce up their town centres, run…

OLIVES plucked by schoolkids from street trees and gardens around North Perth have turned out to be a magical mixture, with “Harvest 6006” oil winning silver at the WA Olive Awards. North Perth Primary School’s P&C conducted the first olive harvest in 2013 to raise money for upgrades like a nature playground. NPPS parent Siri…

NORTH PERTH residents packed Vincent council’s public gallery this week to oppose a 24-hour petrol station planned for the Angove Street cafe strip. Their main concern was that petrol fumes would endanger health and kill the strip’s alfresco culture. The block on the corner of Angove and Woodville Street was a mechanic’s garage for five…