Margate Primary School teacher Susan Munro has retired after 38 years of teaching."Over the last two weeks of term I collaborated with a local artist Rhi Headley to design and draw up a mural which is my gift to the school," Susan said. "During my art classes students from Prep to Year 4 helped paint the mural. "They loved doing this and all felt like 'real' artists."Art and literacy have always...

Kingston Combined Probus Club (KCPC) celebrated their 10-year anniversary with a lunch at the Kingborough Bowls and Community Club, Margate. Immediate past president and now Vice President Jenny Tayler shared the origins of this club at the birthday celebrations."Although Probus was well established in the region, with flourishing men's and ladies' clubs, there was no club for retired couples to...

Story Dogs' Local Coordinator and Margate resident Sarah Jarvis partnered with MyState Foundation to launch the MyState Foundation Community Grants for 2025.Story Dogs was a recipient of last year's Community Grants, receiving almost $6000 towards recruiting, accrediting, placing and supporting eight new dog teams in Tasmania.Story Dogs is an Australia-wide literacy program partnering young...

Bruny Bowls and Community Club was officially named the 2024 Good Sports Community Club of the Year at the Melbourne Cricket Ground last week on Wednesday, April 2.The Good Sports Awards recognises clubs and individuals who are committed to creating healthy and safe environments. This is an initiative from the Alcohol and Drug Foundation, with their Good Sports program helping to disrupt the...

Bonnet Hill-based artist Loren Kronemyer has joined 52 ACTIONS, an art exhibition that has been touring nationwide and is now open at the Devonport Regional Gallery from Saturday, March 29 to Saturday, May 10.52 ACTIONS started off as an invitation put forward to 52 different artists to create digital transmissions that Artspace published online over the COVID pandemic years. This has now...