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Wallsend upgrades on exhibition

Wallsend's civic centre will become a friendlier public place with better arrangements for traffic, pedestrians and cyclists following a makeover proposed by Newcastle City Council.  
 

Super support for community fun day

Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes has hailed Saturday's Supercars event success as a sign of what's to come.

Update ordinary council meeting Wednesday 26 April 2017

Following is a summary of the ordinary council meeting for Wednesday 26 April 2017. Note: it is not a record of resolutions.

Newcastle Art Gallery exhibition celebrates Australian women abstract artists

Abstraction: celebrating Australian women abstract artists, on exhibition at Newcastle Art Gallery from 20 May to 23 July 2017, celebrates a vital but less-recognised aspect of art history; the contribution of women in the development of Australian abstract art.

City Library refurb gets underway

A major refurbishment to modernise Newcastle City Library begins today ahead of the 60^th anniversary of the War Memorial Cultural Centre in which the library sits.
 

Sponsorship program strikes chord with city vision

Novocastrian musos are fine tuning their acts for an online song writing competition supported by Newcastle City Council's grants and sponsorship program as a new, $320,000 funding round opens.

Scouts man Fort on Anzac Day

A troop of young scouts will watch the rousing Nobbys Dawn Service from a camp at Fort Scratchley and tour visiting frigate HMAS Newcastle as part of this year's expanded Anzac Day commemorations.

Eight in 10 Hunter residents see benefits in Supercars Newcastle 500

More than 80 per cent of Hunter residents believe the Newcastle 500 Supercars event will be beneficial to Newcastle and the region, according to research by the Hunter Research Foundation.

New households drop off unwanted chemicals

Pesticides, oil and propane gas cylinders were among 24 tonnes of unwanted hazardous materials collected at Newcastle's latest Household Chemical Clean Out.

New interim CEO apppointed

Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes is pleased to announce that Jeremy Bath has accepted the role of interim Chief Executive Officer after Council endorsed his appointment for a period of 12 months last Friday.