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Locals to be consulted on Tillegra Dam land strategy
12:51 PM | Hunter Water is calling for tenders to help develop a long-term strategy for land bought as part of the now defunct Tillegra Dam proposal.
4:00 AM | The favourites for this afternoon’s Heritage Cup final at Maitland Showground will more than likely come from the middle of the boxes.
4:00 AM | Three Maitland horses are coming off last start wins in the Country Series heats to be held at Newcastle International Paceway this afternoon.
Star Of Octagonal hits top form for Scone Cup
4:00 AM | Star Of Octagonal will return to the Upper Hunter tomorrow for another crack at the Scone Cup.
Fairweather heads north for new challenge
4:00 AM | This marks the end of an era. After more than three decades coaching athletes in the Hunter region Gillieston Heights-based Tony Fairweather has decided to relocate to the Gold Coast with an eye towards the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Decision on bridge imminent
4:00 AM | Ratepayers could be forced to pave their own way to safety in time for the next flood unless the Roads and Maritime Service commits to the Long Bridge.
Expo to help students with careers
4:00 AM | More than 1000 high school students will be informed about career options at an expo in the city today.
Teachers to strike: cash for schools
4:00 AM | Six Maitland schools have received up to $50,000 in the first roll-out of the empowering local schools initiative but the funding is bittersweet for teachers.
Tale has it all ... sorrow, love, laughter
4:00 AM | Glen Ironman always knew he had the role of Nanki-Poo in him.
‘I’ll shoot ya, ya dog’: Court told
4:00 AM | Seconds before he pulled a gun from his pants Chad Shedden said to Joshua Maynard, “I’ll shoot ya, ya dog,” a witness told Newcastle Supreme Court yesterday.
Hoons attack new car with a brick
4:00 AM | As Ben Pitkin watched The Avengers at Maitland cinema on Saturday night he had no idea that a vicious attack was being made on his new car.
Why not tweet to the Goldilocks Zone?
16 May 12 | Earth – pretty amazing right? A blue planet, teeming with life, floating right there in the midst of all that space and darkness and endlessness. Amazing!   | CommentsComments (1)
16 May 12 | The students who attend the Hunter River Community School are already some of the most vulnerable in our community.  | CommentsComments (1)
16 May 12 | The mother of one of Joshua Maynard’s rivals admitted to giving her son’s friend a knife on the night the 21-year-old was shot dead.
Meeting to solve bat problem
16 May 12 | Lorn residents and Maitland City Council will meet to form a management plan for the flying foxes.  | Sudden interest in bats under fire | Ministers' stance on Lorn bat ...
Training needed: coroner
16 May 12 | Sharon Maidment said although a definitive cause of death had not been found, the inquest into her daughter Helen Grainger’s death following a severe allergic reaction had provided some solace.  | Death cause still unclear | Experts disagree on method of ...
Bottom of the class
16 May 12 | No mould. No leaks. No smells. Is it too much to ask? This is the dilemma parents at Hunter River Community School face every day.   | CommentsComments (2)
Lights, camera, action
16 May 12 | A slew of Australia’s best actors are lined up to recreate the story of a group of World War I soldiers who left Maitland in 1916, to risk their lives on the battlefields of war-torn France.  | CommentsComments (4) | The pride of Maitland's Own
16 May 12 | For Kate Burls and the team from Farrow Wyatt the Maitland River Run ticks all the right boxes.
16 May 12 | Raworth’s Bryan Gulliver has capped off an impressive period on the fairways with victory at the Australian Veterans Golf Association Championships.
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