A 57-year-old woman has been charged following a single-vehicle crash in East Maitland earlier this week. Around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 28 August 2024, the woman was driving her Mazda sedan eastbound on the New England Highway, approaching the intersection with Mitchell Drive. The vehicle...
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Deputy Mayor Mitchell Griffin announced on Facebook that the Morpeth Bridge will be illuminated in green and gold tonight. This initiative is part of a wider celebration, with iconic NSW landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House also participating. In his post, Griffin encouraged residents...
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...
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...
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...
Today, disaster assistance has been made available to help with the impacts of the recent storms and flooding in 16 local government areas across NSW, including: Armidale, Bellingen, Central Coast, Cessnock City, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour City, Dungog, Kempsey, Lake Macquarie, Maitland City, Mid-Coast, Nambucca...
Two Maitland Liberal Councillors Sally Halliday and Mitchell Griffin will be calling on Maitland Council to support a proposal for a gas power generator to be built at Kurri Kurri at the next ordinary meeting. On September 14, the Federal Government proposed the possibility of...
A small group of protesters gathered outside Maitland Council Chambers before last Tueday night’s council meeting was due to begin in an attempt to shirt front councillors and to show their disgust about a pending Development Application to build 130 tiny houses in Morpeth. Shortly...
As Current Deputy Mayor Philip Penfolds term comes to end today, Maitland council will vote tonight, whether to abolish the Deputy Mayor position from the council or vote in a new Deputy Mayor. The position of Deputy Mayor is not a requirement of the legislation,...
The recently upgraded Queens Wharf Jetty at Morpeth was graffitied, with the damage and cleaning expected to cost thousands of dollars. MMC has recently invested in upgrades to the Wharf and have offered a reward of up to $3000 for information that leads to an...
Maitland City Council offers a $3,000 reward for information leading to conviction for damage caused to the Maitland BMX track. It appears a vehicle has crashed through the fencing and attempted to do the course in a motor vehicle causing substantial damage to the track....
The Youth Opportunities program provides one-off, time-limited grants between $10,000 and $50,000 to not-for-profit organisations and local councils for youth-led and youth-driven community projects that have a positive youth development focus. 🎭📹🎶 These grants have previously helped to expand the offerings of local organisations including...
Cr Ben Mitchell moved a motion to have Councillors disclose which Facebook and websites councillors administrator after Maitland Council received public backlash over it’s skyrocketing rates and reckless spending they received a barrage of negative social posts and news, comments and emails, in direct opposition...
If Maitlands Councils 7.2% rate wasn’t a big enough kick to the teeth last month, this month they have decided they did such a wonderful job in screwing you out of more cash it’s only fair they deserve a 20% increase in councillor allowances and...
APPLY FOR COMMUNITY GRANTS IN THE HUNTER Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter Catherine Cusack is encouraging organisations across the Hunter region to apply for the Community Partnership Action (COMPACT) grants program, which will support community partnerships to build social cohesion and community resilience. Ms Cusack...
Maitland Liberal Councillor Mitchell Griffin has provided a notice of motion for next Tuesday’s meeting of Maitland City Council to look in to the viability of a trial of mobile CCTV for Maitland. CCTV has been on the agenda for the council for a number...
Do you have household chemicals, gas bottles or fluorescent lights you need to dispose of? You can drop these and other items off for free at the next Chemical CleanOut event on Sunday 28 June. Get your items together and head to the Cleanaway Refinery...