Votes in, winners next week

By Phil Jarratt

Noosa Today’s Citizen of the Year Awards has now concluded, with an incredible range of nominations across the community in both the open and under 25 divisions.

While community leaders like Mayor Clare Stewart, Deputy Mayor Frank Wilkie, Sandy Bolton MP, Noosa Heads surf club life member Ron Lane and surfing champion Josh Constable have all had their say, we’ve also had a strong input from readers, including one, Paul Bell, who nominated his wife Tara.

There were many nominations for charity workers, who have so much to do in this Covid year, but on the pandemic front we were stopped in our tracks by the double nomination from both Mayor Clare and Deputy Mayor Frank of (then student) George Gleeson…