RESPECTED Lions Club of New Norfolk member Mick Kievit will take the reins of the busy service club from the start of the new financial year. The club generally holds elections in March and the incoming board operates from July 1. For the 2023-24 year, Mr Kievit will take on
RICHARD and Janet Onn have been key contributors to the community since arriving as the new owners of the then BP New Norfolk service station in 1976. In recognition of their decades of service, they have been named this month’s recipients of the Derwent Valley Community Achiever Award. Janet quickly
IT did not take long for the newest teacher assistant to settle in at St Brigid’s Catholic School last term. Employed on an AFL Sports Ready traineeship, Aidan Featherstone is an old scholar who has returned to the school in his quest to become a teacher. Aidan, 18, attended the
THE Derwent Valley Council’s two new community development officers have hit the ground running in an effort to make the most of their 12-month appointments. Danielle Walker and Katrina Cullen have been with the council since January, temporarily filling the shoes of Bec Tudor, who is on leave. Katrina and
A FUNERAL celebrating the life of Greg Batchelor will be held at St Peter’s Catholic Church in New Norfolk at 11am tomorrow (Friday, March 31). Mr Batchelor died on March 24, aged 77. A returned serviceman, he was the town’s Anzac Day parade marshal for many years. In a tribute,
HUNDREDS young cricketers and footballers have benefited from the encouraging words and supportive practices of coach Josh Walsh, who is this month’s recipient of the Derwent Valley Community Achiever Award. So too have the students of New Norfolk Primary School, where he works while studying to become a teacher. Soon
PEOPLE in the New Norfolk town centre had a treat this morning when local horse owner Lex Clark and his daughter-in-law Kirsty Bartlett-Clark went for a public holiday drive in their one-horsepower family buggy, with 12-year-old Shire horse Max providing the power. The trio attracted plenty of attention as they
NEARLY 40 names have been added to the honour roll of Influential Women of the Derwent Valley in recognition of International Women’s Day 2023. The additional 39 names were announced at the end of a breakfast held on Tuesday at the Lions Club of New Norfolk. The names have been
RETIRED New Norfolk businessman Dimitrios Samaras has died in his 80th year, following a long illness. Mr Samaras – known to everyone as Jimmy – was well known as the former owner of the town’s most popular chicken shop, The Roost. The family operated the High St institution for 35
CHILDREN in the Upper Derwent Valley are given a sporting chance in life by this month’s recipient of the Derwent Valley Community Achiever Award. Annie McKenzie, from Westerway, is the voluntary co-ordinator of junior cricket and football activities at Glenora and her award is announced in tomorrow’s issue of New Norfolk
“YOU can call yourself a programmer if you can fix your grandmother’s printer.” That joke tickled Dmytro Serdiukov when he spotted it online. The 18-year-old dreams of being a computer programmer one day, so he can get paid for what he is good at. While he studies hard to achieve
COMMUNITY achievers in the Central Highlands municipality were celebrated at an Australia Day awards ceremony in the Hamilton Town Hall on Wednesday of this week. Mayor Loueen Triffitt announced the following awards: Read more in the next print edition of New Norfolk and Derwent Valley News. Pictured: Ron Sonners, left,
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