By Claire Ottaviano, Melissa Sheil and Sally McGlew FORRESTFIELD Stephen Price – LABOR RUNNING on a re-election platform of jobs, education and sport for the Forrestfield seat is Stephen Price. Having delivered on previous commitments for  sporting clubs, community groups ...

By Melissa Sheil DOLCE Blue’s new single SUMMERWAVE was born from suburban summers in the Kalamunda Hills, filled with twangy guitars, shuffling rhythms and destructive youth. Veronica Zurzolo (vocals/guitar), Lachlan Casey (guitar), Daniel Taylor (bass) and Brody Honey (drums) met ...

By Claire Ottaviano BELLEVUE business Plantman have partnered with HeartKids to support children with heart problems. HeartKids is Australia’s leading funding body driving change through research for treatment and management of congenital/childhood heart disease. A large service truck will be ...

By Melissa Sheil PUT down your knitting needles because the call is out for all tree-loving grandmothers and their kin to join the recently formed Perth Hills branch of environmental protection group Nannas for Native Forests. Despite the name, being ...

By Melissa Sheil VISITORS to Stirk Park shouldn’t be alarmed when they see a giant serpent slithering across the grass this Friday night – it is only the Wagyl, a 35 metre rainbow serpent, courtesy of Go Cultural Aboriginal Tours ...

By Sally McGlew  HENLEY Brook’s Margaret Hadley has been named winner of the Annual Australian Ultra Association (AURA) runner awards, for Female Ultra Runner of the Year 2020. Hadley won the award after what the judges described as an astounding ...

By Claire Ottaviano A DREAM to create a community-based caravan park complete with a market village supporting local businesses has become a reality for Perth Hills Caravan Park owner Shorelle Watkins. The mother-of-three bought the caravan park, formerly known as ...

By Sally McGlew  FOR Gidgegannup Pastor in the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Loren Pratt, the recent bushfires held a saltatory lesson about living in the bush. He lost part of his property in the firestorm that overtook Gidgegannup in early ...

By Claire Ottaviano TWO-and-a-half-year-old Tom Moon’s cheeky grin says it all, Gidgegannup residents are thrilled to be back on the power grid. When the Wooroloo Fire swept through Gidgegannup in the first week of February,  it destroyed 86 homes along ...

By Sally McGlew BANKING options in Bullsbrook will be down to zero when Bendigo Bank closes its Bullsbrook Branch this week. On Monday, more than 70 people attended an urgent community meeting with the Bendigo bank board to find out ...