Carols were held in Sheffield last Saturday night. The town hall was full. We sang all the old classics including “Away in a Manger”. The event was organized by the Sheffield Baptist Church. They ran the evening well and brought in an M.C from Wynyard.
A highlight for me was a short play put on [...]

We had a chance to attend the Wilmot Christmas Festival last Saturday. The event was put on by the Wilmot Tourist and Progress Association. There was a jumping castle, BBQ, pancakes, stalls and Santa even showed up.
The mayor and I had to judge the children’s bike decoration competition. We both interviewed the children with [...]

Good news. Sheffield has just been awarded State winner of the 2008 Tasmanian Tidy Towns 1001-2000 Population Category. We received a trophy, certificate and $500 prize money. Great stuff.
Also 8 Kentish community groups received Outstanding Awards:- Railton Topiary Group- Redwater Creek Steam and Heritage Society- Mt Roland River Care Catchment Inc- Sheffield Garden Club- Mural [...]

Well the Wilsons went along to the Sheffield Market last Saturday.
The market kicked off this year and is run around the precincts of the Town Hall. Kentish Council gave the Kentish Chamber of Commerce just under $2000 to help kick start the market.
The organizers have been wise when running the market often trying to tie [...]

Kentish Council has just released their Annual Report for 06/07.
A few miscellaneous bits and pieces:
- Kentish has a population if 5965 as of July 2007- Bridges 107. (Yes we need to maintain them all).- Citizen of the Year in 2006 was Ann Ridgeway.- $1500 was donated to Steamfest.- $1961 was donated to help start the [...]