The Latest Breaking News from Belmont

A nine-storey apartment block Belmont residents have described as a "monstrosity" has been put on hold while local councillors consider its impact on the quiet lakefront suburb.

An offshore core sampling rig will be set up at Belmont in the new year as part of planning for the Lower Hunter desalination plant.

Large numbers of dead fish washed up on Belmont, Redhead, Dudley, Merewether and Bar beaches, last week.

A NEW preschool in Belmont, on the verge of opening, has been damaged by fire on Monday.

Renewed appeal to locate long-term missing Belmont man Aaron Clear who has not been seen in more than two years.

Three men charged over an alleged crime spree that included assaulting a 72-year-old man at Valentine and threatening a woman with a knife during a break-in at Tingira Heights have been refused bail in Belmont Local Court.

All three men were refused bail to appear at Belmont Local Court Friday.

Marbles made a resurgence in one Lake Macquarie schoolyard this week.

The newly-opened track is a 1.6km stretch between Hilda Street, Belmont South, and Awabakal Avenue, Blacksmiths, which connects to an existing shared path leading to Swansea.

Investigators will search land in the Belmont North area on Thursday as part of an ongoing effort to find a man missing from the Hunter for more than two years.

Company took action after TikTok of Panther Burn Cottage at Belmont Plantation went viral