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25.01.2022 Here's the early mail on a curious letter uncovered in Maitland.

25.01.2022 If you haven't been to the Lambton Park Hotel in a while, it might be time to see the changes they've made.

25.01.2022 The council has accelerated design and construction work on the projects as part of its economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

25.01.2022 NSW has gone a week without a locally transmitted case of COVID-19, though authorities are continuing to track down 455 arrivals from New Zealand after a positive case was recorded in Auckland.

25.01.2022 The funding will form part of an $800 million digital technology package in next week's budget.

25.01.2022 When Dexter was born; Canberra wasn't our capital city, World War I was brewing and there was no such thing as a washing machine.

25.01.2022 Bubblegum. Death by Chocolate. The New Black. Old favourites and new tastes. Yes, there's a new ice cream shop on Zaara Street, exactly where folks have enjoyed that sweet sensation for decades.

25.01.2022 It's the largest lights display in the southern hemisphere - 20 attractions covering 14 hectares - and it's here in the Hunter Valley!

24.01.2022 Breaking: There have been 15 new COVID cases, all linked to the Avalon cluster.

24.01.2022 Police were told the victim and two friends were outside a licensed venue when an unknown man approached them and became involved in a verbal altercation with the 20-year-old.

24.01.2022 Slapjack, Jason Lowe, BERLYN, and Joe Newton Music join Field Frequency at Civic Theatre Newcastle to kick off #MusicPeopleLive for 2021!

24.01.2022 Newcastle author Sami Bayly's new book - The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals - will be released today.

24.01.2022 City of Newcastle and Maitland City Council rate 'high risk' mentions in NSW Auditor' General's report

23.01.2022 Maremma guardian dog Eudy has died after capturing the hearts of people around the world and living to a ripe old age of 12.

23.01.2022 The second instalment of a new live music streaming series is coming to our Facebook page tomorrow night! Don't miss these awesome acts from 8pm Tuesday, right here on this Facebook page. Music People Live

23.01.2022 After months of restrictions due to COVID-19, finally the motoring and crazily costumed participants in the Variety Resurrection Run could go wild, roar with delight, and hit the road.

23.01.2022 BREAKING: Craig Deans will step down as coach of the Newcastle Jets.

23.01.2022 The Queens Wharf buildings. Should they be cherished or demolished? Prominent Newcastle architect Barney Collins has a "controversial and creative" take on these iconic Newcastle buildings.

23.01.2022 None of the three new cases are linked to the Avalon cluster, and none were in Wollongong.

22.01.2022 Lawyers for the aspiring Liberal MP Michelle Loielo have argued in the openings of a Supreme Court trial that the curfew restriction on top of all others "is one step too far"

22.01.2022 After Friday night's worrying 36-6 last-round loss to Gold Coast, parlayed into South Sydney's record-smashing 60-8 demolition of Sydney Roosters, the logical conclusion is that Newcastle's season has taken a turn for the worse.

22.01.2022 Emergency services were called to the scene on Lismore Road, Cootamundra, at about 2.30pm today.

22.01.2022 The University of Newcastle has been asked if its intends to uphold its direction to staff to take leave at Christmas, after the Fair Work Commission decided against its similar direction at Easter.

21.01.2022 The committee acknowledged it was still on "shaky ground" but was confident it could get the facility back up and running

21.01.2022 Anglican diocese says it has no plans to sell St Clements, Camberwell

21.01.2022 'It needn't have come to this, but if tariffs are the only way to force us to pull our weight, bring them on.'

21.01.2022 "I'm hoping you will have a quiet summer, but I'm pretty confident that you will actually have a busy one because of the amount of people who are holidaying at home this year."

21.01.2022 Go on - send this to that one friend we all know who loves their journals and letters. Make their day Honest Paper

20.01.2022 The family remain at large but are not considered dangerous. It is not known if they had border resident permits, though they appear to have stayed north of the state line.

