Tuesday, 16 July 2024
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Charity project completed in Kingston

Charity project completed in Kingston

The Madison House charity project built in Kingston was officially completed last week."The Madison House project has delivered a wonderful, purpose-built, three-bedroom home for a family with significant disability requirements because of the tremendous goodwill of so many Tasmanian businesses," Minister for Housing Guy Barnett said."I sincerely thank Andrew Lyden and his team at Lyden Builders...
Kingborough athlete's first global games

Kingborough athlete's first global games

In early June Rebecca Mathers represented Australia at the quadrennial Virtus Global Games in shot put, discus, javelin and hammer. The Virtus Games is the largest sporting competition for intellectually impaired athletes in the world.This was Rebecca's first overseas competition representing Australia, after competing for Australia in Brisbane late last year.After traveling for over two days...
Learning to make biochar

Learning to make biochar

The Blackmans Bay Community Association (BBCA) invited Cristina from 'The New Black Biochar' to help them run a small workshop in Blackmans Bay.The group made hundreds of litres of biochar from the she oak prunings collected at the community garden.Biochar is made by layering wood in a kiln and restricting oxygen to the fire so that it burns hot with almost no smoke. Before it turns to ash...
Building sustainable local school garden

Building sustainable local school garden

Channel Christian School was one of 12 Tasmanian schools to receive a sustainability grant through the Keeping Australia Beautiful school grants program."We are so excited to have received a grant for our school gardening group," said Mrs Libby Hudson, the school chaplain."We are a growing primary school in the Channel area and with that growth our garden and composting program has exciting...
Kingborough Scouts awarded highest honour

Kingborough Scouts awarded highest honour

The highest award that can be presented to youth members in the 15-18-year-old age bracket in Scouting and Guiding is the Queen's Scout Award and the Queen's Guide Award. A group of young Tasmanians were recently bestowed with these awards at Government House by Her Excellency the Honourable Barbara Baker AC, Governor of Tasmania.Amongst the recipients were three Kingborough Venturers; Jett...
Supporting businesses

Supporting businesses

Kingborough Council is developing the main street of Kingston, Channel Highway to improve the retail and commercial experiences of residents and visitors. Kingborough Mayor Paula Wriedt said Kingborough Council is concerned about the short-term loss of foot traffic into local businesses. "Council has been working with local businesses affected by the road closure during the construction and...

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