31 Dec 10 | The honest, loving and caring life of Kevin Smith OAM was celebrated by hundreds at packed Sacred Heart Cathedral at Hamilton today.
31 Dec 10 | Cooper remained the most popular baby name for boys in the Hunter in 2010, while Sienna made its top-10 debut at number one for girls.
31 Dec 10 | A Highway patrol video that shows an alleged sleeping motorist driving into the path of a police vehicle in the Hunter Valley was the classic example of how fatigue can cause accidents, police say.
31 Dec 10 | Approaching 65, Medowie’s Norm Bakker reckons he’s quite probably the oldest Elvis Presley tribute act in Australia, possibly the world.
31 Dec 10 | Hospital emergency department staff are bracing for a busy New Year's Eve, with alcohol-induced injuries expected to significantly increase the medical workload.
31 Dec 10 | With most parts of the country's major fruit and vegetable growing areas under water, local suppliers are confident Hunter consumers won't feel too much of a pinch.
31 Dec 10 | Lake Macquarie is on the verge of having the best cycleway network in the state but debate is already raging about how the paths will be shared.
31 Dec 10 | Police are investigating whether Christmas lights are to blame for a fire which destroyed a sprawling Black Hill residence early yesterday.
31 Dec 10 | A Bar Beach man was refused bail and the Department of Corrective Services was alerted after a baby girl was found in a car alongside 782 grams of cannabis after the vehicle was seen swerving onto the
31 Dec 10 | GETTING in early is the key to enjoying New Year's Eve at Stockton for the hundreds of people who have traditionally camped around the foreshore.
Newcastle City Council last year introduced restric
31 Dec 10 | When the school holidays roll around each year Kath and Greg Campbell "cringe and wait to hear the news of the next death" on the Pacific Highway.
31 Dec 10 | While most people will be celebrating on New Year's Eve, spare a thought for our furry friends who will probably be panicked by fireworks.
31 Dec 10 | Plans to restore Newcastle's historic Bogey Hole has been lodged with the NSW Heritage Council.
31 Dec 10 | Horizons Golf Resort will survive after Queenslander Brett Lawton agreed to pay about $4 million for the Salamander Bay centre.
31 Dec 10 | An army of ageing motorcycle aficionados will ride into the city in March and pump millions into the Hunter economy.
31 Dec 10 | ENGLISH import Francis Jeffers is struggling to prove his fitness for what shapes as his last game as a Newcastle Jet.
Jeffers was unable to complete yesterday's ball-work session and Jets coach Br
31 Dec 10 | LAKE Macquarie sailor Anthony Paterson fell narrowly short of winning a hat-trick of handicap titles in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race yesterday when he was pipped by Queensland's Spirit of Koomooloo
31 Dec 10 | LEADING trainer Shane Tritton is confident in-form Redhead Ted will win at Newcastle International Paceway tonight to give him his first Inter City Pace finalist.
Five heats will be run tonight and
30 Dec 10 | THE Newcastle Jets are poised to re-sign home-grown defender Taylor Regan to a two-year contract as they prepare for life after Ljubo Milicevic.
30 Dec 10 | A boy is in a serious but stable condition in a Hunter hospital with suspected meningococcal disease.