A FORMIDABLE line-up of worthy citizens and workers were recognised in this year’s Parramatta Council Australia Day Local Awards. The awards ceremony, held at Rosehill Gardens o...
Read more about Formidable line-up of citizens recognised at Australia Day Local Awards
THE revitalisation of Parramatta’s ‘Eat Street’ is well underway with the first tracks laid for Parramatta Light Rail in the dining precinct. Minister for Transport and Roads An...
Read more about First tracks of Parramatta Light Rail laid along dining precinct
PARRAMATTA’S home of sport and entertainment will feature early starts and alfresco dining with the opening of Hoops Coffee House outside Bankwest Stadium. As the City of Parram...
Read more about Hoops Coffee House opens at Bankwest Stadium
TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE investment cold calls and buy and sell scammers preyed on migrants and indigenous consumers resulting in $13.7M being scammed in 2020. That amount is part of...
Read more about REVEALED: The many tricks of investment scammers
AN astonishing one million avid library users clicked online to use the Parramatta city’s library services forced to close its doors for nearly six months while transitioning in...
Read more about More than one million turn to library’s online reading services
LOUISE Zajac has spent the past 11 years mixing with the high-flyers of Parramatta business – now she is looking forward to mixing paints in Bunnings. After more than a decade a...
Read more about After 11 years Louise bids Parramatta Chamber good-bye
LORD Mayor of Parramatta Bob Dwyer is proud of his City, with its dynamic development, and exciting projects such as Parramatta Square, the Powerhouse, light rail and a new swim...
Read more about Boy from Dundas Valley to Lord Mayor: Bob’s heart has always been in the suburbs
A COUNCIL resolution calling for an inventory of the existing number of cooling canopy trees within Parramatta CBD has been passed and will pave the way for ramping up plans for...
Read more about Council adopts CBD tree policy: Path cleared for more shady trees
The following is an edited extract by Senator the Hon Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Women, Liberal Senator for New South Wales to Western Sydney Award...
Read more about WSABE 2020: Stories of triumph, resilience and determination
AUTHORITIES has lifted the lid on scams triggered by COVID-19 and warned against fake online shopping websites particularly this Christmas, phishing for personal information, an...
Read more about SCAM ALERT: Authorities’ Christmas warning over COVID fraud
AUSSIE iconic service station Ampol is back, this time in partnership with supermarket giant Woolworths. Founded in post-Depression 1936 as Australian Motorists Petrol Company, ...
Read more about Iconic Ampol calls Parramatta home: Northmead site the first of many outlets
IN a move that will cost Parramatta Council an estimated $60,000 over six months, the NSW Government has been granted a peppercorn rent of $1 to occupy office space in Macquarie...
Read more about Council rents prime space to Govt for $1, detractors slammed as disgusting politics
LORRAINE Wearne, Parramatta’s longest-serving councillor, celebrates 25 years fighting for the community. So, what drives this amazing woman? AFTER a record-breaking 25 years as...
Read more about PROFILE: Lorraine Wearne: Straight-shooter for the community
HOWZAT! Organised recreational cricketers playing on Parramatta sports grounds have just been bowled over following complaints from district cricket clubs. Problems have arisen ...
Read more about Backyard cricketers are taking over – Council to police our sports grounds
IT used to be the place for the homeless, rough sleepers, and the lonely to come together for two meals a day and some social interaction. But now Covid-19 has forced Parramatta...
Read more about Parramatta Mission pivots its traditional service
PARRAMATTA is set to make sporting history this month by hosting Sydney’s first public AFL and AFLW double-header, with the GIANTS becoming the first club to stage elite men’s and women’s matches on the same day at the same venue.
Read more about Parramatta to make AFL sporting history
WESTERN Sydney has emerged as a national powerhouse of Australia’s night-time economy, with Parramatta, South West Sydney and Blacktown all securing places among the country’s top-performing after-dark precincts.
Read more about Parramatta powers into the night-time economy top 10
THE proposed North Rocks Village development at the former 12.67 hectare site of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children continues to face community opposition despite revisions to its Master Plan. The quiet, leafy suburb was ide...
Read more about Opposition persists despite concessions to North Rocks Village development plan
AMARIAH Tamaro from Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta and Stella White from St Patrick’s Marist College Dundas in Parramatta is one of 18 students across the state to be awarded a NSW Government scholarship to travel to Greece on an...
Read more about Local students on Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship
A NEW commercial workplace is designed to uplift Parramatta’s heritage and being billed as an iconic urban landmark. The $125M boutique development which opened in May, is in Parramatta’s vibrant civic heart and directly overlooks Ce...
Read more about Boutique workplace in Parramatta CBD a visual connection of heritage and future
CONSTRUCTION of the new $540M Westmead Centre for Mental Health has reached its highest point, marking a major milestone for what will become NSW’s largest mental health facility.
Read more about Westmead Centre for Mental Health build has reached a high pointThe Parramatta Times is the trusted local media resource that connects residents and visitors with the people, businesses and opportunities that shape and connect Parramatta, one of Australia's fastest-growing cities.