TWO highly respected members of the New Norfolk District Football Club’s senior team celebrated milestone games last weekend, with Josh Clifford playing his 250th senior game and Jordan Banks-Smith playing his 100th. “Josh played his first senior game in 2007 and has now accumulated 250 senior and 13 reserve games
THE towns of the Derwent Valley and Central Highlands are ready for the annual observance of Anzac Day on Tuesday, April 25. In New Norfolk, the region’s major place of remembrance, the New Norfolk Cenotaph (pictured), has had a $10,000 restoration funded by the federal government. “The very least we
THE removal of nearly 40 plants from the recently-opened Queen’s Jubilee Garden at New Norfolk was an act of desecration as well as theft, Derwent Valley Council mayor Michelle Dracoulis said this afternoon (Thursday). Inspecting the damage at the Humphrey St garden, Cr Dracoulis expressed disappointment at the lack of
THE New Norfolk Fire Brigade responded to a call to the Bush Inn Hotel at about 5.45pm today (Thursday). Fortunately for the new lessees of the historic old pub, it was a false alarm and the fire brigade volunteers were soon on the way back to the station and from
A SPEED limit reduction to 80km/h has been approved by the Commissioner for Transport on a 1.6km section of Highland Lakes Rd between Marlborough Rd and Lochiel Drive, Miena. The current speed limit of 100km/h will be reduced to 80 km/h, extending the current 80km/h speed zone north of Miena,
By Paul Molnar, Battery of the Nation Project Director, Hydro TasmaniaFor more than 100 years, water and the clean energy it generates has supported Tasmania’s prosperity and growth. Hydropower’s role as a renewable energy supply has never been more critical as Australia and the world seeks to secure a low
A GROUP of Derwent Valley young people is holding an overnight couch-sleeping event in New Norfolk tonight (Wednesday) in observance of Youth Homelessness Matters Day. “This is a national day that aims to raise awareness and public discussion about child and youth homelessness,” said Matt Hill, the facilitator for the
HYDRO Tasmania has advised there will be very low flows in the River Derwent between Meadowbank and New Norfolk until about 4pm today (Wednesday), from which time flows are expected to return to normal. The situation comes after the Meadowbank Power Station “tripped” at 9am today and has temporarily stopped
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
IT’S the end of one era and the start of another at Australia’s most historic country pub. The lease on New Norfolk’s Bush Inn Hotel changed hands at the start of this week, ending the decade-long residency of the convivial hosts, twin brothers Peter and Don Smith. Nearing its 200th
NEW NORFOLK NEWS photo gallery from the SFL Colts game between New Norfolk and Brighton on Saturday. It was a tough assignment and the Eagles suffered a big loss, but the team did not give in against a much bigger and faster opposition and fought out the game to the
THE Derwent Valley’s network of online access centres have stepped up to offer help to anyone having trouble obtaining their free tickets to the Derwent Valley Autumn Festival. To help with the planning for the festival, the event organisers ask that everyone books a free ticket via the Eventbrite website.
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