20.01.2022 The state government has approved the construction of a mega solar farm 25 kilometres west of Tamworth.

19.01.2022 NSW Ports paid handsomely for a monopoly. It will want its pound of flesh if it loses it.

19.01.2022 Paramedics treated the man at the scene but were unable to save his life.

19.01.2022 The glazing system changes tint depending on the position of the sun.

19.01.2022 A vaccine is seen as the best chance for the world to get back to some semblance of normality amid a global pandemic which has killed nearly 1.5 million people and upended the global economy.

18.01.2022 The six-year-old mare finished stronger down the straight and took over the local hope after winning last year's group 3 Tibbie Stakes at the same track.

18.01.2022 "We are currently working on a porchetta - a whole deboned pig trussed and stuffed - with smoked stuffing and gravy and cooked for 10 to 12 hours, hangi style." Head chef Sam Alexander

18.01.2022 Central Coast Council under fire

18.01.2022 Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union national secretary Steve Murphy says the changes could mean apprentices wouldn't touch a tool in workplaces.

18.01.2022 The court heard the Melbourne-based professor enlisted to compile the report had not yet been able to visit the crime scene because he had been stuck in lockdown in the Victorian capital.

17.01.2022 Leptospirosis can be debilitating, even fatal, and it's on the rise...

17.01.2022 The phrase "This is Not Art" was most likely written by a risk-taking abseiler in the '90s. From these words, a festival name was created in 1998, one which has continued every year since, with the exception of this year.

17.01.2022 After announcing three weeks ago his intention to retire, the veteran Knights back-rower enters his fifth play-off series knowing that his next loss will be his last.

16.01.2022 The NRL launched the investigation after Titans player Tyrone Peachey told a referee that he had been racially abused by a Newcastle player.

16.01.2022 The Health Services Union says the planned action on Tuesday follows an "insulting" pay offer from the state government.

16.01.2022 The crash took place on the Golden Highway, about 10km south of Merriwa.

16.01.2022 IT was never going to be a normal Christmas in 2020, was it? The Herald's Opinion looks at COVID-19's new turn as Bad Santa.

16.01.2022 "The whole thing has been pretty emotional for me. It's just the really deep connection I've had with this club. I love the Knights and all the boys and staff here and the fans and I just never sort of thought it would end this early here. That's taken a lot to get my head around."

16.01.2022 Send your say to [email protected]

16.01.2022 If Hoy has recovered from his hamstring injury, he should be in the side at five-eighth for the Bunnies clash at the expense of Mason Lino, an unlucky casualty of the Titans debacle, writes Barry Toohey.

16.01.2022 The man was refused bail to appear in court today.

16.01.2022 Meet Central Coast 17-year-old Lucy Parle, whose song was voted best teen track by the likes of Coldplay and Tom Waits.

16.01.2022 In opinion: "Some will say that those who are caught and dealt with by the courts have paid for their crime, but the fact is that very few will pay for the damage and loss. The criminal gets the bond, we get the bill."

16.01.2022 Catholic Cardinal George Pell is returning to Rome six months after he was acquitted of child sexual abuse, according to agency reports.

16.01.2022 "It was a great team effort by all emergency services on scene."

15.01.2022 The council rejected the plans as an overdevelopment of the site.

15.01.2022 Load up the car and head down to Morisset. RadioWaves.

15.01.2022 Police will allege the woman attended Maitland police station about 6.15pm on Sunday where she allegedly "became aggressive while intoxicated before coughing on an officer".

15.01.2022 Plans underway to move 300,000 cubic metres of sand from north arm of Hunter River to erosion-stricken Stockton beach.

15.01.2022 The first of four lunchtime concerts was staged in City Hall, with a string of classical pieces performed by members of Hunter Opera.

15.01.2022 "I would love to fight here and there'll be an opportunity in the future, I'm sure," Kostya Tszyu's boxing son Tim told the Newcastle Herald. "You can never out-grow Newcastle."

