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Kingborough residents turned out in force as Kingston Neighbourhood House (KNH) capped off a year of smaller celebrations with its 40th anniversary fair on Saturday, November 29.More than 400 community...

More than 200 guests packed into the Senior Citizens Club on Redwood Road, Kingston, for Edna's Annual Christmas Fundraiser on Sunday, November 16.This is a long-running Kingborough Helping Hands (KHH)...

Taroona resident Julie Dunbabin has been named the 2026 Senior Australian of the Year for Tasmania in the Australian of the Year Awards.Julie pioneered the School Lunch Program, delivered by...

Members of U3A Kingborough staged a protest on Tuesday, November 11 in response to accessibility issues at the Kingston Learning Centre on Hutchins Street.The centre's car park and Blocks C...

Friends of the Library Kingston (FOLK) are celebrating their 30th anniversary this month.FOLK was originally founded by senior librarian Warwick Lee, who established this group to help raise the profile...

Hopfields Brewery in Margate celebrated their first birthday on Saturday, November 1 with free beer, snacks and cake for everyone."As Channel locals, we have been humbled by how many people...

22 mums and children gathered at Magical Farm Tasmania in Allens Rivulet on Sunday, October 26 for a community art and citizen science project called Tarkind.Supported by Landcare Tasmania, Tarkind...

Kingston High School Year 9 students were welcomed on a site tour of Spring Farm Village on Wednesday, October 22 by Tipalea Partners CEO Scott Spanton and Fairbrother On-Site Manager...

Over 130 locals raced and walked through Kingston Park on Saturday, October 18, lit by the soft glow of 2000 handcrafted lanterns, for the inaugural Light Up the Dark Run...

Andrew Herweynen, a 55-year-old resident of Kingston, has rallied together a group of over 50 family members, friends, paramedics, nurses and doctors to join him in taking on the world's...

Doctor Barrie Wells was Kingston's first veterinary surgeon, opening the Kingston Animal Hospital in 1973.Wife Penny Carey-Wells shared some of Barrie's history with the Kingborough Chronicle.Barrie's veterinary career began, quite...

The Huon and Kingborough History and Museum Network Inc hosted an exhibition of displays from their member groups at the Kingborough Community Hub from Tuesday, October 7 to Sunday, October...

Kingston Beach Coastcare (KBC) was named one of the 11 Landcare Award winners during the National Landcare Awards Gala Dinner held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in...

Averill Lawler has been running art workshops for about three years now, and for the first time will be taking them to Bruny Island.bruny NORTH curator Virginia Dowzer met Averill...

Kingston-based Stitching and Beyond opened their biennial Out of Hand Exhibition at the Long Gallery in Salamanca, Hobart on Friday, September 26.In honour of their 20th anniversary this year Stitching...