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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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Parramatta

Artist impressions of Sekisui House's recently approved 'Sanctury' masterplanned community at Wentworth Point. The estate includes 2300 dwellings across 20 buildings and six stages.

Riverside plan gets approval

AN EXCLUSIVE riverside estate, set to include thousands of new homes, a central green heart and riverfront park, has been approved for Wentworth Point.

Hills Shire

Peter Townend poses for photographs in front of the construction works at Cherrybrook Station. Cherrybrook, Saturday, July 21st 2018. Peter Townend wants answers over the Cherrybrook Station Precinct. Residents have been waiting for a decision to be handed down for the past 5 years. (AAP Image / Angelo Velardo)

Residents living in limbo land

A BAND of residents in the Cherrybrook priority precinct are calling for the NSW Planning Department to release finalised plans for the rezoned region, identified by the government in 2013 as a growth area.

Rouse Hill

Casey Sessions with her work The Child Within - 16-18yrs. She has placed as a finalist in this year’s Young Archie Competition with portraits of family members.

Sisterly love framed

SHE may be new to the world of oil painting but that didn’t stop Casey Sessions’ work being featured as a Young Archibald finalist.

Hills Shire

Vatche Jambazian is an international pianist originally from Castle Hill.

No place like the hills for pianist

HE HAS lived and performed in theatres and halls from London to Spain and even New York, but world-class pianist Vatche Jambazian (pictured) says there is no place like the Hills.

Hills Shire

252 units to be built at old ice rink

THE HILLS has always been known as the destination to live, work and play, but developers behind Esplanade Norwest have taken this moto literally in its latest plans.

Hornsby

Coba Point fire under control

VOLUNTEER firefighters have worked over the weekend to contain a blaze that was threatening dozens of properties at Coba Point.

Parramatta

The mystery of Bradford Pholi’s disappearance

IT IS Boxing Day, 1982, a young indigenous boy jumps the back fence of his Dundas Valley home to scurry off to Eastwood station — he is on a mission to borrow money for his mother — minutes later his brother goes after him, but Bradford Pholi is never seen again.

Hornsby