PHIL ILLINGWORTH reckons being diagnosed with bowel cancer was one of the luckiest days of his life. “Because it meant I could get help and beat the bastard,” the Cockburn […]

THE Wyola Club in Fremantle is broke and set to wind up this week. Club president Christine Dunbar sent out a letter to members late last week notifying them of […]

FEDERAL Labor has pledged $59 million to upgrade High Street between Carrington Street and Stirling Highway if re-elected. The four-lane stretch of road has been a sore spot for years, […]

MELVILLE bowling club has been granted a stay of execution after scores of senior citizens packed the council’s gallery on Wednesday to protest a planned merger of clubs. The council’s […]

FREMANTLE federal Liberal candidate Pierrette Kelly says an ill daughter led to her pulling out of a candidates election forum on Tuesday. Ms Kelly says she only found out on […]

FREMANTLE council has mysteriously sacked most of its rangers, but says the number of front-line troops won’t drop and services won’t be affected. The Herald heard that three long-term rangers […]

DOUG THORNCROFT says when he first proposed a Bon Scott statue in Fremantle, the powers that be shrugged their shoulders. “They thought we were a bunch of cashed-up bogans and […]

BUSINESSMAN Gerard O’Brien has confirmed his company Silverleaf Investments recently bought the old Fremantle police station on Henderson Street. The Herald has heard Mr O’Brien is planning a new hotel, […]

SUNSET EVENTS will push on with plans for a tavern at J-Shed after a knock-back from Fremantle council, but will consider scaling back to ease residents’ concerns, says managing director […]

WA’S second-smallest local government joined the fossil fuel divestment movement this week. East Fremantle’s move to dump banks that invest in fossil fuels was prompted by a petition signed by […]