15.01.2022 "I am sure it has made for a great end to the week."

15.01.2022 Music People Live is headed for the Civic Theatre Newcastle in front of a live audience.

15.01.2022 Space has become available at the facility due to a reduced number of domestic travellers requiring quarantine.

14.01.2022 Little Bay at Lighthouse Beach and Miners Beach in Port Macquarie have been closed to the public while investigations continue.

13.01.2022 While the rest of the world was shutting down, Dungog was opening up. We visit the town to check out the new mountain bike trails which are leading the boom. Listen on Apple Podcasts or your preferred app. https://www.newcastleherald.com.au//voice-of-real-austral/

13.01.2022 Central Coast Council has outlined a plan to shed 20 per cent of its staff, sell up to $60million worth of assets and borrow $150million in a bid dig itself out of a $89million black hole.

12.01.2022 Newcastle Knights coach Adam O'Brien is banking on his Jekyll and Hyde side rebounding strongly from the heavy Titans defeat in much the same way as they have done previously this season when they have dished up a poor performance.

12.01.2022 Nova Alliance Bank CEO David Franklin has been in the job 20 years and believes the days of network branches are numbered

12.01.2022 The sensitive information remained online for more than 30 minutes.

12.01.2022 Will the government dictate that the huge waterfront site offers a broader benefit to the city?

12.01.2022 COMMENT: The first hint of this reality was dramatically evident in the snaking lines of people, young and old, outside Centrelink offices in March.

11.01.2022 "Physical clinics in regional areas are no longer financially viable," the provider said in a statement.

10.01.2022 The Lord Mayor is urging all Greater Newcastle organisations to sign the Youth Employment Charter.

10.01.2022 The two players will now be referred to a conciliation process that will be monitored by the NRL.

10.01.2022 An additional $850,000 will be invested in ongoing restoration of the 143-year-old Carrington Hydraulic Engine House.

10.01.2022 Police are still searching for the offender, who was not known to the victim

09.01.2022 What have you got planned this weekend? Check out our list of things to do and see. https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/7300281/

09.01.2022 Eight months on, Kim Hurley still struggles with fatigue and breathlessness after getting COVID-19 on the ill-fated Ruby Princess cruise to New Zealand.

09.01.2022 Looking for something to do with the kids in the upcoming school holidays?

08.01.2022 Ok, Eunice is a bit of a legend. After a few days of documented texting with Telstra, jumping through hoops, having tests done remotely on her faulty tablet, and basically being stuffed around, she pulled out her ace card - she emailed the CEO direct.

08.01.2022 The sale of this landmark Belmont property is believed to have broken the suburb's $4.25 million record.

07.01.2022 We can dance again!

07.01.2022 Newcastle's sixth Unity in Diversity Festival promises colour, entertainment and international cuisine.

07.01.2022 Here are five art shows worth getting off the couch and out of the garden to check out in Newcastle.

06.01.2022 Those who still disparage Languedoc-Roussillon and Jean-Claude Mas last month were dealt a heavy rebuke when America's prestigious Wine Enthusiast magazine selected the Mas operation as its 2020 European winery of the year.

06.01.2022 Currently, New Zealand is only allowing entry to Kiwi citizens and Australians who normally reside in NZ, with limited humanitarian or economic exemptions, and is mandating a 14-day quarantine.

06.01.2022 About a quarter of the Williamtown staff are affected.

06.01.2022 How would you like to be told to head into COVID central and be told you're lucky you've got a job? That's what the state says to its 'hero' nurses. Here's The Herald's Opinion on the topic.

06.01.2022 In opinion today: "There is an economic upside to the pandemic if it lowers Australia's population growth or even reverses it."

06.01.2022 Searching for something to do this weekend? Look no further.

05.01.2022 Police believe there may be other members of the community who have knowledge of the alleged incident or may have been involved.

