The Love 40 campaign has marked the start of the Tasmanian school year since 2019, with this year's iteration launched at Blackmans Bay Primary School on Thursday, January 30. Love 40 is a reminder for road users to slow down and obey road rules in school zones. "On any given school day, approximately 85,000 school kids are on the move across the state, and they deserve to do so safely,"...

Kingston View Drive Dog Park is set to be relocated as part of the broader redevelopment plan for the area, which includes the transformation of Kingston's Twin Ovals into the state-of-the-art AFL High Performance Centre (HPC). While the forthcoming HPC has brought excitement to the community, some dog owners feel left in the dark about the park's future. "Owners of the dogs at the park were not...

The Bruny Wild Swimmers have a new name, date and format for their third annual community swim. The Bruny Wild Swim Classic will be held on Saturday, February 8.The location of the swim will not be announced until the day before."It's the same logic that we use to pick our weekday swims," Bruny Wild Swimmer Jonathan Ross explained."If swimming conditions aren't great on one side of the island,...

In the early hours between Monday, January 6 and Tuesday, January 7 vandals damaged the historic Margate Train with graffiti.The offenders spray-painted ECKYS and SECKS on the side of the train in large letters, obscuring parts of the windows across two carriages. The graffiti was removed within the week, and Kingston Police are appealing to anyone who may have any information that can assist in...

Snug local Beau Webster made his Australian Test debut this weekend where he shone in a six-wicket victory over India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Beau took two great catches and was Australia's top scorer with 57 in the first innings, taking a wicket and 39no with the bat in the second innings."We have seen Beau be part of our pathways system since he was a 12-year-old, and his development...