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Hornsby’s Multi-million-dollar Transformation Plan

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″ offset=”vc_col-lg-1/5 vc_col-md-1/5 vc_col-xs-1/5″][us_image image=”81825″ size=”thumbnail” align=”left” style=”circle” has_ratio=”1″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4/5 vc_col-md-4/5 vc_col-xs-4/5″][vc_column_text]By Annette Madjarian[/vc_column_text][us_post_date][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The town centre of Hornsby is set to become a thriving heartland with 4,500 new homes and 5,000 new jobs, in ambitious plans by Hornsby Council to make it a brand new strategic centre. The Hornsby Town Centre Masterplan is […]

Demand for Acreage High

The price gap between residential and acreage properties in The Hills has narrowed due to unprecedented value growth over the past two years. While house prices across Sydney have adjusted since March, the gains made during the boom have allowed buyers to make the transition to semi-rural living, says agent Will Hampson from Lumby Hampson. […]

Hills Private Schools – Lead Charge On Overfunding

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″ offset=”vc_col-lg-1/5 vc_col-md-1/5 vc_col-xs-1/5″][us_image image=”81825″ size=”thumbnail” align=”left” style=”circle” has_ratio=”1″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4/5 vc_col-md-4/5 vc_col-xs-4/5″][vc_column_text]By Annette Madjarian[/vc_column_text][us_post_date][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Private schools in the Hills and Hornsby LGAs have topped the list of overfunding across NSW, according to a new report. Commissioned by the NSW Teachers Federation, the report found that the NSW Government had overfunded private schools in the […]

Dural Health Hub Development Thrown Out

Hornsby Shire Council has come under fire for rejecting a new “Health Hub” at Round Corner Dural which would meet “the needs of a growing and ageing population”. Healing ONR proposed the development of a two storey 4,100m health services facility described as bringing “a strong mix of muchneeded hospital grade services into the heart […]

Unrelenting Floods

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″ offset=”vc_col-lg-1/5 vc_col-md-1/5 vc_col-xs-1/5″][us_image image=”81825″ size=”thumbnail” align=”left” style=”circle” has_ratio=”1″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4/5 vc_col-md-4/5 vc_col-xs-4/5″][vc_column_text]By Annette Madjarian[/vc_column_text][us_post_date][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The local Hawkesbury River communities once again faced unrelenting flooding and damage to their properties and businesses in what’s been described as the worst floods to hit the area for 30 years. With now the third flood in two years, […]