05.01.2022 In today's letters to the editor, a recent patient of Belmont Hospital sheds light on their experience: "If you look like going to Belmont hospital you are so lucky as you will be in the best of care. This applies to all parts of the hospital from casualty to imaging. In fact all staff at the hospital were great."

05.01.2022 Upstairs a master suite with ensuite and sitting room occupies its own wing. Two other bedrooms are anchored by a rumpus and main bathroom with a terrace separating the two wings. Luxury!

05.01.2022 "If they discover it leaked into other places I have no doubt they will apply further restrictions"

05.01.2022 John Butler is coming back to Newcastle - his show hits the Civic Theatre tonight!

05.01.2022 Billed as an Australian first concept in the private health sector, the new Centre is a multi-storey, "integrated health" hub at the former Cardiff Squash Courts site.

04.01.2022 This is the beauty of the two-acre community garden in Bunya Park. It's open and available to everyone and has helped to bring the community together.

04.01.2022 This property is on offer for the first time in 40 years!

04.01.2022 Looking for a New Year's Day read? Look no further than today's Short Story Competition finalist, In the Hands of the Starter.

04.01.2022 Dozens of business owners, managers and community leaders braved a night in the cold at McDonald Jones Stadium to support Vinnies' work to help the homeless

04.01.2022 In 2011, Maitland was going to have a new hospital worth $766 million. Now, a resident says the $470 million version is missing some of the services originally promised.

04.01.2022 "This is 20 times bigger than anything else I've ever painted or drawn on."

04.01.2022 Police were called to the scene at Elder Street in the early hours of this morning.

04.01.2022 Police say the man, believed to be in his 50s, was bitten while surfing and suffered serious injuries to his upper thigh.

03.01.2022 "It's been a tough year for everyone. But the support from the NRL and wider community during the Beanie for Brain Cancer round in June, combined with our amazing supporters still finding a way to fundraise within COVID-19 restrictions, is overwhelming."

03.01.2022 Ilona Grigg wants to publicly thank the Volunteers for Palliative Care and Maitland Police for being there when she needed them most.

03.01.2022 'Recent polls and comments suggest that, to use one of his favourite expressions, Morrison is presently expected to be re-elected "in a canter".'

03.01.2022 "We all grieved as a police force, as a police body across Australia, at the sacrifice, the loss, of these fine four officers."

03.01.2022 Would you leave a good job for love?

03.01.2022 All Blacks tackle Argentina, Should Newcastle be a permanent fixture on rugby test calendar?

02.01.2022 "The Parliament passing this Motion shows our appreciation for all indispensable frontline workers in NSW hospitals."

02.01.2022 The project is due to take nine months, weather permitting.

02.01.2022 The government has announced funding for the Newcastle Education Campus - but there's one problem. No-one knows what it is.

02.01.2022 The new infections - three linked to known outbreaks and seven under investigation- bring Melbourne's 14-day average to 18.2.

02.01.2022 A new committee elected just eight days ago asked council for time to review pool operations and consider actions required to reopen the facility

02.01.2022 Did you head along to the races yesterday? There were some outfits that had the crowd, err, frothing

02.01.2022 The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has determined that Australian exporters have been dumping wine into its market, a claim disputed by prominent Hunter vigneron Bruce Tyrrell, who questions how happy the Chinese consumer will be with the impact of the tariffs.

01.01.2022 From councils battling coastal erosion to overstretched mental health workers, dozens of projects across the Hunter are hopeful of receiving a funding boost in Tuesday's state budget.

01.01.2022 Hunter indigenous business Speaking in Colour marks a decade of trade with Boosting Female Founders grant win

01.01.2022 The Newcastle Waldorf School bush tucker garden is not just your ordinary school plot. The interactive space is home to a plethora of Indigenous plants which are used in cooking classes, science lessons and more.

01.01.2022 "He won't make the six rounds."