Mobile Upgrade Plans
Public comment is currently being taken on plans to upgrade mobile telephone facilities on McDougalls Hill, Singleton. Optus and Vodafone are proposing to carry out 5G upgrade works to the existing mobile telephone base station at the telecommunication site. The proposed upgrade works include the replacement of existing panel antennas with new antennas, and the […]
REZ Discussion
The Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone (HCC REZ) will be the talking point when community drop-in sessions are held this week. Ausgrid has been selected by EnergyCo as the network operator to deliver the infrastructure works required to support the REZ. It is keen to hear community feedback and understand the potential impacts of the […]
Massive Storm Clean Up Continues
Local State Emergency Service crews have worked night and day for almost a week responding to more than 2,600 calls for assistance since storms ravaged the region on Wednesday, January 15.
New Police for Our Region
The Hunter Valley Local Area Command recently welcomed six new probationary constables to the ranks.
Christmas Spirit Returns to Singleton
For the past 17 years, Samaritans Christmas Eve Lunch in Singleton has been a safe and welcoming space for the local community to share the Christmas spirit and enjoy a delicious meal together. In 2024, this iconic event will once again be held at the place where it first began, at All Saints’ Anglican Church […]
Christmas Collections Have Begun
This year could be the biggest Upper Hunter Food and Toy Appeal yet. “Last year saw us supporting 404 families, and you can imagine when we say a family, that could be as simple as one or two people, or up to eight to 10 people per family, so it’s quite a substantial amount of […]
Christmas Lights in Your Area
At The Hunter River Times we wanted to make it a bit easier for you to know where to go to check out Christmas light displays across our area. This is a community generated list of streets with displays, and we will update it periodically throughout December. Muswellbrook Cessnock Singleton Aberdeen Scone Denman
Singleton Nurses Continue With Strike Action
Pay us like your life depends on it.
That was the resounding message from Singleton’s nurses and midwives when they participated in a 24-hour strike, protesting the NSW Government’s failure to agree to an immediate 15 per cent wage increase.
Give Hope in a Suitcase
Too often, children in the foster care system aren’t offered the dignity of having their own belongings.
State Over 50s Comp Appreciative of Howe Park
Singleton’s Howe Park cricket grounds has been ranked as one of the best in the State. Wet weather saw the Singleton wicket used as an alternative for the first round in the National Over 50s carnival, a four day competition held annually. The NSW Waratahs had nothing but praise for the venue they had been […]
Please Have Mercy on Mercy Nursing Home
A bombshell was dropped on Singleton on October 29 with the announcement that Mercy Services would cease providing residential aged care services in Singleton.
VIDEO: Community Meeting – Mercy Services Singleton
A bombshell was dropped on Singleton on October 29 with the announcement that Mercy Services would cease providing residential aged care services in Singleton. Residents and their family representatives were invited to a meeting at the home at 2pm on that afternoon with no indication of what that meeting was about. On Sunday November 3 […]
Fatal Singlet Vehicle Crash – Singleton
A man has died after a single-vehicle crash in the state’s Hunter Region. About 8.10pm yesterday (Tuesday 5 November 2024), emergency services were called to Dangar Road, Singleton, following reports a car had crashed into a parked vehicle. NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the driver – a 56-year-old man – however, he died at the scene. […]
No Mercy for The Mercy
For countless families, The Mercy has been at the heart of the local Singleton community. Importantly, The Mercy has been a saviour for families from neighbouring towns who have loved ones receiving genuine professional care that is above and beyond the care that they previously received elsewhere. Mercy Aged Care in Singleton will close after […]
Singleton Boy’s Innovative Id-EAR
BY MEREDITH BLAIR Though he was born deaf in his left ear, 12-year-old Bradley Leyshon has not let that stop him. Bradley, encouraged by his mother to enter, was one of 253 entrants in a global competition run by the cochlear implant supplier MED-EL to showcase ideas from young inventors about how technology could assist […]
