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The Latest Breaking News from Lake Macquarie

From last to a grand final? Magic on verge of epic turnaround

They scraped into finals and prevailed on penalties. Can the fairytale continue?

Newcastle Herald · Aug 31

Goal sparks crazy celebrations for a win 'that means so much to our community'

The battle to avoid the promotion-relegation play-offs will go down the wire.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 11

Doorbell camera catches elderly man tearing corflute off picket fence

Councillors have condemned any vandalism to election material.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 10, 2024

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Political football: council backflips on decision to review works at club

'I think that it's a sad day for Lake Macquarie.'

Newcastle Herald · Sep 9, 2024

Changing of the guard: meet the Lake Macquarie mayoral candidates

The city will have a new mayor for the first time in two terms.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 6, 2024

Food Bites: order a Crocq Burger at Honeysuckle for a good cause

Stars of Newcastle, Living Smart Festival, Fresh Award winners

Newcastle Herald · Jul 24, 2024

'It financially ruined us': food truck owners fold under council red tape

'Honestly it got to the point where it was emotionally making us sick.'

Newcastle Herald · Jul 5, 2024

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Debt-free borrowers earning $100k struggle to secure a 500k loan in Newcastle

'Every rate rise equates to around $20,000 less that you can borrow'.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 17, 2024

Fate of thousands of jobs and two coal mines hangs on new Eraring contract

Origin's contract expires in June.

Newcastle Herald · May 21, 2024

Trail of destruction: unregistered motorbikes tear up reserve turf

Police investigate the 'disappointing' vandalism, as CCTV installed.

Newcastle Herald · May 15, 2024

10 years after schoolboy hit by car 'nothing has been done'

Push to see more changes to improve road safety in Lake Macquarie.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 9, 2024

'Cut-and-paste' housing fix near stations could be detrimental: council

Reforms slammed as an 'ill-considered' fix for the housing crisis.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 29, 2024

'No blood on the floor': Lake Mac Labor to lock in election candidates

Lake Macquarie Labor preselection nominations close this week.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 13, 2024

Kerbside dumping chucked as council ushers in new bulky-waste system

Online bookings for bulky waste pick-up are already open.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 21, 2024

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Newcastle Herald · Jan 3, 2024

Lake Macquarie council scraps its Australia Day citizenship ceremony

The move is believed to be a first for the city.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 1, 2024

Woman dislocates shoulder, skipper's face cut amid drop in incidents on lake

Dredging of Swansea channel has led to a drop in rescue calls.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 3, 2023

Trinity Point developer collected more than half of public submissions

A council planning manager said it was 'slightly unusual'.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 29, 2023

'All about relationships': attendance surges in Lake Macquarie schools

'From the moment families arrive at the front gate, there we are.'

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Newcastle Herald · May 1, 2023

Questions building over city's mounting budget blowouts

'On top of this, I believe there's been a failure to deliver supposed benefits.'

Newcastle Herald · Apr 26, 2023

Jackpot: Hunter pokie players creating $2.5m a day for clubs, pubs

Poker machine gambling in the Hunter produced $81.3 million in tax during the second half of 2022, contributing to a statewide boon of $1.18 billion.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 31, 2023

Lake Macquarie make big call to join Central Coast competition in bid for survival

"We had a choice of playing a team in divisional and telling 30 blokes we can't give them a game of rugby or find an alternative."

Newcastle Herald · Nov 29, 2022

100 actions in a decade: council's ambitious plan to save the city's shores

A plan to save Lake Macquarie's shores, lakes and creeks has identified one hundred priority actions over the next decade.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 26, 2022

The artist, the critic and the painting

I'd just interviewed our very own Jill Stowell, art critic for this newspaper since 1985, over a luncheon spread of cheeses, sourdough, pickles and heirloom tomatoes, shared with her husband John.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 4, 2022

Braedyn Crowley hat-trick inspires Maitland Magpies to second NPL premiership

Maitland coach Michael Bolch said "it couldn't have been a better way to win it" after downing Lambton Jaffas 3-1 at Edden Oval on Sunday to secure a second NPL men's Northern NSW premiership for the club. Skipper Braedyn Crowley scored a hat-trick as the Magpies (42 points) defended top…

Newcastle Herald · Aug 25, 2022

Lake Macquarie secure coach Steve Piggott to lead revival project in 2023 NPL

Northern NSW NPLM strugglers Lake Macquarie have unveiled veteran head coach Steve Piggott as the replacement for Keelan Hamilton.

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