Eastern Shore Sun

LINDISFARNE North Primary School recently celebrated the official opening of its $2.1 million upgrade. The school received $2.1 million under the Federal Government’s Building the Education Revolution program to undertake major upgrades to early childhood areas, outdoor areas, the school Hall and a number of classrooms.

TASCARE Society for Children, in partnership with the Clarence City Council’s Disability Access Advisory Group (DAAC) is hosting a community family barbecue to celebrate the International Day for People with Disabilities (IDPwD) on Saturday, December 3 from 11am until 2pm. The event will be held at Wentworth Play Park, Howrah behind Southern Support School.  Activities [...]

THE Tasmanian Early Years’ Foundation (TEYF), in conjunction with the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s (TMAG) AccessArt educators, recently launched Creative Connections in the Early Years (Creative Connections). Creative Connections is a 12-month project, funded through the Myer Foundation and the TEYF, which will investigate opportunities to increase creative and arts experiences for children in [...]

IF you love your DIY, are a tradie or are simply renovating your shack or home, then you’ll no doubt be thrilled to know that there are other options available to buying that bit of timber or bathroom amenity.  The Secondhand Reuse Shop (SCRS) at Mornington has recently introduced a massive new building materials yard [...]

THE passion and creative workmanship of hundreds of street art and hip-hop aficiondas was on show recently at this year’s highly successful ST.ART Street Art and Music Festival. Held at Rosny Farm, the third-time event attracted a large attendance, with aspiring artists and spectators alike keenly supporting the acts on show, particularly the popular b-boying [...]

By STEFANIA CEFOLA THESE days news no longer breaks, it tweets. Instead of calling up our friends on the landline, we write on their ‘walls’. Gone are the times of gathering around photo albums, pouring over family shots – we’ve got Flickr for that! In today’s fast-paced world, social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter [...]

By STEFANIA CEFOLA A YOUNG budding Tasmanian, from Richmond, has taken out one of the nation’s most prestigious design awards. Marko Frangiouthakis, 21, of Richmond, was named the first Tasmanian to win the Building Designers Association of Australia (BDAA) student design competition for his proposed studio apartment design.

By LEAH PAGE and Geilston Bay High grade seven students APPROXIMATELY 1400 students from 52 schools across Tasmania recently attended the inaugural Fairer World Festival, including Geilston Bay High School that played a special role at the event. The festival, organised by the Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning, saw students from around Tasmania coverage in [...]

CLARENCE City Council will begin works to repair and rehabilitate priority areas of damaged dunes at Roches Beach in Lauderdale following the July spate of severe weather, high tides and destructive ocean swells that damaged areas of the coastline. Council undertook immediate remediation works to dunes adjacent to the houses that were inundated or under [...]

MIDWAY Point’s ALAN Peacocke, celebrated his 100th birthday with friends and family at a special birthday party held at the Sorell Providore last month. Mr Peacocke was surrounded by family and friends who came to help him celebrate his milestone birthday, with several close friends from Lewisham, Western Australia and New Zealand travelling the distance [...]