28/08/2008 | A Maitland Greens campaign against a privatised electricity industry culminated yesterday with a last-minute appeal to Maitland MP Frank Terenzini to vote against it.
28/08/2008 | Bringing the Archibald Prize exhibition to the Hunter is just one of the ideas to spring out the week-long series of conversations at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
28/08/2008 | The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) agrees with residents: a suburb-sized development near Branxton will put more pressure on an already choked New England Highway.
28/08/2008 | St Patrick’s Primary School’s students will get fit and eat healthy, thanks to a $90,000 Healthy Active Australia Community and Schools grant.
The school competed with more than 2000 submissions from schools and organisations throughout Australia for one of 190 grants.
28/08/2008 | The Salon Lynda at Kurri Kurri has taken the hairstyling world by storm with owner Lynda Gibson winning a senior stylist of the year award.
28/08/2008 | The memory of a young Metford boy who died of sudden heart failure four months ago is to be immortalised by his mother who, battling drug addiction, was unable to share much of his life with him.
“Lovable larrikin” Jye Lassiter, 15, died on the floor of his Metford home on April 27 after his heart stopped beating.
28/08/2008 | Thanks, mate.
That’s Emerald’s message to Maitland for its $12,639.47 donation to the flood-stricken Queensland town.
In January, Emerald was at the centre of one of the most devastating floods on record to hit central Queensland. The cost of the flood topped $1 billion.
27/08/2008 | The father of Branxton golfer Brent Watson said his son did not enjoy being at the centre of the scandal over Cronulla Sharks star Greg Bird.
27/08/2008 | A shortage of candidates in Maitland’s local government elections could mean the end of the council’s independent majority.
27/08/2008 | Startled motorists gaped to see a flat top truck with one of its crane legs extended slam over a set of traffic lights at a busy Maitland intersection yesterday.
27/08/2008 | Maitland Hospital will be cured of the ailments that cause despair for patients, visitors and staff alike.
A $10 million treatment plan including the expansion and refurbishment of the hospital’s main entrance and emergency department was approved by Maitland City Council at last night’s meeting without comment.
27/08/2008 | It’s a small, unobtrusive device that more resembles a mobile phone than a book.
But for people with a vision impairment, the Navigator allows them to know the joy of literature.
27/08/2008 | Organisers of this year’s Mt Kanwary Public School annual Monster Cracker Night will keep an anxious eye on the weather.
The event was a casualty of the June long weekend flood last year and two later attempts to hold the night were also rained out.
27/08/2008 | Maitland City Meals on Wheels celebrated three birthdays at its weekly luncheon yesterday in anticipation of National Meals on Wheels Day today.
Management committee president Barbara Heckman said volunteering was a rewarding experience.
27/08/2008 | Angry Rutherford residents want speed humps placed at the end of Regiment Road near the New England Highway.
The call came after a ute slammed through two fences and wrecked property worth thousands of dollars.
26/08/2008 | Winning a gold medal at the Olympics gets people excited, but for kayaking champion Ken Wallace’s grandmother Mary Maloy, there are few greater moments.
26/08/2008 | Potholes are a deep issue in next month’s local government election.
Hunter Liberal candidates for Maitland council want more money for road maintenance and an annual report on roadworks across the city.
26/08/2008 | A $7.325 million expansion of Maitland Hospital could soon have builders preparing for major surgery.
The State Government project will go under the knife at tonight’s Maitland City Council meeting, only months after the proposal was publicly exhibited in June.
26/08/2008 | The Hunter’s biggest display village will bring the first homes to Maitland’s newest suburb.
A 69-lot subdivision to accommodate up to 68 display homes has been approved for Chisholm in the first stage of County Property Group’s Waterford County.
26/08/2008 | It’s a scenario that frustrates most householders.
The automated voice at the end of the 1300 number extolling how “all of our operators are busy” and because “your call is important to us, you have been placed in a queue.”