A cause close to the hearts of many players, Marrawah 50 and Over Cricket Club has donated $1500 to the Leukaemia Foundation.  It was February last year, Noel and Pauline Grey had recently returned from attending the McGrath Foundation’s Pink Test when Pauline received the news she had multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow.  Pauline began six rounds of...

Soon Seven Up Youth Centre will be cooking up a storm.  A place for youth to learn fundamental life skills and put this know-how to the test, the local youth centre has received a grant from Telstra through Vita Foundation to revamp its kitchen.  Former youth centre coordinator Adam Wilson, now at Telstra in Burnie, was in Smithton last week to present the cheque.  Adam came...

Friendship is intergenerational as Emmerton Park’s latest program is showing.  A new program at the aged care home emphasises social interaction and connection between young and old.  Organiser Brianna Hite says the idea sparked when someone close to her heart stopped by to visit her at work one day.  “My nephew came in one day,” she says, and stole the show.  “The...

The Circular Head Community Wellbeing Centre is a step closer to operation with the appointment of former local Stephen Stone as centre manager.  Raised in Smithton, Stephen is a qualified exercise physiologist and will return to his roots to take on the role from February 4.  Belgravia Leisure will now be on the look out to fill a range of positions, including swim teachers and...