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Cancer Council donations stolen
4:00 AM | Lynda Pearce’s Biggest Morning Tea fund-raiser turned sour on Sunday night when thieves took $100 worth of donations from her Rutherford store.
Priest: No sexual intent  in wrestles
4:00 AM | A Hunter priest facing eight child sexual assault charges told a Sydney District Court jury there had been no sexual intent when he wrestled with young boys.
It’s cold, it’s wet ... and it’s coming
4:00 AM | When the Mamas and Papas crooned that all the leaves were brown and the sky was grey they could easily have been singing about Maitland circa now.
The day the Australian Ballet came to school
4:00 AM | Rosary Park Catholic School students stepped out of their usual routine to learn dance movements from the nation’s best.
Kurri Hydro in mothballs
4:00 AM | Kurri Kurri may never produce aluminium again or give school leavers the chance to earn a tidy living on their doorstep.  | Worst fears confirmed for Kurri ...Greg Combet's statement on ...
Sex predator
4:00 AM | The sexual assault of a good Samaritan who stopped to rescue what appeared to be a stranded father and his baby has stunned the community.
Tickets to see FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS up for grabs in tomorrow's Mercury.
23 May 12 | Buy Thursday's Maitland Mercury and you will have a chance to win a double pass to see Flight Of The Conchords perform in the Hunter.
23 May 12 | The dogwatch shift at Hydro Aluminium’s Kurri Kurri smelter is in for a longer night than usual as news spreads of job losses.  | Worst fears confirmed for Kurri ...Greg Combet's statement on ...
Molly, me and the old days
23 May 12 | I dreamt a dream dear reader, a dream most strange. And in this peculiar night vision, I was walking peacefully in grassy paddocks near the end of Bourke Street Maitland, not far from the train station I suppose, down that way . . .   | CommentsComments (1)
Greg Combet's statement on Kurri Kurri smelter
23 May 12 | Greg Combet, the Charlton MP who doubles as the federal Minister for Industry and Innovation, has issued a media statement on the future of the Kurri Kurri smelter.   | Worst fears confirmed for Kurri ...
Worst fears confirmed for Kurri Kurri aluminium workers
23 May 12 | A small number of staff will remain at Kurri Kurri's Hydro aluminium smelter when it is mothballed in August.   | Greg Combet's statement on ...
Three teens arrested following pursuit in Abermain
23 May 12 | Police have arrested three teenagers following a number of pursuits with a stolen car in Abermain this morning.
Woman sexually assaulted at Rutherford
23 May 12 | Police are appealing for public assistance after a woman was sexually assaulted at Rutherford at about 5pm yesterday.A 34-year-old woman was driving along Kyle Street, Rutherford, when she noticed a vehicle on the side of the road with its bonnet raised.   | CommentsComments (1)
No support for bulky goods
23 May 12 | Maitland is unlikely to get a bulky goods collection service in the 2012-13 financial year after it failed to get majority support at Maitland City Council’s ordinary meeting last night.  | CommentsComments (2)
Riley Street rat run verdict not unanimous
23 May 12 | Council will investigate extending a median strip on Melbourne Street at the junction with Riley Street, with the aim of saving lives.
I saw my chute fly away
23 May 12 | A routine tandem jump was a little more grounding for Geraldine Smith than for most.
Rutherford to get odour testing
23 May 12 | Todoroski Air Sciences has been commissioned to design an odour sampling campaign for the Rutherford industrial area.  | CommentsComments (1)
23 May 12 | These four junior rugby league players don’t know any different.
Nine months after his horrific accident with a truck, David Campbell is heading home
23 May 12 | On the morning of August 30 last year David Campbell woke as a teenage boy with a love for motorbikes and a youthful desire to rebel.  | CommentsComments (3)
He pointed gun ‘straight at us’
22 May 12 | Thomas Maynard held his hands on his brother’s chest to stop him from bleeding after he was shot during a Raymond Terrace street fight, a Newcastle jury heard yesterday.
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