THIS week, we checked in with some feathered residents at Tynwald Park to see how they’re enjoying the wet stuff coming down the Lachlan River and into the Derwent.

WITH the weather getting cooler, its nice to make a warming pie or a Cornish pastie which can be served hot for dinner with relish or even cold for lunch.

SOME much-needed rain has hit Tasmania which means catchments could be on floodwatch when this reports goes out.

SAFETY concerns of residents, retailers and local councillors got a thorough airing at a meeting this week with Tasmania Police about episodes of abuse and assault in New Norfolk.

THE job of delivering the weekly Derwent Valley gazette has been in the Jackson family for nearly 10 years, going back to when Riley Jackson and his brother Sam had the gig.

TWO members of the Tasmanian Online Lions Club have accepted positions in the Lions Tasmania District.

Derwent Valley players have contributed heavily to the makeup of the Tasmanian Under 15 boys team which will contest the All-Schools Football Championships on the Gold Coast later this month.

THIS time of year brings on that peculiar phenomenon we know as a Bridgewater Jerry, the fog that emerges from the Central Highlands and can stretch to the Eastern Shore and the mouth of the Derwent.

THE New Norfolk Licensed Anglers Association held their annual dinner and trophy presentation night for the 2023-24 season at the New Norfolk RSL Club last Friday.

Over forty per cent of Derwent Valley properties will be hit with a rates increase of 12 per cent or more this year.