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Work starts on former Newcastle post office
31 Jul 10 | WORK has begun on the former Newcastle Post Office, revealing problems with electricity supply.   | Old Post Office neglect - ...Newcastle city post office up ...
31 Jul 10 | DESPITE plummeting overnight temperatures in the Hunter this winter, the Barrington Tops has so far missed out on its annual blanket of snow.
Hawkins in town in the name of charity
31 Jul 10 | JENNIFER Hawkins is about to add to her fashion empire with a shoe line specialising in high heels.
31 Jul 10 | ONE of Newcastle's leading heritage specialists says the city has been snubbed after convict sites were overlooked for world heritage listing nomination.
Sheep arrive to help deaf and blind children
31 Jul 10 | CHOPS and Fatso the sheep can look forward to some less appetising names now they are residents at the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, at Floraville.
31 Jul 10 | A CLEANER who suffered a back injury while working at the Tuggerah Westfield shopping centre won a $500,000 payout yesterday after successfully suing the shopping centre's cleaning contractor.
From Tighes Hill to US and back . . . the mail that took 72 years to return
31 Jul 10 | MAIL sent from Newcastle to the United States before World War II has just turned up again at Tighes Hill after almost 72 years.
31 Jul 10 | LABOR candidate for Paterson, Jim Arneman, is under fire for a campaign advertisement that uses three-year-old footage of Stroud nursing home residents who have since died.
Culina says no rush for Zhang
31 Jul 10 | NEWCASTLE Jets coach Branko Culina has no plans to rush Chinese striker Zhang Shuo into the squad for the A-League season opener against Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium on Friday. Zhang has co
31 Jul 10 | NEWCASTLE Hunters coach Darren Nichols said his players owed it to their fans to beat Norths Bears in their last game of the Waratah Australian Basketball League regular season at Broadmeadow tonight.
Knights expect extra $200,000
31 Jul 10 | THE Newcastle Knights are likely to have $200,000 to spend outside the salary cap next season on a long-serving player, but whether they invest it on club stalwart Steve Simpson remains to be seen.br
McDonnell gets chance to stamp authority at fullback
31 Jul 10 | KNIGHTS coach Rick Stone said back-up fullback Shannon McDonnell had a chance to make the No.1 jersey his own for the rest of the NRL season. The 22-year-old former Wests Tigers custodian will star
Polglase cooking up new recipe to spark cold Kurri
31 Jul 10 | FRESHLY re-signed Kurri Kurri coach Todd Polglase says the Bulldogs will look to change direction next season by moving away from signing miners in favour of a youth policy. The Bulldogs have under
31 Jul 10 | WEST Wallsend coach Chris Miner is tipping this weekend’s two top-four blockbusters to be the ‘‘turning point’’ in the race for the Northern NSW State League premiership. Third-placed West Wallsend
31 Jul 10 | KEINBAH trainer Shane Tritton maintained a four-win lead over defending titleholder Michael Formosa in the Newcastle trainers’ premiership after both landed winners at Newcastle International Paceway
Ballot order in spin
31 Jul 10 | IN this age of computerised random number generators, the Australian Electoral Commission still decides candidate order on its ballot papers in a delightfully low-tech way.
31 Jul 10 | NEARLY 15 months may have passed, but Rosalie Ulrich still finds herself trawling the streets desperately looking for her missing son.
Fig feud has Newcastle councillors in a jam
31 Jul 10 | A FEUD over figs is threatening to derail the civic agenda as fears mount about elected leaders' ability to make decisions.   | $70,000 for Laman Street fig ...Community rallies to save Cooks ...
31 Jul 10 | HUNTER Water storage amounts have dropped more than 17 per cent this year compared with last year, according to figures tendered at the Water Corporation's open board meeting yesterday.
31 Jul 10 | NELSON Bay coach Darren Stewart hopes the Gropers have learnt from the mistakes of a fortnight ago when they take on Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union premiers Wanderers at No.2 Sportsground today.
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