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 ...
Read More »Dolce Blue reflect bittersweet hills summers
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 ...
Read More »No one is Mr Perfect with mental health
By Melissa Sheil TWO local men have garnered permission to host Perth’s most eastern chapter of men’s mental health gathering group Mr Perfect with the first barbeque event set to take place in Kalamunda on March 7. Host Darren Peterson, ...
Read More »Young illustrator gets her start in kids book
By Melissa Sheil PUBLISHED illustrator is not a title young people can often claim, yet Kalamunda student Zara Hoffman has been able to call herself one since the age of nine, with her first illustrations being released late last year ...
Read More »Fire ignorance angers
By Melissa Sheil REPORTS of arson behaviour in the City of Kalamunda angered Pickering Brook and High Wycombe residents last week. On the night of Friday, February 5, residents in High Wycombe were alarmed to hear loud bangs coming from ...
Read More »Treasures found in inspirational murals for youth
By Melissa Sheil ASPIRING not-for-profit Treasured Youth Co is spicing up public art, youth mental health awareness and the classic down south trip with its inspired ‘Treasure Trail of WA’ project, a collection of interactive murals that will begin in ...
Read More »Turning the wheel at a new cheese taste sensation
By Sally McGlew WITH a surname that sounds like the name for an imported aged cheddar, Hayden Brokenshire, and his partner Rachel Hunt, may have discovered their true calling with their imported and local cheeses in a new shop in ...
Read More »Heidelberg aged care gets the green light
THE State has made good on its promise to fast-track aged care provision at a site in Carmel before Christmas with the gazettal of a Metropolitan Region Scheme amendment this week securing its future. Known as Heidelberg Park, the land ...
Read More »Blooming through COVID
By Melissa Sheil A FAMILY run florist in Kalamunda has not only survived the economic toll of the pandemic but managed to thrive. Our Flower Studio owner and florist Lucinda Smith-Pedlar said she could have never foreseen the opportunities that ...
Read More »Kalamunda shines in awards
By Melissa Sheil OUTDOORS WA honoured the passion and calibre of two Kalamunda based organisations at its awards ceremony last week. Disabled off-road cycling non-profit Break the Boundary and Kalamunda High School’s Outdoor Adventure program scooped up wins in two ...
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