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16 May 12 | June Chapman, Warners Bay has volunteered at the Belmont Hospital kiosk for 14 years.
16 May 12 | Tony Pilgrim, Belmont runs the Probus Club of Belmont's computer interest group, helping ageing members with technology skills, including computer and internet problems and how to use smartphones and
16 May 12 | Susan McQuillan, Windale is Charlestown Caring Group fund-raising co-ordinator. Despite health problems, she organises monthly social outings for the elderly and helps with direct care. She takes smal
16 May 12 | Bob Jones, Lambton is an 85-year-old pensioner who is a volunteer driver for the Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation. Known as the team's "backbone", he drives almost every day and all over Lake Macquarie
16 May 12 | THE 21st annual induction of the The Hunter Region Sporting Hall of Fame will be held this Sunday, May 20 at South Newcastle Rugby League Club at Merewether from 10.30am.
16 May 12 | NEWCASTLE'S teenage star hockey players Mariah Williams and Estelle Hughes have been named in the NSW Combined High School team
16 May 12 | THERE is an ongoing joke that Redhead resident Nance Adams wears so many hats it's a wonder she dresses in the right volunteer uniform each day.
Budget bring cash for Hunter families
16 May 12 | FAMILIES with low to middle incomes have been directly targeted by the federal government's budget handed down last week.
Hunter hall of Fame inducteees
16 May 12 | JESMOND motoring star George Watson will be among 13 Hunter sporting legends to be inducted into the Hunter's Hall of Fame this month.
16 May 12 | A SHOWDOWN over plans to build a bottle shop in between a primary school and park was scheduled to go down at Lake Macquarie City Council chambers this week.
16 May 12 | THE Hunter missed out on funds for big ticket projects planned for the the region when the federal budget was handed down last week.
Tea up for a cure in Belmont North
16 May 12 | INDULGING in all things sweet is not the usual recommendation for an afternoon activity. However, throughout May Australians will be tempted by their sweet tooth in the name of cancer research.
Newcastle part-time poet pens the write stuff
16 May 12 | TRISHA Pender describes herself as a "part-time poet". For her, poetry is creative outlet when she's not pursuing a full-on academic career.
16 May 12 | NEWCASTLE City maintained its unbeaten run with an emphatic 190-point win over Warners Bay.
16 May 12 | THE Newcastle North Stars showed they were in fine form last weekend, winning both of their games at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium.
16 May 12 | SOME of the best weather we have had in a long time has made for some exciting fishing.
16 May 12 | DOZENS of public housing properties are being left empty in the Hunter while more than 4400 families remain on waiting lists.
Fitness: Treat yourself
16 May 12 | MAKING changes isn't easy, even when these changes lead to a healthier lifestyle.
16 May 12 | AFTER weeks of uncertainty the Fig Tree Community Garden will continue to grow in the Croatian Wickham Sports Club grounds.  | Wickham's Fig Tree Community ...
Gardening: Time to plant lavender
16 May 12 | I KNOW we gardeners are all applauding the unseasonal dry May weather but be warned the increase in windy conditions can be drying.
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