Pictured, TasWater Project Supervisor Garry Barwick overseeing the concrete pour of the emergency retention basin at the new Margate Sewage Pump Station. (PS) A newly installed pump station and the construction of emergency retention storages at the Margate sewage treatment plant has enabled TasWater to close down the facility which has been in operation for decades.From now, all sewage...

Pictured, Paul Stokell accomplished his first outright victory and Dutton Garage GT2 class win at the event after negotiating six days of some of the fiercest tarmac rally competition in the world. (PS Angryman Photography) Highly decorated former circuit racer Paul Stokell conquered Targa Tasmania. Stokell accomplished his first outright victory and Dutton Garage GT2 class win at the...

Pictured, Nick Sakov competes in the Southern Open Table Tennis Championships. (PS Carolyn Whitehouse) The 69th Southern Open Table Tennis Championships were hosted by the Southern Tasmanian Table Tennis Association (STTTA) on Saturday, May 4, at the Kingborough Sports Centre. The full day championships saw entries from 66 participants, with players from at least five different clubs travelling...

A new entertainment venture has been proposed for the local area.An application for planning approval was lodged with the Kingborough Council for a multi-million dollar go kart circuit based on the Nintendo Mario Kart game.Largely solar powered, the complex would have both an outdoor and indoor track including pit areas, at the old K & D Trade building site at Mertonvale Circuit in...

Kingston Primary School Captain, Tommy Bone and Vice-Captain, Jack Salveson laid a wreath at the Kingston Beach Dawn Service on Anzac Day. Tommy proudly wore the medals of his great, great grandfather, who was in the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion in World War One. Mel Cooper, Kingston Beach Sub Branch President, assured the crowd in attendance that there would certainly be a dawn...