You’re never too old

You’re never too old

There is a new interactive café in town and Silver Chain Pendana Social Centre in Bentley is the first in 13 social centres to open a café on site. The grand opening was celebrated last week and it welcomed a lot of customers that look forward to regularly take part...
The sky’s the limit for our top local achievers

The sky’s the limit for our top local achievers

Seven finalists represented the suburbs of Canning out of the 21 groundbreaking finalists announced earlier this month at the Premier’s Science Awards in Western Australia. This year’s focus was to highlight significant work from scientists in WA and to foster a...
Men’s machinery boost

Men’s machinery boost

As they say one man’s trash is another’s treasure and in this case it is a bunch of machinery donated by a local high school to the lads at a newly formed men’s shed.  The men from The Shed, Harrisdale’s newest community men’s group, picked up the machinery from...
Old piano ready to hit the streets

Old piano ready to hit the streets

A second hand piano, which was found dumped during the council’s roadside collection, has received a much-needed lick of paint and new lease on life.  Roleystone resident Bob Hart found the near century-old Cable and Sons piano lying on its side on the verge side...
Former chief executive looks back

Former chief executive looks back

When Ray Tame first started working at the City of Armadale in an engineering role in 1995, the region was very different to how it appears today.  Three years into his journey with the City of Armadale he jumped at the chance to sit in the front seat as chief...