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Jake McCallumEvening Chief of Staff

Jake McCallum is the Evening Chief of Staff for the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph, and an investigative reporter. He was previously the NSW Hyperlocal Deputy Editor, managing community mastheads across Greater Sydney and NewsLocal’s State Political Editor based in NSW Parliament.

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Revival of Castle Hill Showground

MULTI-MILLION dollar plans for the Castle Hill Showground precinct have been revived — after it was revealed several developers put proposals on ice earlier this year.

Hills Shire

Emily poses for photographs in Castle Hill. Castle Hill, Saturday, September 22nd 2018. Emily and her neighbours are up in arms about the amount of noise coming from the Toplace site in Castle Hill. (AAP Image / Angelo Velardo)

Residents hit out over Toplace construction woes

RESIDENTS surrounding the Toplace Skyview development site at Castle Hill have been facing nightmare conditions as “construction continues around the clock”.

Hills Shire

New dining experience for the suburbs

A NEW dining experience is set to take the suburbs by storm when Arthur and Tina Anton from Hornsby’s Blu Water Grill opens The Brook at Cherrybrook Village Shopping Centre.

Hills Shire

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet speaks during Question Time at NSW Parliament in Sydney, Tuesday, September 18, 2018. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Déjà vu: MP battle straight from history books

IT IS the showdown of two Liberal Party ministers that seems very familiar. Castle Hill state Liberal MP Ray Williams is set to be challenged for preselection of his seat by Hawkesbury state Liberal MP Dominic Perrottet.

Rouse Hill

A supplied image obtained Tuesday, July 18, 2017 of raids taken place at the Parklea Correctional Centre. One week after a YouTube video of a Parklea Correctional Centre inmate wielding a knife was discovered, Police have uncovered mobile phones and drugs hidden in toilets, food packages and televisions in the prison. (AAP Images/ CORRECTIVE SERVICES NSW) NO ARCHIVING --

Deadly past of new Parklea Prison operator

THE announcement of the contract for Parklea — a facility with well documented issues — comes following a series of reports surrounding ‘uninhabitable conditions, violence, abuse and riots’ at MTC private prisons across the US.

Hornsby

Left to right: Ujval Tanna, Menish Gordhan, Sarju Shah & Deepak Parbhoo.

Everest in their sights

Castle Hill resident Sarju Shah, 44, said the team of brave trekkers will start their 17-day journey to base camp on Sunday.

Hornsby

Raising our design bar

UNLESS a development application showcases the best designers have to offer, do not expect it to be approved in Hornsby. The message comes after Hornsby Council rejected a $8.4 million development application for Waitara

Hornsby

Artist impression of Cherrybrook Village Shopping Centre expansion

Plans for Aldi could be scrapped

PLANS for an Aldi, a second floor of office space and a gym at Cherrybrook Village Shopping Centre may be hanging in the balance.

Hills Shire

Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance inspect the first completed Sydney Metro Station and one of the Metro trains(Station photos -Tallawong Station, Tallawong Road Off Schofields Road, Rouse Hill NSW)Sunday September 16 (Image/Monique Harmer)

Winners and losers in Metro parking

A TOTAL of 4,000 commuter car spaces will be provided across eight stations on the Sydney Metro northwest line — which is expected to service approximately 45,000 commuters every hour.

ExclusiveRouse Hill

Houses named in one in 100,000 year flood zone

THOUSANDS of homeowners in a Sydney suburb could see a dramatic increase in insurance costs and a lack of confidence from investors or developers, following the State Government’s decision to identify homes within a one in 100,000 year flood zone.

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