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Newy.com.au covers news from the Greater Newcastle Hunter area including Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Port Stephens and Cessnock.

Call for routine mental health checks for new dads after Movember report

Liddell stacks fall as Hunter landmark enters next chapter

Fringe windfall prompts call for more suburban business ideas

Lake Macquarie Council adopts $111 million capital works plan

Lake Macquarie City Council marks 120 years of service

Police Newcastle Foreshore

Newcastle Police

Pedestrian dies after truck crash at Sandgate

Maitland Town Hall to recieve $100,000 for Remediation works

Maitland to host major NSW tourism conference for local government

Newcastle Police

$1m reward for information over Carrington double murder cold case

High speed rail forum puts Newcastle’s future in focus

Police Newcastle Foreshore

Newcastle Police

Man charged over alleged Newcastle West and Jesmond robberies

Newcastle Police

Police investigate after SUV rolls at Whitebridge intersection

Newcastle Police

Coal ship arrivals stopped after Rising Tide protesters enter Newcastle shipping channel

Three new call takers for Charlestown triple-zero centre

Changed traffic conditions for M1 extension work next week

Funding package progresses for New Lambton landslip residents

Medowie startup VeraSys wins $2.2m grant for AI weed-fighting drone project

Night maintenance to change traffic conditions on Swansea Bridge

Newcastle Police

Two men charged over alleged Hunter Valley farm equipment theft

Newcastle Art Gallery opens first exhibitions of expanded 2026 program

Nine shareholders clear NBN sale to WIN