Kettering student Sumali Buamee is the first recipient of the Mary Walker Scholarship, jointly offered by South Channel Garden Club and 5 Bob Farm at Birchs Bay.The award honours long-time garden club stalwart Mary Walker, who recently passed away.The scholarship is being offered to students in the South Channel region or with links to the area to help pave the way towards a career in fields...

Albert Leslie Elliott, 'Les' to his friends and family, celebrated his 100th birthday on Tuesday, February 11. Les was born in Yorkshire, England and departed for Mombasa, Kenya when he was just 17. Here he worked as an assistant police commissioner at a police training school and met the love of his life, Margaret, whom he married.A Kenyan friend moved down to Australia and enthused about it so...

The fourth annual Australia Day at Adventure Bay event brought in huge crowds last week, locking in the occasion as an officially recognised Australia Day event by the National Australia Day Council. Bruny Bowls and Community Club is now listed on their official calendar of events.Patrons enjoyed a variety of food and refreshment vans, musical entertainment from Sharn Hitchins, Eclipse,...

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...