May 22, 2013 LAST week, council adopted a revised Local Environmental Plan (LEP) following a three-month public exhibition last year.  

May 22, 2013 THANK you for finally including the local AFL results and fixtures in your sport section.  

May 15, 2013 I THINK this idea of having double white lines, which make it illegal to overtake a bicycle, is dangerous ("Bureaucracy goes over line", Lakes Mail, May 9).  

May 20, 2013 Funerals can be wonderful celebrations of life, writer Donna Kelly shares.

May 16, 2013 Trap. Wedge. Trick. Ploy. All these words have been used to describe Wayne Swan's latest federal budget.

May 15, 2013 THIS week is National Volunteer Week, and our chance to say "thanks a million" to the six million Australians who volunteer for the communities we live in.  

May 8, 2013 Show me how we have more in common with people from Gosford and Wyong.  

May 8, 2013 THE Draft Community Strategic Plan 2013-23 for the City of Lake Macquarie is on public exhibition until May 27.  

May 8, 2013 Four in five university students must work to support their studies, juggling an average of 16 hours of employment a week with full-time education commitments.

May 6, 2013 Donna Kelly, like most people, wishes doctors had more time in the day to treat their patients.