#Maitland

The NSW Government is facing calls to put forward $250,000 in funding toward an early intervention program discussing consent and healthy relationships in high schools across the Hunter and the State.

Maitland Council's Mattress Muster is returning early this year, with a trial of the recycling program this weekend expected to alleviate demand for the service.

Four Hunter MPs have each secured $300,000 in State funding for projects across the region through the 2020 Community Building Partnership Program with sporting facilities proving to be the big winners.

A Maitland man is due to face court today accused of stealing $160,000 worth of artwork taken from the scene of a fatal fire on the Central Coast last year.

Residents of Maitland can look forward to more efficient public transport with the NSW Government agreeing to review current transport activity, with plans to make available more and better bus routes for the local community.

A 61-year-old man has died after his car crashed into a tree on John Renshaw Drive in Buchanan.

A man will appear in court on Wednesday, after allegedly biting a police officer near Maitland yesterday.