Kingston Library was one of many organisations across Tasmania that celebrated National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) on Wednesday, May 19. Over 100 children and 20 adults attended, including Taroona Primary School and Possums Early Learning Centre. The session opened with Kingston Library team members performing warm-up songs. The children then listened to Give me some Space! written and...

National Road Safety Week was recognised around the country from May 16 to 23.To raise road safety awareness, both the Kingston Civic Centre and the Kingborough Community Hub were lit up in yellow.Chair of the Kingborough Community Safety Committee and Acting Mayor of Kingborough, Cr Jo Westwood acknowledged National Road Safety Week in a media release on May 19.Acting MayorWestwood said the...

Newly published 17-year-old Kingborough writer, Madeline Lowe, and her 17-year-old co-author, Layla Ottaway, have written a family-friendly sci-fi novel for readers aged 10 and up. The book featured as part of the Tassie Indie Author Book Fair on Saturday, May 8, where young authors read from their novel. Planet Alterra is a 150-page novel set on a colonised planet full of hybrid creatures and...

A new walking map was launched at a bush picnic attended by 150 locals at the Taroona Schools Reserve on Sunday, May 2. The Track Down Taroona map, partly funded by a Kingborough Council COVID-19 grant, was recently distributed to all 1400 households in Taroona, along with a flora and fauna poster. Acting Mayor of Kingborough, Cr Jo Westwood officially launched the map, with Kingborough...

ANZAC Day services were celebrated across Kingborough on Sunday, April 25, after the Dawn Services were cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Kingston Beach RSL Club Sub-branch invited the community to the 6.30am Dawn Service and wreath laying ceremony at Kingston Beach Esplanade, followed by a march for the service and ex-service people in attendance. The Sub-branch also...