Post Views: 46 Cessnock City Council Report Reveals Code of Conduct Breaches: Councilors Jurd and Olsen Censured Cessnock Councilors Jessica Jurd and Ian Olsen have both been censured for serious breaches of conduct, marking a significant development within the Cessnock Local Government. Unfortunately, the specifics of their actions and the origins of the allegations against […]
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Post Views: 20 ALERT: Exercise Caution at Orange Street & Melbourne Street Intersection, Abermain Cessnock Council reports road damage attributed to a suspected water main leak at the intersection of Orange Street and Melbourne Street. Urgent action is underway as Hunter Water has been promptly notified and will commence an investigation alongside essential repair work. […]
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Post Views: 22 Cessnock City Council is gearing up for the 2024 local government elections by proposing significant adjustments to its ward boundaries. As the population continues to grow, the council aims to maintain fairness and balance among its four wards, ensuring that no ward has an elector number exceeding 10% of the others, as […]
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Post Views: 22 COMMUNITY, SPORTING & ENVIRONMENT GRANTS– Applications Open 🌟 Don’t miss out on a fantastic opportunity! If you have a project in mind that could benefit the community’s social, cultural, sporting, or environmental life. Applications are open until 15 September. 🤝 Community groups are invited to apply for funding through this scheme, covering […]
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Post Views: 29 More than 30 free events and activities aimed at raising the profile of inclusion in our community will be held over the next two weeks as part of City of Newcastle’s Count Us In festival. Count Us In will run between 13 May – 28 May and features a wide range of […]
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Post Views: 31 Cessnock City Council’s Economic Development team is proud to present a local business networking event which will take place from 12 to 2.30pm on Friday 10 June at the Grand Mercure Hunter Valley Gardens, Pokolbin. This event will have a focus on employment and will feature keynote speaker Carolyn Miller, who is […]
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Post Views: 27 Cessnock City Council is inviting motorists to spot ‘Joe Rider’ from Monday 2 May to Friday 6 May, and report the sighting, as part of its local motorcycle safety campaign. The Joe Rider campaign is all about encouraging drivers to ‘look out’ for motorcyclists. The intention is to reduce the incidence of, […]
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Post Views: 23 Maitland City Council is refurbishing the War Memorial at Morpeth, in front of the Morpeth Museum. The restoration of the monument includes cleaning, stabilising and renewing the original lettering by hand. The Sydney sandstone memorial was unveiled in 1921 to commemorate those from the area who served in World War One. It […]
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Post Views: 28 Cessnock City Council is pleased to announce it has been successful in receiving $3 million in funding for a shared pathway which will connect Bridges Hill Park to Wine Country. This exciting project is funded through the NSW Government’s NSW Public Spaces Legacy Program. It will start at the popular Bridges Hill […]
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Post Views: 21 A new small business incubator program is offering 15 Novocastrians the chance to take their business ideas to the next level. Delivered as part of City of Newcastle’s NewSkills training program, the intensive 12-week Side Hustle Bootcamp will provide the burgeoning entrepreneurs with the opportunity to gain and develop their ideas into […]
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Post Views: 21 The Cessnock City Council has taken to Facebook to announce the temporary closure of public toilets due to the current Covid-19 situation. The toilet cloures come into effect from 3pm, Thursday, January 13, 2022. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on staffing, Cessnock City Council wishes to advise the following […]
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Post Views: 26 Liberal Central Ward Councillor Sally Halliday has submitted her intention to rescind plans by Maitland Mayor Loretta Baker to cut red bins from a weekly service to a fortnightly service from 2024. On 25 May 2021 the Mayor used a Mayoral Minute to further endorse an earlier motion moved by Labor Councillors […]
Continue ReadingPost Views: 28 Cr Jay Suvaal pictured above standing in the middle of the road after completing a triple backflip with a perfect dismount is putting forward a motion to repeal the parking policy that Cr Jay Savaal voted in favor of, which Cessnock City Council went on to adopt the policy. See the image […]
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Post Views: 40 Lake Macquarie Council seeking feedback on the community’s sentiment regarding the name of Coon Island and Coon Island Point. As we consider improvements to the site, proposed to start in 2021-22, it is appropriate that we consider community sentiment around the name given it is considered offensive by parts of our community. […]
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Post Views: 26 The Morrison Government is providing $2.44 million in funding to Cessnock to help prepare and minimise against future flood events at the Cessnock Levee bund wall. Nationwide, the Morrison Government is providing $50 million for projects across the country under the National Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Program.The Program will fund or co-fund 22 […]
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Post Views: 24 Newcastle Councillors voted 10-1 to support the removal of shark nets from Newcastles beaches in favor of using drones and drum lines. Unfortunately for the foreseeable future shark nets will remain in place and continue to harm our oceans marine life, because shark mitigation is the responsibility of the NSW Government and […]
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Post Views: 49 ⚠️ UPDATE: Tuesday 23 March – 5:30pm The following roads remain closed due to flooding: Cedar Creek Road, Cedar Creek Ekerts Road, Pokolbin (south of Broke Road) Lomas Lane, Nulkaba Old North Road, Rothbury (Wine Country Dr to Sweetwater Rd) Richmond Vale Road, Richmond Vale Lovedale Road, Lovedale (at railway overpass) James […]
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Post Views: 23 EVACUATION WARNING – SINGLETON Low lying areas in Singleton should prepare for evacuation as the Hunter River is predicted to peak at 11.50 metres overnight. The following areas should prepare for a possible evacuation Tueday night or Wednesday morning. 👉 Whittingham👉 Scotts Flat👉 Glenridding👉 Dunnolly👉 Combo Lane For more detailed information go […]
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Post Views: 78 Severe weather conditions are continuing to cause issues in and around the Port Stephens LGA. The only current route from Nelson Bay to Newcastle is via Gan Gan Road and Frost Road The following roads remain closed. Bourke Street, Raymond Terrace Foreshore Drive, Corlette — road collapsed High Street, Wallalong Hunter Street, […]
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Post Views: 37 Severe weather conditions are continuing to cause issues in and around the Maitland LGA. Maitland Council is providing updates via its website can be found here. The following roads remain closed. Brush Farm Road Scotch Creek Road Martins Wharf Road Prices Road Cross Road Edithville Road Manerys Road Reeds Road Dockyard Road […]
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