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26 May 12 | BANGOR mother of two, Louise Croan, has won a cleaner for a year, thanks to the recent Cronulla Mother's Day Giveaway.
Game stores in administration
26 May 12 | The Game stores at Charlestown Square and Westfield Kotara closed yesterday after owner TGW went into administration.
Maitland club goes into administration
26 May 12 | Maitland Ex-Servicemen’s Club has gone into voluntary administration with its board of directors still hoping a property development will get them out of financial difficulty.
Waste stockpile left at Hydro plant
26 May 12 | Norsk Hydro's Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter will leave behind up to half a million tonnes of spent potlining materials, people familiar with the plant say.   | CommentsComments (12) | Union warns of aluminium ... | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 2 | GALLERY: Hundreds of jobs to go as Kurri ...
25 May 12 | MORE than 1500 people had been prosecuted for tax and superannuation offences in the year up to March.
25 May 12 | A union boss has blamed successive state governments, who failed to deliver a viable electricity supply contract, for the "death" of the Hydro aluminium smelter.  | CommentsComments (24) | Union warns of aluminium ... | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 2
Warnings on Hydro worksite safety
25 May 12 | The Australian Workers Union has expressed concerns for the workplace safety of employees at Hydro's Kurri Kurri plant, following the announcement of its closure.   | CommentsComments (2) | Union warns of aluminium ... | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 2
Hunter hotels sold to investors
25 May 12 | Sydney-based investors have snapped up two Newcastle hotels, The Mattara at Charlestown and The Jewells Tavern.   | CommentsComments (7)
25 May 12 | TRADITION was mixed with modern ways at this year's Leeton Scottish Debutante Ball last Friday.
25 May 12 | FORMER Riverina Citrus chairman Frank Battistel believes Riverina Citrus may still exist today if matters leading up to the vote that disbanded the organisation had been handled differently.
Poker run charity ride a fund-raising triumph
25 May 12 | "DOING it for the kids" was the catch call last Saturday when the annual cystic fibrosis poker run was held.
25 May 12 | LEETON Shire Council has received dozens of responses to its survey that was aimed at determining a coherent approach to more child care services in the shire.
25 May 12 | THREE former Leeton residents are preparing to take to the stage as part of a production of Cloudstreet at Charles Sturt University.
Appeal gets halfway there
25 May 12 | MORE volunteers will be needed for next year's Red Shield Appeal after a lack of resources meant this year's event could only reach half of Leeton's homes.
25 May 12 | LEETON Shire Council has applied for funding to the tune of $3.2 million to fix the shire's roads affected by overland and river flooding earlier this year.
25 May 12 | AFTER some indecision it was decided on Wednesday evening Leeton shire councillors and mayor Paul Maytom will receive a pay increase.
25 May 12 | AUSTRALIAN film The Sapphires created Oscars buzz at its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, but it is the performance of one Leeton girl in the movie that residents should look out for.
Low prices, strong dollar to blame says Hydro
24 May 12 | Norwegian company Norsk Hydro is blaming low aluminium prices and the strong Australian dollar for a decision to shut its 43-year-old Kurri Kurri smelter.  | CommentsComments (62) | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 1 | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 2 | GALLERY: Hundreds of jobs to go as Kurri ...
Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 1
24 May 12 | New dad Brad Knight faces his second redundancy in five years, after being told that Norsk Hydro would close its aluminium smelter at Kurri Kurri.   | CommentsComments (1) | Kurri Kurri traders face ... | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 2
Kurri Kurri traders face uncertainty
24 May 12 | Business owners in the blue-collar town of Kurri Kurri face an uncertain future after the area's biggest employer, the Hydro aluminium smelter, announced it would close.  | CommentsComments (2) | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 1 | Hydro worker: CASE STUDY 2
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