Local News
04 Mar 10 | LOCAL resident De Robinson gives up her time once a week to mentor local students as part of the School Volunteer Program (SVP) at Donnybrook District High School.
04 Mar 10 | BALINGUP artist Doug Chambers has come a long way since hiding out in underground railway stations as a child from the blitz in wartime London.
04 Mar 10 | COLLIE-Preston MLA Mick Murray has expressed concerns over sewerage problems experienced in local areas after a long term forecast for a wet winter.
04 Mar 10 | CHEMICALS and equipment used in the manufacture of amphetamines were found at the Donnybrook Apple Fun Park by shire workers last week.
04 Mar 10 | A DONNYBROOK couple have warned of the dangers of travelling to Bali after a bad food poisoning experience.
04 Mar 10 | THE Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire Council is to seek an extension of the objection period for the exploration tenement being sought by mining giant Bauxite Resources Ltd.
25 Feb 10 | THE Yornup Hall Management Committee has come out swinging at an attack on its performance.
25 Feb 10 | THE new boardwalk at the Greenbushes Pool is rapidly taking shape thanks to community volunteers who spend Fridays and weekends at the pool working on its construction.
25 Feb 10 | TWO organisations in the Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire are having trouble completing projects on time for which $2000 grants were approved.
25 Feb 10 | BORN in Perth in 1928, Pam Trigwell’s earliest memories are of depression times.
25 Feb 10 | A BALINGUP seed saver has expressed concerns that GM-free shires have no legal recourse to maintain their GM-free status.
25 Feb 10 | COUNTRY music fans, grey nomads and ute and truck enthusiasts converged on Boyup Brook for the town’s 25th Country Music Festival at the weekend.
25 Feb 10 | RESIDENTS along Bridgetown’s Polina Road have been shocked to hear mining company, Bauxite Resources Limited (BRL) has applied for an exploration licence over the same area where they are fighting to prevent a gravel pit.
18 Feb 10 | SIGNS are to be erected in Bridgetown’s busy Hampton Street shopping precinct warning vehicles of the need to slow down and drive carefully.
18 Feb 10 | AVID Donnybrook Gardening Club member Sandra Fussell is something of a local expert when it comes to indigenous species.
18 Feb 10 | LOCAL councils are concerned about the health and environmental effects of the continued deferral of the State’s infill sewerage program.
18 Feb 10 | Boyanup residents could have their own ambulance sub-centre within four months.
18 Feb 10 | QUONGUP’S mobile phone tower is operational and work on the Balingup tower will start this week.
18 Feb 10 | WHAT’S the secret to growing a really big pumpkin?
11 Feb 10 | WITH the right spirit and the right heart, one person can make a difference, says local indigenous artist Sandra Hill, who has made a lot of difference in her time.
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