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Angus Michie

Representatives from the Williamtown RAAF base at Dungog's ANZAC Day ceremony. Picture by Angus Michie

Over 350 people attended Dungog's main ANZAC Day service.

ANZAC Day 2024: 'best service we've had'

Hooke Street Reserve as seen from Brown Street. Picture by Angus Michie

Dog park bid falls short

Dannii Jeffery and Samantha Zuber at Clarence Town Post Office's 2023 Do It For Dolly Day. Picture supplied 

Clarence Town Post Office takes on bullying

Anne Higgins and Carol Skafte-Zauss getting ready for the opening of the Imagination Library. Picture by Angus Michie

Fifteen children across Dungog are set to receive a free book every month with the launch of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

Opening of Dungog's Imagination Library program gets kids reading

Dungog's Tourism Officer Belinda Blanch (left) and volunteer Katrina Evans in the Visitors Information Centre. Picture by Angus Michie

Visitors Centre gets a makeover as part of $1.3m boost for tourism

Coach Chris Herden and his partner Lyn-Marie Herden at the tennis camp. Picture by Angus Michie

Chris Herden held tennis camps in Dungog.

Kids picking up a racket on the tennis court

Steve Evans

Officer Cadet Tom Delaney on the parade ground where he will march on Thursday. Picture by Karleen Minney.

Australian War Memorial parade ground rebuilt in time for Thursday's Anzac Day.

The sensual scrunch of the War Memorial's new parade ground

Palawa King one of the favourites for the upcoming Ladbrokes 715. Picture supplied

Palawa King is one of the favourites for the Ladbrokes 715

Palawa King may give Smith another 715 win

US-born Mariner Rola Badawiya has revealed her Matildas ambitions as she prepares for the ALW semis. (Darren Pateman/AAP PHOTOS)

Rola Badawiya no longer sees herself an adopted Australian and wants to take her footballing journey to the top.

Badawiya has Matildas on her mind, Gaza in her heart

Lucknow's Quinton de Kock (right) celebrates his fifty with fellow opener Lokesh Rahul. (AP PHOTO)

Lucknow openers Lokesh Rahul and Quinton de Kock take advantage of spinners' struggles to set up first win in three Indian Premier League matches

Rahul and De Kock power Lucknow to victory over Chennai

The week’s news in pictures from across the Hunter region.

PORT STEPHENS: Celebrity chef Miguel Maestre has been on a mission to find the five best meat pies in Australia.

NEWCASTLE: Licensee at The Family Hotel, Steven Forbes. The pokies and TAB have been replaced with a kitchen and the hotel's interior is a unique - and interesting - “bric-a-brac” style. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

HUNTER: Maitland Blacks 28-year-old quadriplegic Dom Punch with family dog Rosie at Stockton on Thursday after returning to his family home 10 months after the 2015 Newcastle rugby union grand final. Picture: Marina Neil

PORT STEPHENS: Humpback whale carcass washes up near Samurai Beach, Port Stephens. Picture: Dave McKinnon.

NEWCASTLE: A gleaming blue skate bowl on Newcastle beach could be the jewel in the crown of the Bathers Way coastal walk if ambitious plans to revive the area go ahead.

HUNTER: Police line Cessnock council chambers after the controversial Buchanan mosque was sensationally approved. Picture: Sage Swinton

HUNTER: Photographs from the investigation into the mass killing of "underperforming" greyhounds at a Hunter Valley property reveal how groups of two, three and four dogs were killed and buried together, at least 11 times.

LAKE MACQUARIE: Police responding to reports of “concerns for welfare” on a Newcastle-bound train have confiscated a 90cm jungle python after a man began showing it to fellow passengers.

NEWCASTLE: Harry Cressy was a 22-year-old who looked younger and who, in the months before he was shot dead in France, had a tendency to describe things that excited him as “bosker!” Picture: Marina Neil

NEWCASTLE: Andrew Nabbout is back in the A-League with a point to prove after signing a two-year contract with the Newcastle Jets on Tuesday. Picture: Marina Neil

NEWCASTLE: Art lovers across the city of Newcastle are in shock after the discovery a Guido Van Helten mural, painted in 2014, was painted over in charcoal black on Monday.

