A QUICK sale of Derwent Valley cherry-grower Reid Fruits is anticipated following last week’s announcement that the 160-year-old business was on the market under a world-wide expression of interest process. Reid Fruits managing director Tim Reid said the business now had 136ha of cherries under cultivation, representing almost 10 per

Click image to enlarge. PEAK employer body, the TCCI, and the Tasmanian Council of Social Service (TasCOSS) have joined forces to work on breaking down the barriers facing people looking for jobs in the Derwent Valley. Designed to listen to local job seekers, the Jobs Action Plan will kick off

Bel Bird cutting the cake on Friday. AN official re-opening of the New Norfolk Pharmacy was held last Friday, with proprietor Bel Bird cutting a cake to celebrate the near-completion of renovation works at the pharmacy, which now stretches from 2a to 6 High St. Locally owned and operated, the

A GRAND re-opening of the New Norfolk Guardian Pharmacy will be held this Friday, followed by a gala day on Saturday. Proprietor Bel Bird said the store renovation and expansion was not quite complete but the bulk of the work was done and so the celebration would go ahead as

The New Norfolk Gunshop is set to move next door and berenamed Williams Outdoors. A YEAR after the opening of New Norfolk’s big new Mitre 10 store, the original location in High St will soon be trading as an outdoors store. New signage went up on the 41 High St

TOURISM operators in the Derwent Valley and Central Highlands are invited to a special session at Bushy Park this Thursday to learn how to make the most out of social media. The Department of State Growth and Destination Southern Tasmania will present the “Digital Ready for Business” event to help local

THE New Norfolk Caltex petrol station on the corner of Montagu and Burnett Streets reopened to customers at the weekend, part-way through its redevelopment project. The site closed in November to allow for a major upgrade to take place. Operated by Bennett’s Petroleum, it now has fully updated underground infrastructure,

2a High St is to be incorporated into the adjoining pharmacy. WORK has started on an expansion of the New Norfolk Guardian Pharmacy at the top end of High St. Proprietor Bel Bird said she was pleased to see the work under way after a long wait. The project will

Upgrading work has started at Caltex New Norfolk.  NEW Norfolk’s Caltex petrol station has closed temporarily to allow underground equipment to be upgraded in readiness for the site’s redevelopment as a Mood Food outlet. Plans lodged with the Derwent Valley Council by Potter Projects on behalf of Bennett’s Petroleum show

YEAH YEAH Clothing is the name of a new business that has recently opened at 3 High St, New Norfolk. This shop was until recently occupied by a craft gallery. Located between the noodleshop and the Salvos thrift shop, Yeah Yeah has a range of clothing for children and adults

An artist’s impression of the revamped New Norfolk Caltex. THE owners of New Norfolk’s Caltex petrol station propose to redevelop their site on the corner Montagu and Burnett Streets and adopt the Mood Food brand. Plans lodged with the Derwent Valley Council by Potter Projects on behalf of Bennett’s Petroleum

A “POP-UP” shop is expected to open in New Norfolk at 31 Burnett St today.  Posters in the window of the former office of the Derwent Valley Gazette state that the shop will be open from Wednesday to Saturday each week, offering collectables, antiques, homewares and gift ideas. The shop