Work starts on new hardware store

MAJOR site works have started in preparation for the building of a new hardware in New Norfolk in the same week that the town’s new Woolworths Supermarket has opened. Three Charles St shops and the New Norfolk Timber premises in Stephen St are being demolished to make way for a

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Woolies welcomes first customers

Eric Hutchinson MHR, left, mayor Martyn Evans, manager WendyHarris, premier Will Hodgman and Cr Barry Lathey. PREMIER Will Hodgman was among the special guests at tonight’s opening of the new Woolworths supermarket in New Norfolk. Despite mixed messages about whether tonight’s function or tomorrow’s 8am media event is the official

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Get down to Woolies for opening night tonight

FAMILY, friends and customers are apparently welcome at a VIP night at the new Woolworths supermarket in New Norfolk tonight (Tuesday). The $17.5 million development will be officially opened at 8am tomorrow (Wednesday), but the doors will be open from 6pm tonight for celebrations starting at 6.15pm including donations to

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Not long now…

WORD has it that New Norfolk’s new Woolworths supermarket will open in about a fortnight, with April 14 being tipped as the day trading will shift from the existing Charles St premises to the huge new premises just across the road in George St. In the absence of any official

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Woolies at night

Final fit-out of New Norfolk’s new Woolworths store appears to be going well.As shown in this photo from earlier tonight, much shelving is in place, as arecheckouts and internal signage, suggesting that opening day cannot be far away. (Click image to enlarge).

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Latest look at Woolies

In the month since our latest look at the Woolworths development in New Norfolk,the car park has been completed and landscaping is under way.

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Big month for local businesses

SEVERAL new businesses have opened at New Norfolk this month, a couple have closed, some have relocated and one has changed hands. Circle St neighbours Maree’s Kitchen and Ooh Lah Lay closed just before Christmas but already the space has been filled by a new barbershop (top photo) that will

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Latest look at Woolies

The development site yesterday. WHILE the current Woolworths store in New Norfolk is still looking a little worse for wear following the recent ram-raid, it’s a a happier sight at the construction site across the road where work is continuing at a rapid pace on the new supermarket. One entrance

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Railriders on track at National Park

THE long-awaited Maydena Railtrack Rider extension at National Park will open on New Year’s Day tomorrow, with the first rides starting around 11am. The starting point is at National Park Station, just off the entrance road to Mt Field National Park. At present there is only limited seating (six adults

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Craft gallery opens in High St

Debbie Browning in the new shop at 3 High St. A NEW shop showcasing locally made Tasmanian timber crafts has recently opened in New Norfolk. Trading as Tasmanian Timber Craft Gallery, the former barbershop at 3 High St has been given a rustic makeover by Owen and Debbie Browning. There

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Shoe Mart to call it a day

The Shoe Mart is closing down. LAST week’s issue of the Derwent Valley Gazette carried the sad news that New Norfolk’s last shoe shop is closing down. Opened in 1938, the local branch of the Shoe Mart and its sister store in Queenstown are the last remnants of a once

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