http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releasesNewcastle Media Releaseshttp://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/council_update_15_may_20122012-05-16 09:27:18201017Following is a summary of the council meeting held last night 15 May 2012. Please note this is not a record of resolutions.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/control_burn_at_wallsend_tomorrow2012-05-14 16:44:44200754A hazard reduction control burn will be carried out at 9.30am tomorrow 15 May 2012 at Craignair Close, Wallsend.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/wonnai_art_gallery_show_at_newcastle_museum2012-05-14 16:23:16200749Amazing artwork done by Indigenous young people through Wandiyali’s Out-of-Home Care Program will be on display in the Wonnai Art Gallery Show at Newcastle Museum from Tuesday 15 May.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/council_reveals_plans_for_the_bathers_way2012-05-11 10:20:27200143The City of Newcastle has revealed a draft plan for upgrading the Bathers Way, a six kilometre coastal walk that links Merewether Ocean Baths and Nobbys Beach.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/council_update_-_8_may_20122012-05-08 20:31:42199846Following is a summary of the Public Voice Committee and Briefing Committee held on Tuesday 8 May 2012. Note: It is not a record of resolutions.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/mitchell_street_trees_on_hold2012-05-08 13:29:03199758The City of Newcastle has put on hold its plans to plant 50 new streets trees in Mitchell Street Stockton.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/lifeguard_patrols_end_for_2011-12_season2012-05-03 15:02:43199297After a not so long, not so hot summer, The City of Newcastle’s lifeguard patrols at Dixon Park, Merewether, Stockton and Newcastle beaches will end this Sunday 6 May 2012.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/artexpress_on_display_at_the_gallery2012-05-03 14:31:20199287One of the most anticipated exhibitions on Newcastle Art Gallery’s calendar is set to be launched tomorrow, Friday 4 May at 5.30pm.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/council_update_1_may_20122012-05-02 13:40:25199132Following is a summary of last night's ordinary council meeting. Please note this is not a record of resolutions.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/tickets_on_sale_awards2012-04-30 16:56:55198626Tickets are on sale now for The City of Newcastle Sports Awards, which will be held on Tuesday 29 May at Newcastle City Hall from 6.30pm.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/leap_into_lambton_and_read_our_village_read2012-04-27 12:28:42198222This Sunday, Elder Street Lambton and Lambton Park will host a colourful array of jumping castles, market stalls, live music, dance demonstrations, face painters, children’s performers and a magic story chair!http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/supernova_kids_party_express_to_chug_into_newcastle_museum2012-04-27 11:02:33198211A vintage steam train will be transformed into the Supernova Kids’ Party Express this Saturday as the Newcastle Museum plays host to a special Steamfest event.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/a_field_of_remembrance_at_the_museum_on_anzac_day2012-04-23 12:32:05197654The Newcastle Museum will honour the lives of the men and women lost in war by creating a field of crosses and poppies this ANZAC Day.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/historical_irrawang_pottery_on_display_at_newcastle_museum2012-04-18 13:41:04197014An exhibition of historical artefacts excavated from a site near Grahamstown Dam in 1976 will be on display at the Newcastle Museum as part of Australian Heritage Week from 17 April.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/read_our_town_read2012-04-18 11:13:13196895The City of Newcastle is set to launch an exciting initiative aimed at highlighting the value of reading with young children.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/council_update_-_17_april_20122012-04-18 10:21:56196704Following is a summary of the Ordinary Council meeting of Tuesday 17 April 2012. Note: It is not a record of resolutions.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/see_fuelarama_from_nobbys_lighthouse2012-04-16 13:54:31196267For the first time ever, the grounds of Nobbys Lighthouse will open as the prime viewing area for Fuelarama 2012 - the Australian Offshore Superboat Championships taking place this Sunday 22 April from 10am.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/brothers_share_stories_of_steam_at_the_museum2012-04-12 10:37:01195800Imagine a youth spent travelling NSW on steam locomotives, sharing the grime and grit with the railway men whose lives shaped the era of steam.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/have_your_say_on_the_flood_plan2012-04-11 15:56:54195728The City of Newcastle is urging residents to have their say on the City-Wide Floodplain Risk Management Plan, before it comes off public exhibition on 27 April 2012.http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/about_newcastle/news_and_events/media_releases/media_releases/spot-the-cate_at_the_museum_friday_13th2012-04-11 14:11:10195633A sleepy tabby cat will be sneakily hidden in the Newcastle Museum this Friday 13th waiting to be spotted by superstitious visitors.