by Mark Schneider | Mar 3, 2021 | Featured, News
The Bridgetown Star has been going for several months now and while I’ve been out and about collecting stories one thing I’ve heard from many people is that they prefer to get their local news in a good old-fashioned paper form, rather than online. I’ve learnt that...
by Mark Schneider | Feb 19, 2021 | News
Blackwood Biosecurity has been left without staff following the retirement of its executive officer and the resignation of its biosecurity officer in a situation that one Bridgetown-Greenbushes shire councillor has described as “chaos”. Biosecurity issues are...
by Mark Schneider | Feb 15, 2021 | News
Elza Wallis with the life-saving First Responder app. A new mobile phone app from St John Ambulance promises to be a life saving addition to any phone that will give you the help you need exactly when you need it – in an emergency. Elza Wallis, emergency medical...
by Mark Schneider | Feb 15, 2021 | Featured, News
Fire and Rescue volunteers go through their paces at the Variety Club fundraiser Bridgetown’s Volunteer Fire and Rescue Brigade put on an impressive display of vehicle rescue techniques to an appreciative audience at the Variety Club fundraiser at the showgrounds on...
by Mark Schneider | Feb 9, 2021 | News
Rabbits are appearing in big numbers around Bridgetown in a phenomenon that’s being repeated throughout the southwest. However, Blackwood Biosecurity thinks help may be at hand with the release of the K5 strain of calicivirus which has been shown to reduce rabbit...
by Mark Schneider | Jan 27, 2021 | News
Citizen of the year Erica Duffett speaks at the Australia Day ceremony It wasn’t just our newest citizens who were being recognised on Australia Day, it was our citizens of the year as well. It was fitting recognition for individuals and groups who have made an...
