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Hamilton Station Park has reopened following a $290,000 upgrade, paving the way for the popular Hawker Street Markets to make their debut at the revamped space next month.

City of Newcastle has delivered a range of improvements aimed at making the park safer, more accessible and better equipped for community events.

Works include new accessible seating and...


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A new shared path has opened at Pelican, providing pedestrians and cyclists with a safer connection between the local community and Lake Macquarie Airport.

The first stage of the $2.6 million Ron Brown Way extension stretches from Naru Street to the airport and forms part of a wider project linking through to Soldiers Road.

The 480-metre extension is being...


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A long-awaited permanent dredging solution for Swansea Channel is a step closer, with a new custom-built vessel arriving in Lake Macquarie and undergoing water trials.

The Beaver 30 dredge, which will be named Tuirkulliko, is capable of removing more than 1000 cubic metres of sand each day.

Once operational, it will be used to create a deeper and ...


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After more than four decades keeping swimmers safe across Lake Macquarie, long-serving lifeguard Nick Ophir is hanging up his shirt and diving into retirement.

Mr Ophir has spent more than 40 years working at the city’s beaches and swim centres, watching generations of local families grow up along the way.

A colleague once told him that if he stayed in the...


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Priority maintenance and building issues at Calvary Mater Newcastle will be targeted under a new remediation program following an independent assessment of the hospital.

NSW Health will establish a taskforce to oversee the works, which will address water ingress, mould, ageing infrastructure and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems across the facility.<...


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