Kingston has officially been confirmed as the new home of the JackJumpers high performance centre, with the site to be situated adjacent to the Kingborough Sports Centre at 10 Kingston View Drive."Our community loves the JackJumpers and have warmly embraced them," Kingborough Mayor Paula Wriedt said."Locating the high performance centre near Kingston High School which has a focus on sports,...

Dennes Point-based swimming group Dunking Southern Rights braced the freezing weather on Saturday, August 17 to raise funds for Cancer Council's Daffodil Day Dip. "The weather was not kind to us, the air temperature hovered around seven degrees and the rain was persistent," Friends of North Bruny Public Officer Jan Richards said."Not to be thwarted, 20 locals threw themselves into the Channel...

For the first time ever, a baby Maugean skate has been hatched from an egg laid in captivity at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) facilities in Taroona. "We've been trialling captive holding and rearing methods for two years with other skate species, so successfully producing our first hatchling from a captive-laid egg for this very unique skate is really something to...

The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) unveiled a peace pole in a dedication ceremony at their Kingston headquarters on Tuesday, August 13.Rotary Club of Salamanca Sunrise member Cecilia Lawler explained that peace poles originated after World War Two in 1955 as an internationally recognised symbol of peace. More than 250,000 peace poles stand across the globe with the message 'May peace...

Snug Medical Centre will be closing in September following the retirement of Doctor Robert Hamilton. This has posed a challenge for many of the locals who rely on the medical centre for accessible health care, including Jocelyn James, her mother Joanne and son River Stewart."To prepare for the closing of this practice I have contacted every medical centre in Kingston, Huonville and Cygnet,"...