NEWCASTLE: Brian Burston was distraught and desperate in July, 1992 when he wrote a letter about his wife and a priest to one of the Hunter region’s most senior Catholic clergymen.

NEWCASTLE: Hairdressers are fighting the state government over plans to trim back industry regulation they say allows “any Tom, Dick and Harry” to call themselves a professional hairdresser. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

LAKE MACQUARIE: How Southlake Marketplace, at Cooranbong, helps battlers and the homeless. Picture: David Stewart

LAKE MACQUARIE: Coastal Bootscooters donated $1000 and six tubs of toiletries, foodstuffs, books and toys to Ronald McDonald House this week. Picture: David Stewart

PORT STEPHENS: Port residents will have a chance to see firsthand what happens in schools these days when students bring their education out into the public arena. Picture: Ellie-Marie Watts

PORT STEPHENS: Beyond frustrated with sub-standard conditions Karuah Rural Fire Service has broken ranks in its fight for a new shed.

PORT STEPHENS: A new cafe at Nelson Bay PCYC will provide work experience and training opportunities for some 150 teenagers each year.

PORT STEPHENS: A lease dispute has closed a popular beach side restaurant and left 20 people jobless.

MAITLAND: A Morpeth woman has spearheaded a 300km kayak adventure along the Hunter River from Moonan Flat through to Stockton.

MAITLAND: At 15, Kupakwashe Matangira has more passion for human rights than most people twice her age.

MAITLAND: Federal member for Paterson Meryl Swanson was officially sworn into power by the Australian Electoral Commission on Thursday.

MAITLAND: When Rutherford couple Ethan Rumble and Samantha Dorn booked their New Zealand holiday, they knew they had planned the getaway of a lifetime, but this week they got much more than they bargained for. 

MAITLAND: Gillieston Heights swimmer Maddi Elliott OAM is preparing for her second Paralympic Games in Brazil this September.
But this one will be a little different than the last, as her parents will not be joining her this time. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

DUNGOG: The James Theatre Dungog will host a Maitland Musical Society production which is staging an original work, Ghosts Of Operas Past. Picture: Amber Lewis

CESSNOCK: Suit up and get frocked: The Black and Gold Ball is back.

CESSNOCK: It’s been just over a year since a brain tumour flipped Sophie Stapleford’s life upside down.

CESSNOCK: The bushland around Cessnock City has an unfortunate reputation as a hotspot for illegal dumping.

MUSWELLBROOK: The Muswellbrook Rotary Club can be well-pleased with its contribution to the local community.

MUSWELLBROOK:  Muswellbrook Toyota and used car manager Troy Jackson and general manager Mohan Samuel with Hunter Valley Local Area Command Senior Constable Sheree Gray and Chief Inspector Guy Guiana with the new vehicle.

MUSWELLBROOK: For 60 years, Clarence and Gay Merrick have done everything together.

MUSWELLBROOK: Dianne and Jason Connor. Jason is hoping to raise $5000 so his mother can move and he can care for her during treatment. 

SINGLETON: No mail and difficultly leaving his property are two of the difficulties Maurice Butler has with an abandoned car at the entrance to his New England Highway property just south of Singleton.

SINGLETON: What started out as a peaceful roadside protest by a group of Bulga residents opposed to the expansion of Warkworth mine and the expected closure of Wallaby Scrub Road turned ugly when police moved in and arrested two Aboriginal elders.

SINGLETON: The artworks are arriving and the volunteers are hard at work transforming the Civic Centre into an art lovers’ paradise for the 34th annual Coal & Allied Singleton Art Prize.

SCONE: Upper Hunter businesses are invited to hear how they can access supply opportunities at BHP Billiton’s Mt Arthur Coal operation through the Local Buying Program.

SCONE: Scone Inner Wheel has named a new committee and handed over an important donation at its annual changeover.

MAITLAND: Cessnock’s mayor is calling for calm after the approval of a mosque at Buchanan sparked a tense and mixed response. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

The week that was: July 16 - July 22 | PHOTOS

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