THE letter was moved from one side of the kitchen table to the other and back again. “It is addressed to you, so you open it,” my father said. My brother was sweating bullets as it was his conscript letter from the Department of Defence to go to Vietnam –
THERE is only a short time left to save the Turriff Lodge Wetlands in New Norfolk. The closing date for submissions to the Derwent Valley Council is 5pm on March 6, 2023. It would be a shame if this wetland is destroyed. The Tynwald Park area, especially around the Turriff
A PRODUCTION error resulted in following Letter to the Editor from Alan Leitch, of Austins Ferry, being wrongly attributed to the Federal Member for Lyons, Brian Mitchell MHR, in the current print edition of New Norfolk and Derwent Valley News. Apologies to Alan and Brian for this stuff-up. Letter to
NEW adjustment factors for the Municipality of Derwent Valley have resulted in the Adjusted Assessed Annual Values (AAAV) for residential properties skyrocketing. These factors will apply to the new rates demands to be sent out shortly. For the first time Maydena has been separated from the rest of the municipality
I READ with interest the New Norfolk and Derwent Valley News article regarding the project for flood mitigation on the Lachlan River. I’m very pleased that the Derwent Catchment Project people will be undertaking this work on behalf of council, because I’ve already experienced their professional approach when they very
I’VE been going through tonight’s (June 24) Derwent Valley Council meeting agenda for a third time. What really has hit home for me in this one is item 10.7. If you are not familiar with this one, here we go: it is about undertaking a Communications & Engagement Survey. It
I CRUISED into the council offices on Friday, February 12, hoping to get an early St Valentines Day gift, but it was not to be. There was no Derwent Valley Council annual report to be found. I’m sure that a case for delay can be presented within the context of
RECENTLY I attended a presentation by Deloitte Access Economics in New Norfolk to discuss the Jefferys Track feasibility study. There has been talk over 100-plus years about a possible link road between Crabtreeand Lachlan via Jefferys Track, and the two councils have commissioned a study to determine once and for
Red Shield Appeal 2017WE will be holding our Red Shield Appeal in the Derwent Valley from May 22-28 this year. You can find our collectors in New Norfolk at Woolworths in George St, the Salvation Army Thrift Shop at 1 High St and the Salvation Army Corps at 79 Hamilton
Land or bush block by the river, wanted for a camping holiday in the Derwent Valley region in late 2016. Hi, we are a retired couple from Toowoomba in southeast Queensland and planning another trip to Tasmania starting in November 2016 for six months. We are hoping to find a
I’D like to clarify a couple of points about the Mobile Phone Black Spot funding announced for the Lyons electorate last week (New Norfolk News, June 25, 2015). A number of people have expressed their concern about carriers who have won contracts to service particular country areas being different to
I HAVE a question in regard to the address of the new Woolworths premises. It has been advertised as being situated on the corner of George and Burnett Streets but surely it should be corner of George Street and The Avenue? Being a resident in New Norfolk for some near
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