Tighes Hill Village

23/02/2024

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Tighes Hill Community Garden.
Working Bee Sunday 3rd March
9am- 10.30
George Street Tighes Hill

31/08/2022

It's on again - that never say die Tighes Hill Community Group is having its monthly get together . This Thursday Sept 1 . Agenda includes discussion about the Kurri Gas plant, developments in Tighes Hill as well as proposals for moving forward on events such as Sculptures by the Creek and Brekkie on the Bridge .If you have other concerns/issues you would like to share we would love to hear about them .
Venue is the Tighes Hill Public School - meeting starts at 6.30 pm

04/06/2022

Just looking at all the great pics recording the story of life in this great little part of the world over the last 12 years or so - all the things that have contributed to the sense of community that makes Tighes Hill such a great place to live. Use this page to tell us what you are doing - or would like to do- and keep that community spirit alive 🤗😊

21/04/2022

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15/04/2022

Free water kefir grains to good home! Please bring glass jars for transportation. Message me for pick-up before Tuesday.

03/04/2022

April Sunday 3rd
Thanks to our well attended working bee our amazing productive volunteer garden team laid stage 1 ground cover. We are trialing w**d matting to reduce having to mow walk ways.
It looks great well done everyone.
Next Working Bee scheduled
May Sunday 1st 9.30am - 12 noon
We will need a good turn up lots to do
* Ground cover
* Bed soil top up
Come enjoy the garden & fantastic playground kids love exploring.
If anyone wants to lay more ground cover before the next working bee let us know.
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25/02/2022

We have a shop, we have a shop, we have a shop! 🎵🎵🎵🎵

04/12/2021

Rabbit found on Estell st Maryville. Please contact Lee 0400848219

03/12/2021

* Attention*
Just a reminder that the council elections are this Saturday (4 December).

Voting is compulsory. Polling is open from 8am to 6pm.

Importantly for Tighes Hill residents, there will be no polling booth at the Tighes Hill Public School.

The closest polling booths for us will be either the Islington Public School or the Tighes Hill TAFE Campus (Building D).
You need to enter via the back of building D - See map. You can access the TAFE by car from Chinchen Street, turn right just before the railway bride.

For other polling booths in this Ward (Ward 1), go to:

https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/Elections/Find-my-electorate/Councils/Newcastle/Ward-1

Please spread the word in the community that Tighes Hill Public School will not be a polling booth in this election.

You can also pre-poll before the election, at various locations around the local government area.

Due to COVID, how-to-vote cards will not be handed out outside polling booths, and voters are being asked to bring their own pens.

16/11/2021

The Tighes Hill Community Group has made a submission to Council about the proposed DA at 57A Henry Street. It will be discussed at the Council meeting tonight

If you're interested in watching the meeting at 6pm on zoom either live or as a recording afterwards, the link is here: https://newcastle.nsw.gov.au/council/about-council/council-meetings/webcast-of-council-meetings

Our position is that the proposal is not in keeping with the general look and feel of the surrounding character of Tighes Hill.

For almost 20 years Council has acknowledged that the character of our suburb should be protected. They are finally putting together a Character Study for Tighes Hill, but in the meantime, problematic DAs are continually approved by council staff.

We are drawing a line in the sand.

We're not anti development. There are some fantastic new buildings and renovations in our suburb that are respectful of the housing around it.

There are many regulations that currently guide the height, size, windows and many other aspects of new or altered buildings. We think the aesthetic character of the design is the missing piece of a good planning model.

We hope the Tighes Hill Character study will eventually deliver that for us, but until then, we will continue to oppose inappropriate developments like this one.

Ordinary Council Meetings and Committee Meetings (Public Voice Committee, Briefing Committee and Development Applications Committee) will be broadcast.