FOR more than 24 hours residents around the Perth Hills waited on services to restore their power after the carnage caused by three days of destructive winds and heavy rain earlier this week. From Tuesday evening through to Thursday morning, ...
Read More »Vigilante locals strike twice with illegal hoop
IT’s the people of Glen Forrest verses the Shire of Mundaring this week after local government workers were called out to the town’s park not once, but twice, to remove an illegally erected basketball hoop. In a move that has ...
Read More »Young firie up for state award
WITH sheer courage, at the age of 16, Ayden Stenton faced the disastrous scenes of the 2021 Wooroloo bushfire on his fire callout. Now 18, Ayden is a finalist for the WA Fire and Emergency Services Firefighting Youth Achievement Award ...
Read More »Pillowcases used for disaster preparedness
By Rebecca Peppiatt GLEN Forrest Primary school students took part in a Red Cross program designed to build knowledge and capacity in disaster preparedness. During Hurricane Katrina in 2005, students from a local university used pillowcases to carry their cherished ...
Read More »Chuditch sighting reignites land fight
By Melissa Sheil A RARE sighting of a threatened native animal in Glen Forrest has local environmental scientists excited for the future of the population, while also adding fuel to their battle against redevelopment of the site. Between February and ...
Read More »Pumped for new track
By Rebecca Peppiatt Teens and younger kids in Glen Forrest are gearing up for a meeting next week that will see them give their input and ideas on a new pump track planned for the town. Mundaring Shire is holding ...
Read More »Basketball court finally in the works
By Rebecca Peppiatt Glen Forrest locals will soon get their much-anticipated basketball court after Shire of Mundaring councillors this week voted to bring forward plans to build one. The issue has become controversial in recent months after council began work ...
Read More »Court bounced to different location
By Sally McGlew AFTER waiting ten years for a basketball half-court in Glen Forrest’s Morgan John Morgan Reserve, parents of teenagers in Glen Forrest said they feel like the concrete has been ripped out from under them after a neighbour ...
Read More »Song nomination exciting for Woodbridge artist
By Sally McGlew WOODBRIDGE singer-songwriter Anna Schneider has won herself a Western Australian Music (WAM) song of the year nomination for her yet to be released single ‘Whole’. The single is due to be released in the next eight weeks ...
Read More »Police appeal for information on stolen caravan
By Melissa Sheil and Claire Ottaviano MUNDARING police are seeking help from the community to locate a caravan stolen from two tourists last month. At about 11am on Monday May 31, a couple in their forties, who wish to remain ...
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