People are now free to swim at all parts of Blackmans Bay beach after the southern end was given a clean bill of health by the Tasmanian Government. The southern end of beach was given a ‘poor’ water quality rating in late 2018, which resulted in swimmers being advised not to swim or undertake recreational activities there. Mayor of Kingborough, Cr Dean Winter was delighted to be able to...

Kingborough Council is seeking nominations for Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Community Group of the Year. Nominations for outstanding Kingborough community members opened on August 27 and are due to close at midnight on Monday, October 12. Chair of the Kingborough Awards Committee, Cr Paula Wriedt spoke of the importance of volunteers to the community. “Volunteers in...

Funds have started to flow to 107 regional news outlets across the country, including the (Italics) Kingborough Chronicle, as part of the Federal Government’s $50 million Public Interest News Gathering (PING) program, providing much needed support to regional television, newspaper and radio outlets during COVID-19. Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism Jonno Duniam said the funding would...

Ivy Stafford, aged 3, from Kingston has shown her generous spirit by completing her own fundraiser to help Bonorong Wildlife Park as they take care of Tasmanian devils. Ivy’s mother Emma Stafford said the young girl’s interest was piqued after visiting the animal sanctuary. “After a visit to Bonorong Park, my 3-year-old daughter Ivy became very interested in Tassie devils and them being ‘sick’...

On Saturday, August 8, the Kingborough Bowls and Community Club held their annual presentation dinner at the Margate club rooms, where trophies and awards were presented to many members of the club for various achievements reached during competition throughout the past season. The standout of the night was Vicki Bannister, who came away with five trophies. Vicki won the Women’s Bowl...