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Disney dancers on cloud nine
14 May 12 | GEORGE Town's Bee Bop Dance Studio has returned from its overseas stint at Disneyland. The dance group's dream trip was made possible by a massive backing from the Tamar Valley community and h
14 May 12 | IT DOESN'T take a history with the vehicle to recognise what these coaches are about. The Flxible clippers are cool, so cool that the Australian Flxible Clipper Club became an attraction for p
14 May 12 | EXETER Primary School pupils have been getting up to some novel activities, taking the National Year of Reading to another level for their school. Literacy teacher Jenny Johns started a competitio
14 May 12 | GEORGE Town has a strong focus on trade skills and with local businesses such as Grant Mawer Engineering securing contracts interstate it looks set to continue. Training centre co-ordinator Andrea
14 May 12 | THE aroma of hearty food was hanging in the air last week at the Beaconsfield Child and Family Centre. Pasta soup with silverbeet and a herb, rice and chicken combination were on the menu for
14 May 12 | THE Goaty Hills were filled with melodies as the vineyard got in-tune with its third musical event. Goaty Hills Vineyard's Natasha Nieuwhof said their picnic event was incredible. "The wea
Teacher touched by trip
14 May 12 | ANZAC Day has always been an emotional day for Port Dalrymple District High School assistant principal Lynette Burt. But since her trip to Gallipoli, in 2011 as part of the Frank McDonald memo
14 May 12 | IT WAS standing room only at Beaconsfield's Anzac Day ceremony last month. The West Tamar town was packed to the rafters with people honouring those who had sacrificed everything so we can liv
Voice of the community speaks up
14 May 12 | NOTHING ties together a community like a sense of ownership. Whether it's the local park, a monument, or even a town hall - these things are enough to keep a community close in their interests
14 May 12 | APPROPRIATE facilities and learning opportunities can make a large difference in the early stages of growth for young children. Playgroup Tasmania chief executive Debbie Smith said the Tamar V
Dream cars hit Tassie
14 May 12 | BRING on the Buicks! The chance to relive the past for many car lovers across the state will come in May as more than 40 members of the Buick Car Club take to Tasmanian roads. Buick tour o
09 Apr 12 | RIVERSIDE Primary School pupils have been hard at work in an effort to score some neat prizes for their school. One-thousand dollars worth of books and coloured reading mats are up for grabs f
09 Apr 12 | A $2.5-million sewerage effluent re-use scheme is planned for Beaconsfield. The Ben Lomond Water project could prevent the discharge of effluent into the Tamar River. The plan includes bui
09 Apr 12 | AN ANGRY public gallery last month filled the George Town Council meeting as the council passed its new draft interim planning scheme. Opponents of the George Town Learning, Information and Networ
09 Apr 12 | ALL that was missing from the spectacle of watching 28 quad bikes roar across the Batman Bridge was the blaring horns of Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries. The quad bike exodus travelled from
09 Apr 12 | EPICNESS will be brought to Youth Week this month by the West Tamar Council as it lines up some great events at Riverside's Tailrace Centre. The council's youth development officer, Stewart Bell,
09 Apr 12 | ARTENTWINE will make its return this year - and it's going to be bigger and better than ever, according to West Tamar Arts Group's Robyn Barnet. Entries for 2D and 3D works are now open for the Oc
09 Apr 12 | FRIENDLY sledging and some decent shots were stand-out features of the friendly George Town Tamar Saints versus Launceston Old Boys masters play-off. The over-40s, 25-over match was last month hel
09 Apr 12 | A WIDE range of fish are out there to be caught - but how to do it? An information session at Clarence Point, facilitated by Northern Tasmania Fishcare regional co-ordinator Quenton Higgs, wil
09 Apr 12 | THE Tamar is still fishing well as winter approaches. The water temperature has dropped somewhat - it is sitting around 16 degrees at the moment. LOW HEAD The kingfish seem to hav
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