19 Dec 07 | THE legal pendulum has swung back on a development application for a new Coles supermarket, medical centre and shops at Cooranbong with the Land and Environment Court overturning the approval gained by the retail giant in a previous court.
19 Dec 07 | WANT to check out the best Christmas light displays in town? Try these traditionally festive streets: [PI9017] Wood Street (Bonnells Bay).
19 Dec 07 | MORISSET bus driver Sean Tydeman is a pretty jolly fellow. Just ask the kids on his school rounds.
19 Dec 07 | HUNDREDS of carollers turned out with their umbrellas for the annual Toronto Carols on the foreshore last Tuesday. Organisers from Toronto Chamber of Commerce made the wise decision to go ahead with the popular concert despite the rain. Luckily, the weather cleared up in time for a spectacular fireworks display over the lake.
19 Dec 07 | WILLIAM Wayne Spencer, who arranged the fatal armed robbery of his drug-dealing Toronto flatmate, Ric Anson, will spend at least 9 1/2 years behind bars.
19 Dec 07 | WANGI residents have praised Lake Macquarie councillor Wendy Harrison for her efforts to stop the planned expansion of a local retirement village.
13 Dec 07 | BARKING dogs in neighbouring kennels has resulted in a special sound proofing condition being included in a 79-lot subdivision approval endorsed by Lake Macquarie Council on Monday. The condition requ...
13 Dec 07 | THERE'S a growing grass-roots bond between Eraring Energy and the Koompahtoo Aboriginal Land Council which is turning a major conservation effort into a literally flourishing business.
13 Dec 07 | MORISSET and Gwandalan Lions clubs raised $4300 for Westpac's Rescue Helicopter Service by catering for a two-day motorcycle bash in the Watagans.
13 Dec 07 | DISABILITY services in Lake Macquarie will be cut if the council imposes lease and rate increases on community groups, operators warn.
13 Dec 07 | HOW do animals know when to hibernate and how do plants really cope with big variations in temperatures?
13 Dec 07 | IF you like to dance, you'll love Squeeze.
13 Dec 07 | WHEN Terri and Jason Lockyer received a letter inviting their family for an all-expenses-paid lakeside holiday, they both started to cry.
11 Dec 07 | TINA Jaffray has an iron-clad reason to be proud of her new bed and breakfast which opened its doors last week to boost tourist numbers in Dora Creek.
11 Dec 07 | IT COSTS Lake Macquarie ratepayers $5.5 million a year to have public libraries.
11 Dec 07 | LAKE Macquarie City Council is sitting on a $33 million booty raised from contributions paid by developers for community infrastructure.