Plans are in motion to create space for eight new businesses and a fast-food restaurant in Cambridge in the coming years, with an extension to the Homemaker Centre recently submitted to the Clarence City Council for approval. The eight new tenancies will range in size from 700m2 to 3,840m2 and along with the fast-food restaurant, […]
Wed Dec 6, 2023 - 9:20amTwo tractors have been completely destroyed after they were reportedly intentionally set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning. Police say the tractors had slashers attached to their rear when they went up in flames in flames in bushland off the East Tamar Highway at Hillwood at around 1:45am. It is believed the tractors […]
Wed Dec 6, 2023 - 4:00amA Hobart teenager who led police on a dangerous half-hour chase while under the influence of cannabis has been given a suspended sentence and warned that any further offences could land him in prison. The 19-year-old P-plater “panicked” when a marked police car approached him while he was smoking cannabis on Cherokee Drive in Cambridge […]
Tue Dec 5, 2023 - 6:30pmBob Brown’s lawyers want trespass charges against him and fellow activists dropped following an incident during an anti-logging protest near Snow Hill on Tasmania’s east coast last year. Brown, Kristy Lee Alger and Karen Lynne Weldrick were arrested for allegedly trespassing while attempting to protect the nesting habitat of the critically endangered swift parrot in […]
Tue Dec 5, 2023 - 4:00pmAnother fast-food outlet is in the works for the Bridgewater area, with Hungry Jack’s recently submitting their grand plans for a new restaurant to the Brighton Council. The proposed burger joint would be located at the Cove Hill Shopping Centre and if approved, would be built across the carpark from an existing KFC restaurant. “A […]
Tue Dec 5, 2023 - 3:10pmA woman who was dobbed in by other motorists for driving around with a smashed windscreen was also found to be intoxicated while behind the wheel, according to police. The 43-year-old from Risdon Vale was pulled over in South Arm on Monday where she returned a breath alcohol reading of 0.236, four times the legal limit. […]
Tue Dec 5, 2023 - 9:31amA Tasmanian Olympian rower has been denied bail after he was charged with family violence offences. 56-year-old Simon Burgess appeared in the Hobart Magistrates Court on Monday to face charges of common assault, injure property and breach of a family violence order, according to The Mercury. The charges stem from an alleged incident at a […]
Tue Dec 5, 2023 - 9:00amA ‘cruel’ Facebook post advertising the now-closed Glenorchy Pool has triggered the ‘please explain’ alarm bells among members of the local community. The post that went up on the pool’s official page on Monday morning proudly announced that ‘summer is here’ and invited people to visit the pool to check out ‘all the things to […]
Tue Dec 5, 2023 - 5:00amA fundraiser for a young swimmer, who is believed to have drowned after getting caught in a rip off Tasmania’s north-west coast, has raised over $1,600 for her family. 22-year-old Juvia disappeared from Somerset Beach, west of Burnie, while swimming with her siblings on the afternoon of November 11. Despite extensive searches shortly after she […]
Tue Dec 5, 2023 - 4:00amA rebrand that is believed to have cost at least $103,000 will be plastered across TasWater assets and staff across the state in the coming months. The state-owned company is set to unveil its new logo, typeface and color scheme shortly after hiring recently graphic design consultants to complete what they describe as a ‘well-timed’ […]
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