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Residents see red over wind project
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bed and breakfast is next door to the development, said it would tower above his business and was in a wildlife corridor. "People come here for the peace and quiet, you can imagine what this wi
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A long trek from Nepal
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FEW Royal Newcastle Centre patients would realise resident doctor Bijay Panday has an impressive overseas resume. The 31-year-old is beginning a four-year traineeship to become a general practi
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Couple take up offer to install solar panels
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HUNTER residents are fast joining the home-greening scheme. Figures released to The Herald from the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and Arts show more than 2469 of the region's house
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Newcastle fans rock to US singer Taylor Swift
09 Feb 10 |
GRAMMY award winning US singer Taylor Swift was back on her country pop throne at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre last night. Throughout her concert Swift shifted between a country twang and
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Bus driver averts tragedy as wheels fall off
09 Feb 10 |
A BUS driver has averted a possible tragedy when he was able to safely stop his vehicle which had lost its rear left wheels with 80 school children on board near Raymond Terrace yesterday, police say.
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Teen star leads way in senior pennants
09 Feb 10 |
RISING star Jamie Hook scored a crushing win over Todd Middleby to guide Newcastle to a half-point win over Merewether in the opening round of the Newcastle district senior pennant series on Sunday.B
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Jones tears up trainee track as home boy falters
09 Feb 10 |
KURRI Kurri's Matt Jones fired a four-under-par 67 at The Vintage to win the NSW PGA Trainees tournament by two shots yesterday. Jones finished two shots ahead of Torie Blakemore, from Killara
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Falling down: Jets lose top-four chance in F3 derby loss
09 Feb 10 |
NEWCASTLE'S finals campaign will be a magical mystery tour in enemy territory after they were overwhelmed 3-0 by arch rivals Central Coast at Bluetongue Stadium last night.
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Historic spirit of the Hunter found in Antarctica
09 Feb 10 |
A CENTURY-old case of spirits uncovered in Antarctica could make the Hunter the toast of the drinking world. Brandy distilled in the Hunter was discovered among five crates of spirits found in
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NSW Government considers extending fast tracking for public housing to private sector
09 Feb 10 |
THE NSW Government will consider extending its controversial fast-track approval system for public housing to include private sector developments. The idea has outraged Hunter residents who are
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Fisherman Reginald Parker's death shocks Forster-Tuncurry community
09 Feb 10 |
REGINALD Parker was a fisherman through and through. The 77-year-old fish shop owner was famous in the coastal community of Forster-Tuncurry for his fish sausages and loved nothing better than
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Plans to expand industry at Tomago
09 Feb 10 |
THE Hunter Development Corporation said yesterday it had sold 240 hectares of industrial employment land at Tomago to the same company that will build the neighbouring WesTrac facility. WEPL In
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Lake Macquarie ready, set to bid for 2014 International Children's Games
09 Feb 10 |
THE International Children's Games are set to be held in Lake Macquarie in 2014, with the city council voting last night in favour of bidding to host the tournament. Mayor Greg Piper said the e
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Pedophile Hamilton dentist Ashleigh Jarrold may have jail term extended
09 Feb 10 |
CONVICTED pedophile Ashleigh Edward Jarrold could have his jail term extended after the Director of Public Prosecutions appealed against the former Hamilton dentist's sentence. The DPP argued t
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Hunter parents choose public schools over private
09 Feb 10 |
HUNTER parents are shunning private schools in favour of the public system. Enrolment statistics gathered from the Federal Government's My School website show a higher proportion of regional st
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Chance to swim with dolphins coming to Port Stephens
09 Feb 10 |
PORT Stephens is set to star on the worldwide map for wildlife encounters, after winning approval for swimming with dolphins tours. Frank Future and Andrew Parker, of Dolphin Swim Australia, ha
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Time to flex muscles in land of the giants
09 Feb 10 |
NEWCASTLE will field a huge pack of forwards to try to combat the Newcastle Knights' superior muscle in Saturday night's trial game at Nelson Bay's Tomaree Oval. Former Knights fringe players S
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Simpson and Hilder may skip all trial games
09 Feb 10 |
KNIGHTS coach Rick Stone has resisted any temptation to give suspended forwards Steve Simpson and Matt Hilder a run in a second-tier trial against the Newcastle Rugby League representative squad at To
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Guru reckons it's all Jake with state title
09 Feb 10 |
JAKE Higginbottom is up there with the best to come out of the Hunter, Newcastle golfing guru Neville Bell believes. Bell, 65, saw Nathan Green when he was a child prodigy and worked with fello
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Transfer loophole must close
09 Feb 10 |
FOR the second week in a row, the weather gods showed scant regard for the Jets players and fans, and even less for those of us trying to nut out a column. Fortunately, there were enough talkin
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