Manjimup Bridgetown Times

HockeySeason comes to an end

Warren Women’s Hockey Association’s 2020 season comes to an end this weekend.

Tari Jeffers

Julia Green, of Mixjuz, delivers a swift hit to the ball.

NetballFever end season with title in hand

Tari Jeffers

Dog Park ProblemSporting minefield

Clubs that use the Collier Street sporting grounds are urging Manjimup residents to not let their dogs use the grounds as a toilet.

Tari Jeffers

Mullet CompMullet comeback inspires contest

A youth festival plans to uncover the best mullet in the Shire of Manjimup.

Tristan Wheeler

Sandakan MemorialSandakan brutality remembered

Relatives of soldiers who perished on the Sandakan Death March, veterans and the Boyup Brook community came together on September 9 to remember those who died.

Tristan Wheeler

Steptember CauseTeam steps up for a cause

The Manjimup RSM team is raising money and awareness of cerebral palsy by walking 10,000 steps each day.

Tari Jeffers

Igloo SculptureMilking the cold in igloo

East Manjimup Primary School rounded out its celebration of Science Week and Book Week with a sustainable igloo sculpture.

Tari Jeffers

Wildflower TipsTake care while walking on wildside

The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions is encouraging people to experience the region’s wildflowers.

Tristan Wheeler

Cancer FundraiserSuperhero James is a cut above

St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School Year 6 student James Rutten lost his locks last Tuesday in support of the Kids Cancer Project.

Times LifeMusic is a passion project for Llewellyn

Manjimup teenager Llewellyn Cully plays several musical instruments and wants to learn more as part of her passion for music.

NetballRoyals and Cyclones race for senior division flag

Bridgetown Netball Association players took to the court for its round seven fixtures on September 1 and September 3.

FootballBombers juniors win in all three contests

Warren-Blackwood Bombers youth football teams completed a stunning trifecta of victories across the three grades at the weekend.

NetballNew kit a great fit for BNA

Thanks to the support of local businesses, the Bridgetown Netball Association players have new uniforms to show off when they represent the association.

Tristan Wheeler

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10 years onA modern-day epic: The inside story of the 2010 WAFL GF

The greatest game in modern WAFL history had it all, and 10 years on we re-visit the day Andrew Krakouer led Swan Districts to a thrilling premiership victory.

John Townsend

SNEAK PEEKTen amazing highlights of new museum unveiled

After more than four years and $400m, the new WA Museum Boola Bardip is almost ready. We take you through 10 highlights to expect when doors open.

Katherine Fleming

Family FavouriteBreakfast and Brunch Review: Lo Quay River Cafe

Going out for brunch with young children can be great so long as everyone understands it will not resemble brunch in the days before children. This Wilson cafe gets it.

Kate Emery

Regional News

VISITOR INFLUXRec fishers causing a tonne of trouble at Shark Bay

Shark Bay council wants tighter limits on recreational fishers as cleaners deal with more than a tonne of fish carcases daily on the foreshore.

Liam Beatty

Citizen’s arrestEXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Citizens’ arrest on York Street

Witnesses told the Advertiser a 31-year-old man was jumping in front of cars and flashing motorists on Albany’s main drag.

Michael Traill

Blunder out YonderFarmers slam McGowan Government job incentive scheme

Farmers have slammed a State Government incentive campaign to lure young WA workers out to agricultural jobs, saying they need skilled labour from interstate for this year’s harvest.

Emma Taylor

MOTHER KNOWS BESTWA Indigenous artist in Archibald self-portrait win

Kalgoorlie-born actor and artist Meyne Wyatt has won the Archibald Prize’s Packing Room Prize for a self-portrait his mother encouraged him to enter.

Change of mindSurfer pleads guilty to murder of ex-wife’s husband

A well-known South West surfing veteran who was due to stand trial accused of murdering his former wife’s new husband after a fight at a home in Margaret River has changed his plea to guilty.

Meth scandalMum who used Eagle’s stepmother as drug mule jailed

A ‘middle class lady’ and mum who sold drugs to an undercover cop and used disgraced school teacher and Eagles stepmum Kate Ainsworth as a mule has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

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Watchdog alertBGC may struggle to cement brick deal

The national competition regulator looms as a major hurdle to the Buckeridge family’s market-dominating purchase of Midland Brick.

Sean Smith

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Man invokes murdered QLD family in alleged wife threat

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: ‘You and your daughter deserve to be burned alive like the Queensland family’, was one of the threats a man made against his wife before brutally raping her, prosecutors say.

Jake Dietsch

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One homeless person dying on Perth streets each week

Multiple homeless people have died on the streets in the last three months with at least 15 losing their lives since July — and the average age of those who passed away is just 47.

A-salt chargeMan charged with ‘chicken salt’ assault on mum

A chicken salt container will be at the centre of a legal argument as a Kalgoorlie-Boulder man denies he assaulted his mother with the popular condiment.

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$1 million for major WA project to fight deadly disease

A Perth researcher has secured a $1 million grant from Neale Daniher’s FightMND campaign to develop a pioneering new genetic technology to treat deadly motor neurone disease.

Portfolio reshuffleNicoletti sells Gingin for more Wheatbelt farms

WA grain king John Nicoletti is already churning his newly acquired farm property portfolio by listing his 1000ha Gingin farm for sale and eyeing others in the central and eastern Wheatbelt.

Jenne Brammer