Swoop like a vulture
CIOCCOLATO ESPRESSO, Applecross by JENNY D’ANGER: I FIGURED we were onto a good thing when, in a biting breeze, even the alfresco seating was at a premium at Cioccolato Espresso […]
Tell them your Dreaming
ANDREW LITSTER was a veteran swimming coach, fit and athletic. Then he was stabbed outside his Willagee home by teenagers and his world crumbled. Litster had waged a private battle […]
Vive la Bellevue
BELLEVUE is French for “beautiful view” and how fitting that is for Fremantle’s street of the same name. The streetscape is certainly a charming view, with a very English feel […]
A warm break
HAVING convinced ourselves we live in a place that never gets cold, we shiver every winter in homes ill-defended against the dropping mercury. But not at this Breaksea Drive, North […]
Hidden away
PAUL KELLY’S Under the Sun sings of “leaving South Fremantle in a Falcon panel van”, but it’s apparently the only song to give Fremantle a mention, despite the many talented […]
A father’s pain
A WREATH in the shape of a love heart hangs from the iron gate; a horrible tragedy locked away behind it in the dirty blue alley off Collie Street. The […]
Ensuring a fair trial
JOURNALISTS are obliged to report inappropriate behaviour by jurors to ensure the accused receives a fair trial, media law experts say Curtin University head of journalism Joseph Fernandez says reporters […]
Jurors sleep through evidence
SEVERAL jurors fell asleep during key evidence presented at the trial of a Spearwood man convicted last week of murdering Randall Lee Duncan in 2012. One juror nodded off for […]
Fly’s fingers crossed
FLY by Night boss John Reid says he’s on track to collect 10,000 signatures that tell the National Trust to let his club stay in the old artillery barracks in […]
Parke life a bit of a blur
“OH, I’m exhausted.” Despite quitting the shadow front bench to spend more time with a sick family member, federal Fremantle MP Melissa Parke is finding life on Labor’s backbench pretty […]