Posts Tagged ‘Fremantle Community’
Best fest
 Sat November 20 2010
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Record numbers crowded the cappuccino strip for the annual Fremantle Festival parade Sunday afternoon and the Essex Street party went off with dancing in the street as it all came to an end for another year.
Playground for Boo Park
Sat November 20 2010
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BOOYEEMBARRA Park in White Gum Valley is set to get its long-awaited kids adventure playground. “If everything goes to plan it will be ready in December,” park working group member Robert Dobson says.
Masters’ Games euthanised
Sat November 13 2010
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THE Fremantle Masters’ Games has been quietly euthanised by Fremantle’s Generation-X council, with no budget for the event appearing in the 2010/2011 Budget. The biennial competition has for a decade offered a chance for over-50s to compete in a diverse range of events from swimming to athletics to dance.
Freo food too ‘dire’ to eat: Critic
Sat November 6 2010
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FEARED food critic and local Rob Broadfield has dismissed Fremantle’s cafes and restaurants as “dire”. He says the time is right for a courageous operator to come forward and transform Freo’s culinary landscape.
LibNats dilute anti-dog cafe rules
Sat October 30 2010
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JANDAKOT Liberal MP Joe Francis says the LibNats have found a way to stop over-zealous councils banning dogs from cafe alfresco areas. He says WA health minister Kim Hames will tell councils not to enforce those sections of the Food Act in relation to dogs in cafes unless there is a clear hygiene risk.
Freo fest for Sister Mary
Sat October 16 2010
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FREMANTLE’S West End will be bursting this Sunday, October 17, as thousands of Catholic faithful and their friends flock to Notre Dame University for the Mary MacKillop Festival at 1pm. At 3:30pm the university lecture halls will show a direct telecast of the canonisation of Australia’s first saint by Pope Benedict XVI, live from St Peter’s, Rome.
Meet to save sheep
Sat October 9 2010
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A PUBLIC meeting to oppose the live export of animals will be held 6pm, Tuesday October 12 at the Fremantle Town Hall.
Last call for Freo CAB?
Sat August 28 2010
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AFTER 45 years dispensing free advice Fremantle’s Citizen Advice Bureau has been put on notice by landlord Fremantle city council. The volunteer-run outfit was gutted at being told to brace for eviction from its Queen Street office.
Knutsford start due soon
Sat August 21 2010
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WORK is expected to get underway late this year or early next on the first stage of Fremantle’s west Knutsford Street structure plan. Fremantle-based Access Housing is partnering with developers to provide 10 to 15 per cent affordable housing.
Kites back at beach
Sat August 14 2010
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THE call is out for people to put together floats based on the Fremantle Festival’s Draw Together theme, r to get behind a reinvigorated kite festival.
