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A proposed plan change for Petone West provides an opportunity to create jobs and stimulate growth for the area, says Hutt City Council Mayor Ray Wallace.

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More than 350 children came along to the recent Blue Light disco at Stokes Valley Pool which was a great result for all those involved in making the event happen.

A water colour painting of Percy's Mill picked up in a junk shop will hang in the Petone Library thanks to a gift by local identity Vera Ellen who has just received a QSO for service to the community.

The Naenae liquor ban area has been expanded to include Naenae Park.

"Where else could I drink a coffee and smell the sea air on my morning walk to work?" says Elf Eldridge of his 30-minute stroll along the Petone foreshore to his office at IRL’s Gracefield complex.

Summer was awful, but our gardens don’t seem to be complaining – and certainly not the shrubs and trees that border footpaths.

Lynx’s life has taken off – literally.

Expect lots of colour and variety in council gardens from now on.

Hutt residents enjoyed the country’s lowest rates increases during the past decade – beaten only by ratepayers on the Chatham Islands.

Compromises seldom satisfy everyone, but a decision reached by the council on use of the Pencarrow Coast Road should go some way towards that elusive goal.

Mayor Ray Wallace says he was “incredibly proud” to accept the Public Service Award on behalf of Hutt City Council at the New Zealand Sign Language in Action Awards on Saturday night.

The Hutt Safe City Group is on the lookout for volunteers to help operate CCTV cameras covering the Lower Hutt CBD, Naenae, Stokes Valley and Petone. Cameras in Wainuiomata will be added soon.

Community input into the Long Term Plan is the opportunity for council to listen to the voice of its ratepayers, says Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace.

Two car parks outside the Council building on Laings Road will be unavailable at times today as a drilling rig takes samples to access ground conditions.

Hutt City Council’s Green Team did a great job sowing the first organic seedlings in a custom-built vegetable garden designed to show people how easy it is to grow their own greens.

Greater Wellington is hailing the efforts of water users across Lower Hutt, Porirua, Upper Hutt and Wellington, with summer water use hitting its lowest level in over 15 years.

Replacing an unflued gas heater with a more effective heat pump or wood burner is one of the best ways to reduce asthma symptoms among children, says Hutt City Council’s eco-design advisor, Sarah Flee ...