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More than 100 tonnes removed in Port Stephens frogbit response

Mastercard update triggers payment failures across Newcastle and Hunter

Hamilton Station Park reopens after $290,000 upgrade

Newcastle Police

Bar Beach man charged over alleged knife threats at Horseshoe Beach

Swansea Channel dredge arrives ahead of 83,000-cubic-metre campaign

Steel River Mayfield battery construction begins as part of eight-project NSW rollout

First stage of $2.6m Pelican shared path opens

Lake Macquarie lifeguard Nick Ophir retires after four decades

NSW funds Calvary Mater repairs as Novacare payment talks continue

First major concrete pour completed for Maitland mental health facility

Newcastle Police

Man charged over alleged Lake Macquarie and Central Coast break-ins

State and Federal Governments commit $2.5 billion to keep Tomago Aluminium operating

Crews begin stripping Newcastle’s Queens Wharf West ahead of demolition

Newcastle Police

Man charged over alleged kidnapping and assaults of woman and child at Bolton Point

New Lake Macquarie CEO targets finances and economic diversification

Ghost hunters invited backstage at Newcastle’s Civic Theatre

$50,000 grant to map safer school routes in Waratah

Diesel startup problem brings fresh delay at Kurri Kurri Gas Plant

2 VIDEOS: Lone boater swims to shore as vessel burns and sinks in Lake Macquarie

Raymond Terrace secures $360,000 to complete waterfront shared path