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newy.com.au - Newcastle’s West Best Bloc Fest has received $75,000 in NSW Government funding as part of a new grants program aimed at building audiences for live music events and venues. The funding is included in the first round of Local Audience Development Grants, which will support 28 events and venues with up to $100,000 each. The program is designed to help the grassroots music sector attract and retain audiences […]

newy.com.au - Blacksmiths Public School students are helping Lake Macquarie City Council expand habitat for the tiny wallum froglet, planting native species to support the survival of an amphibian regarded as an important indicator of coastal ecosystem health. The wallum froglet is barely bigger than a fingernail, but its presence can reveal much about the condition of fragile coastal environments. The species is known for living in acidic coastal swamps, […]

newy.com.au - Students at Lakeside School in Gateshead have new classroom, sensory and outdoor learning facilities after a $400,000 upgrade funded through the Albanese Government’s Schools Upgrade Fund. Federal Member for Shortland Pat Conroy officially opened the improvements last Friday, May 1, saying the works would help strengthen therapeutic and inclusive learning environments at the school. The project included refurbished classrooms, acoustic improvements in learning areas and removal works inside […]

newy.com.au - Motorists using Newcastle Road at Wallsend will face changed overnight traffic conditions later this month as maintenance work is carried out between Victory Parade and Diana Street. Transport for NSW said the work would take place from 8pm on Monday, May 18, until 5am the following morning. It is expected to be completed in one night, weather permitting. Traffic control will be in place during the work, including […]

newy.com.au - New interactive light, sound and artwork installations have been switched on in Nelson Bay as part of a six-month project to better understand and improve how women and girls experience public spaces at night. The Nellies Safer Spaces for Women and Girls Project is now live on Yacaaba Street, with four digital displays, known as “Nellies”, installed as part of the local streetscape. Designed in collaboration with local […]

newy.com.au - Work is under way on a $2 million upgrade of the Blacksmiths boat ramp, with Lake Macquarie City Council moving to replace the ageing facility at one of Swansea Channel’s busiest access points. The project will deliver a new concrete boat ramp with underwater scour protection mattresses, along with two floating pontoon jetties and gangways to improve access for anglers and other boaties using the channel and Lake […]

newy.com.au - Best-selling crime writers Chris Hammer and Benjamin Stevenson will be among the headline guests at Lake Macquarie’s Write Here Festival, which will return from 15 to 17 May with a program celebrating reading, writing and the stories behind published work. The authors, known for their popular crime thrillers, will appear at Windale Hub, bilyabayi on Sunday 17 May in conversation with moderator and fellow author Jaye Ford. The […]

newy.com.au - A 64-year-old man will face court today after being charged over a suspicious package that forced the evacuation of part of a Glendale shopping centre last week. Emergency services were called to a bus stop at the shopping centre on Stockland Drive about 9.35am on Wednesday, April 29, following reports of an unattended package. Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District attended and found what police allege was a […]

newy.com.au - Gavin Morris has been confirmed as Newcastle’s new Lord Mayor after the NSW Electoral Commission this afternoon declared the result of the local government by-election held on 18 April. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former Lord Mayor Ross Kerridge in February, after 17 months in the role. Mr Morris will take the affirmation of office on Tuesday 12 May in the Council Chambers at the […]