OVER 200 people attended the fourth annual Parramatta Street Feast on November 13 at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta – a call to share a meal with those battling life on the ...
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THE City of Parramatta is calling for feedback to help shape two of its most important guiding plans. The two plans – known as the Community Strategic Plan and the Delivery Prog...
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A NEW raised pedestrian crossing outside Ryde Public School is one of the projects being funded by the NSW Government to make it easier for kids to walk, ride or scoot to school...
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FAITH groups across Granville are encouraged to apply for a share of $5M to make their places of worship and commemoration safer and more secure. They will be able to apply for ...
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PARRAMATTA’S local swimming hole will officially open in time for the swimming season with the $1.4M transformation of Lake Parramatta complete. Lake Parramatta swimming area wa...
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PARRAMATTA is experiencing one of the most exciting transformations in its history and residents can have their say on the performance of City of Parramatta with the launch of i...
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AN incredible visual projection capturing Parramatta’s rich heritage and history is set to enhance the escarpment facing Charles Street Square at Parramatta Quay. Ebb and Flow, ...
Read more about Digital artwork comes to life after dark at Parramatta Quay
CITY of Parramatta Council has elected Councillor Martin Zaiter as its new Lord Mayor. Councillor Zaiter, who represents the Parramatta Ward and has previously served four years...
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PARRAMATTA Light Rail Stage 2 is one step closer, with a $322M contract awarded to John Holland Pty Ltd to deliver the first part of the project – construction of the first 1.3k...
Read more about Construction on Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 starts 2025, as major contract confirmed
SKYE Suites Parramatta have collaborated with The Smith Family’s Work Inspiration Reach Out program as part of their community engagement commitment and welcomed a group of loca...
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THROUGH a small team of only 30 volunteers, Parramatta Meals-on-Wheels served up a massive 28,000 packs of lunches and dinners just in the last 12 months. Dedicated volunteers c...
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By ELIZABETH FRIAS PARRAMATTA wants to join the C40 global city to meet climate change challenges and become sustainable as its population grows rapidly estimated half a million...
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AS of January 2025, St Luke’s, Marsden Park, will be formally recognised and decreed the newest parish of the Diocese of Parramatta. The parochial district, which is the first s...
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OUR Local Community (OLC) councilor for Dundas Ward, Michelle Garrard has confirmed $1.5M from Western Sydney Infrastructure Grants (WSIG) will be spent in the Dundas Ward to fo...
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THE St Vincent de Paul Society NSW is calling on the Greater Sydney community to make a commitment this Homelessness Week (5 – 11 August) by signing up and fundraising as part o...
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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