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Tragic wrong turn takes life of Hunter grandma
4:00 AM AEDT | A WEST Wallsend grandmother who led an extraordinary life flying plans and rubbing shoulders with royalty has died in a car accident on the Charlestown bypass.  | CommentsComments (3)
Inner-city residents spitting chips over fallen King Street trees
4:00 AM AEDT | INNER-CITY Newcastle residents were furious yesterday morning when arborists cut down two plane trees in King Street.   | CommentsComments (10)
Wynter's supporting role in Oliver
4:00 AM AEDT | ACTOR Sarah Wynter was back in Newcastle yesterday to play a new role with the christening of her close friends' baby, Oliver.
4:00 AM AEDT | THOUSANDS of controversial Department of Housing stimulus projects will be transferred to private sector housing providers under new laws passed last week. Housing Minister David Borger said the pr  | CommentsComments (3)
Singleton rail accident cuts coal line
4:00 AM AEDT | THREE days of coal shipments worth an estimated $75 million have been lost after an empty grain train was derailed near Singleton on Saturday morning.
Dark beauty wipes out blondes in Merewether Surfest comp
4:00 AM AEDT | SURFERS held the attention in the water, but it was the Miss Surfest finalists that turned heads on shore as the Newcastle surfing event closed out yesterday.
Queue for e-waste dumping at Belmont
4:00 AM AEDT | PEOPLE'S love of new technology was evident at the weekend when more than 22,000 kilograms of electronic waste was discarded at Belmont for recycling.
4:00 AM AEDT | VOLGREN Australia's $18 million Tomago bus factory will be officially opened today. The factory, which will create 250 jobs, will build 150 articulated buses for the State Government.
Riders peddle a good cause at Lake Macquarie
4:00 AM AEDT | A FEW showers did little to deter those from using pedal power to support a good cause yesterday. About 2745 riders took to their bikes for the Rotary Clubs of Lake Macquarie 14th annual Loop the Lake.
4:00 AM AEDT | HUNTER GPs and pharmacists have warned that thousands of low-income earners have been placed at risk by the removal of the seasonal influenza vaccine from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Award for ambulance officers after desperate Pasha Bulka rescue
4:00 AM AEDT | IT was an act of bravery that very nearly went horribly wrong for ambulance officers Al Qvist and Clynton Scott Hardes, during the night of the Pasha Bulka storm on June 8, 2007.
Sister fended off machete-wielding attacker in Holmesville home invasion
4:00 AM AEDT | CLUBBING a man over the head with a metal torch as he attacked her brother with a machete during an attempted home invasion has earned 46-year-old Sandra Cairney an Australian Bravery Award.
Visit sees end of Newcastle cruise season
4:00 AM AEDT | THE Volendam will grace Newcastle waters today to wrap up another Hunter cruise season.
Matthew Johns returns with new show
13 Mar 10 | LESS than a year after he quit our TV screens in disgrace, Matthew Johns is ready to crack jokes again. But are viewers ready to laugh again with the former rugby league larrikin? Viewers will f  | CommentsComments (21)
13 Mar 10 | ONE in three Upper Hunter businesses expects to increase spending this year as the region surges back from the global downturn. Figures from the Hunter Valley Research Foundation released yesterday  | CommentsComments (1)
Travel blogger embraces Newcastle
13 Mar 10 | NEWCASTLE'S main surfing event will soon go global, with an American blogger in town yesterday to document Surfest. Miami 24-year-old Bobbi-Jo O'Gilvie is three weeks into a three-month round trip  | CommentsComments (2) | Time running out for ...
Hunter Water's Tillegra Dam sweetener
13 Mar 10 | HUNTER Water has delivered a sweetener for the controversial Tillegra Dam project in a bid to win over its critics. The Herald can reveal Water Minister Phil Costa will today announce extra offset  | CommentsComments (33)
Toogoolawa School students start the day with meditation
13 Mar 10 | GETTING a class of teenage boys to sit still, let alone meditate, seems like a small miracle, but it's one the teachers at Toogoolawa School, Wickham, see every day. The school caters to some of th
Quake shakes Port Stephens
13 Mar 10 | A SMALL earthquake shook Port Stephens residents out of bed early yesterday morning, but authorities say no damage was caused. Geoscience Australia said the tremor, measuring 3.3 on the Richter sca
13 Mar 10 | THE battle between Woolworths and the late Bert Gambrill over access to his Morisset property to complete a new shopping centre has been settled out of court. The parties met at Toronto Local Court  | CommentsComments (3)
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