Council Participates in the LGMA Challenge
	Greater Taree City Council has fielded a team of six representatives in the LGMA Management Challenge - a professional development activity undertaken annually by Local Government Managers Australia (LGMA) for local government staff across Australia and New Zealand.
	Youth Week 2009
	The theme of National Youth Week 2009 is ‘Make a Move’ and young people from all over the Manning will certainly have the opportunity with a huge list of events scheduled to celebrate youth culture in the Manning Valley.
	Halliday's Point Library celebrates first birthday
	The community of Halliday’s Point will join with Greater Taree City Council this week to celebrate the first birthday of Halliday’s Point Library+.
	Superannuation hike yet another cost constraint on councils
	Greater Taree City has estimated that increases to the Local Government Superannuation Scheme will cost the council an additional $700,000.
	Council gets behind Earth Hour
	Greater Taree City Council is encouraging local residents and businesses to follow its lead and switch off all non-essential lights and appliances between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on Saturday 28 March, to show their support for Earth Hour.
	Youth Week Media and Politics Forum
	Greater Taree City Council’s Youth Advisory Committee has gathered together a dynamic group of speakers to educate 250 students from the Manning Valley about the importance of community participation and political action.
	Tickets on sale now for Indigenous Awards
	Tickets are now on sale for the Annual Manning Indigenous Community Awards to be presented on Saturday 28 March at the Royal Hotel from 5.30pm.
	Council endorses traffic committee recommendations
	Chairman of the Local Traffic Committee, Councillor Mal Marks has welcomed the endorsement by Council at its meeting on Wednesday 11 March of the recommendations from the February meeting of the Local Traffic Committee.
	Mid North Coast Regional Strategy
	The Minister for Planning, the Hon. Kristina Keneally, has recently released the Mid North Coast Regional Strategy which recognises Greater Taree as one of four major “regional centres” for the region spanning from Great Lakes in the south to the Clarence Valley in the north.
	Storytime sessions now at the Harrington Library
	If you were in Harrington Library+ last Thursday you would have heard the happy sounds of young children enjoying their first Storytime.
	Council meeting impacted by power outage
	Greater Taree City Council had to close it’s ordinary meeting scheduled last night, Wednesday 4 March and defer six items of business to the following Wednesday 11 March due to a power outage caused by a storm affecting the Taree area.
	Wheels on Fire in the Gallery!
	Maybe you once owned a hotted up Torana or a Kwaka 900? Memories will come flooding back to some visitors to the Manning Regional Art Gallery as they see a different view of the humble car and motorbike in the exhibition Wheels on Fire, on show from March 4 to April 5, 2009.
	Council signs on school-based trainees
	Greater Taree City Council has officially signed on its first two school-based trainees in civil construction in what has been a first for NSW.
	Council Employs New Community Support Officer
	Greater Taree City Council has a new Community Support Officer to assist with the natural resource management of our local area.