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Michelle Dracoulis new mayor for six months

MICHELLE Dracoulis has been elected to serve as mayor of the Derwent Valley Councillor for the next six months. She becomes the council’s first female mayor and fills the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ben Shaw late last year. Current deputy mayor Jessica Cosgrove received just under 25% of

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Temporary halt in mayoral vote count

AN audit of the votes cast in the election for Derwent Valley mayor is under way to ensure the right candidate is excluded as the distribution of preferences nears its end. Acting mayor Jessica Cosgrove received 899 primary votes but is now one vote away from being excluded after Michelle

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Dracoulis romps in to seat on council

NEW Norfolk’s Michelle Dracoulis has been elected to a seat on the Derwent Valley Council after practically outpolling all the other candidates combined, as counting of the 2022 by-election continues at the Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Counting of votes for the vacant position of mayor is being rechecked and it is

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New vacancy after councillor leaves the state

ANOTHER recount will be conducted on votes cast in the 2018 council election to find a replacement for Derwent Valley Councillor Frank Pearce who has moved interstate and is no longer eligible to be a councillor. Cr Pearce advised last month’s council meeting that this was likely to be the

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Hand-delivery urged for remaining votes in council by-election

AS many as 60% of voters have not yet had their say in the postal by-election to find a new mayor and councillor for the Derwent Valley Council. The Tasmanian Electoral Commission yesterday reported that with only days to go, 40.03% of voters had so far returned their postal ballot

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Ten questions for the mayoral candidates

IN the absence of a public forum to meet the candidates in this month’s Derwent Valley Council by-elections, New Norfolk and Derwent Valley News has put 10 questions to the six of them. There are some obvious questions that are not on this list because they have become identified with

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Derwent Valley Council by-elections

VOTES in the Derwent Valley Council by-elections for mayor and councillor must be received by 10am on February 22 in order to be counted. Voting is done by postal ballot. Official information here.

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Australia Day sports award keeps it in the family

THE title of Derwent Valley Council Sportsperson of the Year for 2022 has gone to the sister of last year’s recipient. New Norfolk High School student Ailie Morgan, 13, was named as this year’s recipient at last week’s Australia Day Awards ceremony, with the baton passing from her older sister

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Derwent Valley Young Citizen of the Year

FIFTEEN year-old J’Khobi Bone was named the Derwent Valley municipality’s Young Citizen of the Year during the Australia Day ceremony at New Norfolk last week. The St Virgil’s College student was recognised for his many sporting and community contributions. He began playing basketball at the age of seven and last

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Derwent Valley citizens of the year

LIONS Club of New Norfolk president Kerry Kievit and emergency services volunteer Adrian James are the joint Derwent Valley Citizens of the Year for 2022. This is only the third time in the 54-year history of the local Australia Day Awards that the title of Citizen of the Year was

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Former mayor joins race for council seat

THE Tasmanian Electoral Commission has today announced the names of candidates contesting the Derwent Valley Council by-elections. These will be conducted by postal voting and the municipality’s 8159 electors will start to receive their ballot packs in a week’s time, with a further three weeks to consider their vote and

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Bingley bags bragging rights on Junction corner

KEEPING a lid on rate rises and rebuilding links with local volunteers are the priorities of the fifth candidate running for mayor and councillor on the Derwent Valley Council. He is Philip Bingley, of Lachlan, who is a retired environmental health officer with experience working for several councils. “Having retired

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