Category Archives: The Northern Midlands Courier

IN a small studio behind the old St Marys Catholic Church in Evandale, with her pet sheep watching from the doorway, artist Kataraina Koroheke slowly fills canvases with colour and detail that beggars belief from someone who is legally blind.

THE $1.6 million upgrade to the Cressy Recreation Ground has been completed and was officially opened.

WAR medals were displayed with pride, loved ones lost were remembered with the laying of wreaths and both young and old listened to words that helped them come to terms with the terrible toll taken during times of conflict at Anzac Day Services throughout the region on Tuesday.

THE Tasmanian Truck Owners and Operators Association has held its most successful Truck Run in its 40-year fundraising history, recently handing $28,000 to its charity of choice – the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

THE streets of Bracknell were lined with cars and the footy ground perimeter was heaving with supporters for the opening round of the Northern Tasmanian Football Association roster on April 1.

GRAEME Boyd will be heading down to the Longford RSL Memorial Club on Anzac Day, April 25, for the Dawn Service, followed by breakfast with his mates and then there’s every chance he’ll just stay for most of the day.

THE swimming season might be over and out but there was plenty to celebrate when the Northern Midlands Council, Lyons MHR Brian Mitchell and Cressy Memorial Swimming Pool committee members officially recognised the $1.557 million redevelopment of the Cressy Memorial Swimming Pool and a highly successful swimming season.

TASMANIA’S first large scale solar farm, with 400ha of solar panels capable of powering one quarter of Tasmania’s homes, could be up and running on Connorville Station at Cressy within three years.

What do you do when you’re a chess lover and you’re running out of chess partners (who are only family members)?