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Westbury considered for new timber mill
Westbury is one of three sites being considered for a new timber mill expected to employ 30–35 people.
Council approves more units for Westbury
Westbury resident Barry Lee told Meander Valley councillors he was ‘disgusted’ with them in a passionate plea to prevent more units in a northern area of the town.
More unit subdivisions for Westbury
Dexter Street in Westbury is fast becoming Unit City, with an application for a $1.5m development being considered by Meander Valley Council.
Mitchell’s Westbury foothold
Federal Labor MP Brian Mitchell has rented a building on the main street in Westbury in the fight to retain his seat in the coming federal election.
We’re gonna need a bigger shed!
The response to plans for a Men’s Shed in Westbury has been overwhelming, according to the president of the Interim Organising Committee, Harley Nicholls.
Council meeting on fire over prison public meeting
Anti-prison campaigners are concerned Meander Valley councillors will gag themselves in an August 11 public meeting on the Northern Regional Prison planned for Birralee. WRAP spokesperson Linda Poulton said, ‘If councillors are going to sit with tape over their mouths it will be a difficult meeting for everyone’.
Councillors support chipping away at another five acre block in Westbury
Another block on Five Acre Row in Westbury has been approved for subdivision, causing angst among residents and division among Meander Valley councillors.
Flush 3Ps only says TasWater after smelly episode
Bad smells wafting over Westbury and sewage bubbling up in gardens during July’s wet weather was caused by residents flushing prohibited items down their toilets, TasWater said.
Gayle lives the lottery life in Tas
Gayle Pollock reckons she’s won the lottery, living in Westbury and running her business in Deloraine. ‘The community and people here are genuine,’ the owner of the Purple Thistle clothing shop said. ‘I’ve lived in a lot of places and the people here are beautiful.’
Westbury kids get curious too
Curious Kids is now available in Westbury! Our Lady of Mercy School principal, Mary Bennett, said the program has expanded from one to two sessions in Deloraine and is now available at Holy Trinity Hall in Westbury on Monday afternoons.
Neighbourhood house workers flock to Deloraine conference
Accommodation in the Deloraine and Westbury areas is filling fast for September 22–24 when the Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania conference will be held in Deloraine. The 2021 conference keynote address will be Learning from stories: women in community leadership, and the conference will be opened by Tasmania’s deputy premier, Jeremy Rockliff.
Prison drilling starts again
Work on the Northern Regional Prison on Birralee Road has ramped up now the State Government’s self-imposed election gag on the issue is over, but the State Government could yet find that its chosen site is illegal.
Westbury Lions Club honour former member through Nursing Scholarship
Adrian Geard was a much loved and admired member of the Lions Club of Westbury.