Fix on the way for crash hot spot

Fix on the way for crash hot spot

A notorious intersection within the Serpentine Jarrahdale region will soon receive a roundabout to help alleviate future crashes.  Shire officers investigated the Kargotich and Mundijong roads intersection in accordance with the Towards Zero Road Safety Strategy and...
Students take over the airwaves

Students take over the airwaves

Each morning the announcements at Byford Secondary College are read and produced in a live studio by some of the school’s talented media students.  Dubbed ‘The Morning Show’ the idea was the brainchild of media arts coordinator Craig Miles who thought it...
Isabelle’s creations go far beyond fashion

Isabelle’s creations go far beyond fashion

A 10-year-old Byford girl spent much of her recent school holiday break meticulously weaving hundreds of small rubber bands into bracelets to raise money for sick children.  Isabelle Critchell had hundreds of brightly coloured plastic bands, otherwise known as loom...
A fighting chance for baby Willow

A fighting chance for baby Willow

The decision to include a drug called ORKAMBI into the government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme may not mean much to some, but to one Byford family it means the world.  ORKAMBI can be used by infants aged two to five years old who have two copies of the F508del...
Planting day has extra special meaning

Planting day has extra special meaning

Residents are being encouraged to head along to the next Landcare SJ planting session early next month. The R U OK? planting day at Gooralong Brook in Jarrahdale will be held on September 12 from 9am to 11.30am. Landcare SJ chief executive Francis Smit said...