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06 Aug 2020City of Newcastle supports local tourism operators to grow the visitor economy
A new program designed to assist businesses to develop, promote and sell tourism products is being launched by the City of Newcastle.
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04 Aug 2020Historic Gregson Park fig preserved for the future
City of Newcastle has developed a plan with expert arborists to save a historic 100-year-old Port Jackson fig tree in Gregson Park that was facing the chop.
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03 Aug 2020City invests in playground renewal as families find fun closer to home
City of Newcastle will spend_$8.2 million in parks, playgrounds and sporting fields this year as COVID-19 forces families to increasingly look to their own neighbourhoods for places to exercise or play with the kids.
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02 Aug 2020Wallsend Library closes as a precaution
Strictly as a precaution, Wallsend Library is temporarily closed following a public health alert from NSW Health.
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31 July 2020Michael Bell wins KILGOUR PRIZE 2020
Local Mambo artist and art teacher Michael Bell has won the prestigious KILGOUR PRIZE 2020 with a whimsical double self-portrait.
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30 July 2020City invests $500,000 in supporting COVID-19 hit local industries
Newcastle’s tourism, entertainment and arts community will benefit from more than $500,000 from the City of Newcastle to city-shaping projects targeting those industries hardest hit by COVID-19.
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29 July 2020Council gives preliminary tick to new climate action plan
City of Newcastle will lead the way to a net zero emissions future by reducing greenhouse gasses while implementing a range of environmental efficiencies under a five-year action plan endorsed for public exhibition tonight.
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28 July 2020Ordinary Council Meeting Tuesday 28 July 2020
A summary of resolutions from the Ordinary Council meeting of Tuesday 28 July 2020
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27 July 2020Weather update
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has forecast large and powerful surf conditions hazardous to coastal activities today and tomorrow.
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27 July 2020Wallsend gets $2 million overhaul
City of Newcastle is investing $2 million to improve traffic and pedestrian conditions in Wallsend’s local centre while opening the conversation on its long-term masterplan.
