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31 Jan 2017Perseverance exhibition showcases traditional Japanese tattoo art
Newcastle Museum presents Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World from 9 February to 30 April 2017.
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30 Jan 2017Web page reboot for flood awareness
Newcastle City Council has relaunched its webpages on flooding to help residents better understand flood-prone areas and mitigate the risks through increased awareness.
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25 Jan 2017Oz Day gongs for Sister and local charity group
Refugee advocate and community leader Sister Diana Santleben was today announced as Newcastle's Citizen of the Year for 2016.
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24 Jan 2017City welcomes new citizens
Newcastle paediatrician Stephen Knipe will step away from his young patients tomorrow to receive his Australian Citizenship certificate 14 years after love brought him to Australia.
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22 Jan 2017Austyling on Australia Day
Green and gold headbands, Akubra hats and Aussie-themed beach towels are among the styles that "are in" this Australia Day, says Newcastle's Australia Day Ambassador and fashion stylist Donny Galella.
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16 Jan 2017New playgrounds provide sense of community
Mayfield lad Finn Davidson celebrated his fifth birthday late last year on his favourite piece of play equipment - the climbing wall in the new playground at Mayfield's Cowie Street Reserve.
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10 Jan 2017Fewer snags for contact centre customers
A complaint about sausages too thick for a caller's liking and a plea to identify a scary insect were among the unusual calls fielded by Newcastle City Council's Customer Contact Centre (CCC) last year. -
09 Jan 2017Festive season recycling soars
Novocastrians are increasingly doing the right thing after residents made the most of Newcastle City Council's free holiday-season recycling offer.
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06 Jan 2017Business skills program for refugees
Refugees and other members of Newcastle's multicultural community will receive free skills training to help them establish their own businesses as part of a project run by Newcastle City Council with local partners.
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03 Jan 2017Statement re former Waratah gasworks
Council received a letter from the EPA on 6 June 2016 advising that, in the late 19th and early 20th century, there may have been gasworks infrastructure on land bounded by High Street, Turton Rd and Georgetown Road in Waratah.
