Drone ‘disgrace’
WAR VETERANS were indignant after a buzzing airborne drone ruined the silence at Fremantle’s dawn ANZAC service on Monument Hill. Joel Robinson was in the crowd and says the invasive, […]
Holy auction
IS the heritage-listed Fremantle synagogue set to become a restaurant selling pork belly or bacon and eggs? The owner of the former synagogue was in the midst of turning the […]
Street Dr struggle
WITH another winter approaching, along with the deathly chill of a horror State Budget, the Fremantle Street Doctor, its future always uncertain, is again struggling to make ends meet. Black […]
Flying high
A QUARANTINE hanging over Fremantle following the discovery of the Queensland fruit fly has been lifted. Barterers can now resume sharing their excess fruit, with the primary industries and regional […]
Locals win height cut
A SEVEN-STOREY limit has been slapped on a proposed $80 million development at the Stirling and Canning Highway intersection, after locals complained it was too high. East Freo council initially […]
Fremantle invades Fairbridge
FREMANTLE was a bit of a ghost town last week as hordes of people headed to the Fairbridge Festival. A heap of Freo musicians, including Lucky Oceans, Mark Cain and […]
$10m question
MELVILLE Council was likely to be taken to task by residents on Thursday April 26 over allegations of serious breaches of local government legislation and a “severe lack of transparency.” […]
LETTERS 28.4.18
5-0 says it all I REFER to the story “O’Brien blasts council” in last week’s Herald (April 21, 2018), about the tallest ever proposal for the centre of Fremantle being knocked […]
Much simpler road plan
MICHAEL WILLICOMBE is a Freo resident and former Fremantle council planner with a bit of experience in roads—he designed the port truck link-up by the old Europcar site. He reckons Main […]
Manuka is on fire
THE concept is simple. All the dishes at Manuka are cooked in its woodfire oven—olives and chicken thighs are roasted, Berkshire pork is grilled, pepitas are toasted and flatbread and […]