TRADERS in Fremantle’s struggling West End are seething with the short notice given for a 10-day closure of High Street for extensive roadworks. Council resurfacing from the West End to […]

WHEN Zephyr Balint-Fitzgerald, 6, tried out the pontoon at South Beach recently, he noticed the step was covered in slippery seaweed and he was worried other swimmers might slip and […]

HAMILTON HILL’S Glenice Hancock (right) is a seasoned volunteer at overseas orphanages, but a trip to Cambodia’s Coso Orphanage last year really touched her heart. Keen to raise money to […]

BACK in 1959 the Narrows Bridge opened at the same time a bunch of kids walked through the doors at Richmond Primary for their first taste of school. The pies […]

MURDOCH University researchers have “grave concerns” for the dolphin known as Fingers, last spotted in Cockburn Sound with fishing line wrapped around it. Fingers, which features distinctive markings on its […]

“IT was 20 years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play….” well almost, says local muso Jim Fisher who formed the One Voice Choir two decades ago. Fisher, […]

‘reflects poor planning that shows little regard for the freight corridor users’ FREMANTLE PORTS says too many homes are being built close to its operations and southern freight lines, leading […]

Unelected panel overrides concerns to approve project THE three unelected members of Melville’s development assessment panel have outvoted the two elected councillors to approve a controversial unit development in Mt […]

NEW WA local government minister Tony Simpson has ducked questions about Fremantle council flirting with a development that mayor Brad Pettitt acknowledges has been selling sluggishly. The Herald asked Mr […]

‘there is a worrying trend of incompetence by parts of the administration’ THE Fremantle Inner City Residents’ Association is questioning Fremantle city council’s “competence”. FICRA member Maryrose Baker says there’s […]