Human remains found in West Hobart front yard and other top stories.

• Human remains found in West Hobart front yard

  Human remains found in West Hobart front yard that was once cemetery site Updated February 12, 2016 11:37:17 The remains of a human body have been found at a work site in a suburban front yarn at a home in West Hobart. Excavation workers made the grisly discovery late yesterday afternoon while working on the foundations of a home in Hill Street.Police said the incident was not suspicious, because the site was once a cemetery for the Wesley Uniting Church.The identity of..

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• Shambles Brewery opens in Hobart after former teacher has 'beer ...

  

  Shambles Brewery opens in Hobart after former teacher has 'beer life crisis' Posted February 12, 2016 11:42:58 A former teacher, a former banker and a former cyber security manager open a bar and brewery in Hobart — it sounds like the start of a joke, but this new establishment is no laughing matter.Cornel Ianculovici described his career change, from science teacher to brewer and co-director of his own brewery, as a "beer life crisis". It is a bit of a leap of fa..

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• Twilight market set to expand

  

  Justin Davies, left, Matt Wise and Lisa Kluver from Hobart Twilight Market which will expand to a second location at Macquarie Point. Picture: RICHARD JUPEHOBART’S popular twilight market at Sandy Bay is to have a second location at Macquarie Point as part of an effort to better use the area.Following discussions with the Macquarie Point Development Corporation, the market’s operational team Justin Davies, Matt Wise and Lisa Kluver said the city spot would offer many advantages to the Sandy Bay ..

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• Eight years for deadly bikie stabbing

  

  A BRIDGEWATER man who fatally stabbed a member of the Outlaws motorcycle club who had entered his home has been jailed for eight years.Matthew James Linton, 36, had pleaded not guilty to the murder of 48-year-old Sean Trigg during a late-night altercation on June 27, 2014, but was found guilty by a jury of the alternate charge of manslaughter.In sentencing Linton to at least five years and two months in prison, Justice Helen Wood described the incident as a serious case of manslaughter.The court..

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• Sheffield Shield final venues confirmed

  

  Next month’s Sheffield Shield final could be headed to Glenelg or Alice Springs after Cricket Australia confirmed each state's nominated venue for the 2015-16 event. While the Gabba, WACA Ground and Blundstone Arena will all be available for the Shield final on March 26-30 should Queensland, Western Australia or Tasmania respectively finish on top of the table and claim the right to host the five-day event, Victoria, South Australia and NSW will not have access to their regular grounds. The Com..

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• Tasmanian power crisis: More delays expected in Basslink ...

  

  Tasmanian power crisis: More backup sought after delays confirmed in Basslink undersea cable repair Updated February 12, 2016 12:53:38 More back-up diesel generators have been ordered for Tasmania as the Government deals with delays in repairs to the Basslink cable. Key pointsRepairs to Basslink undersea cable further delayedMore diesel generators orderedPremier says Tasmanians will not be forced to ration their powerFault narrowed down to a few kilometres of the 300km..

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• Rare find waiting in the wings

  

  Tim Fountain with the flying fish he found at Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNEA RARE find on a Sandy Bay beach has inspired a Hobart jewellery maker to start work on a new design.While walking his dog at Marieville Esplanade on Saturday, Tim Fountain saw a dead flying fish on the beach.“It must have only just come ashore because its eyes were bright and its gills were still red,” he said. “My black lab Bonnie nearly ate it while I was trying to photograph it.”Mr Fountain, ..

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• Navy giant returns to Hobart

  

  AUSTRALIA’S largest warship HMAS Canberra is paying its second visit to Hobart in less than a year, docking at Macquarie Wharf 2.The 27,500 tonne, 230m-long helicopter-landing ship was more than 12 storeys high.It’s in Hobart for five days after arriving today, a stay similar to its Anzac Centenary celebrations visit last year.The warship was capable of complex amphibious operations, including large-scale humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions.It can deploy or withdraw land forces ..

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• Cottage plan likely to fail

  

  Stefan, left, and George Giameos at the Lauderdale Cottage site. Picture: KIM EISZELEA  CONTROVERSIAL $25 million residential subdivision proposed for New Town is set to be refused by the Hobart City Council on heritage and flooding grounds.As revealed by the Mercury last month, Giameos Constructions and Developments Pty Ltd has revived its bid for a housing development on the grounds of Lauderdale Cottage at Risdon Rd.The estate would be made up of 54 apartments in three one-storey blocks, thre..

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• 'Beer life crisis' leads to brewery

  

  The Shambles crew, from left, Bruce Arnold, brothers Cornel and Adrian Ianculovici, and Nathan Crump. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNEHOBART’S growing craft brewery industry has a new player, with a group of old schoolmates quitting their day jobs to open a brewery, bar and cellar door experience at North Hobart in what they’re calling a “beer life crisis”.Beer will be brewed on site at Shambles Brewery — in the old Mundy’s meat building in Elizabeth St — in full view of patrons and then served in a bar a..

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