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

A number of bronze plaques have been stolen from Arthur Square and Pioneer Avenue in New Norfolk.

Sustainable Timber Tasmania has released the annual update to its Three Year Wood Production Plan to the Tasmanian community for feedback.

PRIOR to the beginning of the new Lions year, beginning on July 1, a new International President and new District Governors are elected, new District Cabinets are appointed and each Lions Club elects their Board. All commenced their new roles this week.

THE sight of a vintage cake tin immediately transported our online cook Kirsten Bacon back to her days as an apprentice chef in a kitchen filled with the comforting aroma of baking cakes and the chatter of the team honing their craft.

FISHING has been a challenge recently and the wintery and windy westerly change last weekend kept most anglers off the water.

Editor MIKE KERR Continues his regular column following the development of the new Bridgewater Bridge.

TWO bidders will be vying for the 8.4ha council-owned Kensington Park racetrack as for housing subdivision.

IN the last print edition of the Derwent Valley Gazette we took a forward-looking view of New Norfolk and the broader Derwent Valley to get a sense of what the next decades hold for our town.

Angling guru Adam Rice keeps anglers in the loop as the winter chills bite more than the fish…