Laura Rumbel
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Globally inspired menu: a new era of dining arrives at Branxton's historic Commercial Hotel (opens the original)
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Picture a globally inspired menu, craft drinks and an intimate atmosphere with views of paddocks in the distance. After four successful years running Huntlee venue Meltdown, owner Cam Willis and his team are stepping into an exciting new chapter. They have transformed Branxton's historic Commercial Hotel into a new dining destination called Smallshaws. The move marks a significant step up for the business, trading a takeaway-focused setup for a licensed, sit-down destination offering breakfast,
'A shining light': community mourns Maryanne Morrisby after rapid MND battle (opens the original)
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To her family, she was the bravest person they had ever known. To the Port Stephens and Newcastle communities, she was simply a "shining light", who dedicated her life to lifting up everyone around her. Maryanne Morrisby died on September 10 at the age of 66 following a seven-month battle with motor neuron disease (MND). Since her passing, her family has been inundated with more than 1,000 messages from community members paying tribute to a woman whose warmth and selflessness knew no bounds. "Th
Knights hub: how Maitland is painting the town red and blue (opens the original)
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The Maitland Sportsground will be the place to be for Maitland Knights fans unable to get to Sydney for Sunday's NRL grand final against the Sydney Roosters. Maitland City Council is opening the sportsground up for footy fans to watch the grand final live on the big screen. Gates open at 3.30pm and the grand final kicks off at 7.30pm. There'll be food trucks, face painting and family-friendly activities, so bring the whole family, throw on your Knights colours and make an afternoon and evening o
How a Tanilba Bay girl's cancer battle inspired her classmates to give back (opens the original)
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When Olivia Lynch suffered a fall early last year, her family assumed her ongoing sore neck was simply a stubborn injury. By November, however, the pain had not cleared. An MRI and CT scan revealed a mass in Olivia's spinal cord, extending to the base of her skull. "I wasn't thinking it could be a tumour, we thought it might have been some sort of muscle problem," her mum, Charlotte Lynch, said. "When we got the news, our whole world stopped. "I'd never seen my husband cry like that before." Fur
Rescued from the brink of starvation: how Buster healed a grieving heart (opens the original)
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When RSPCA inspectors first found Buster, he was little more than skin and bones. Tied to a clothesline alongside another abandoned dog, the five-year-old Boxer-Mastiff cross was starving, emaciated and skeletal. He weighed just 17 kilograms, had no access to a food bowl, and was so weak he required immediate stabilisation at a vet clinic on an IV drip before he could even be safely transported. Among the dedicated team who nursed Buster back to health at the RSPCA's Yagoona shelter was Hannah B
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