New beacons could be a life saver
Residents and holiday makers at a number of popular Central Coast swimming spots will be a little safer following the installation of new lifesaving technology at The Entrance Channel, Budgewoi…
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Call for businesses to enter window display competition
The call has gone out for all local businesses with street frontage to join the Coastal Twist Festival window display competition for 2023. The seven-day festival highlighting LGBTQIA+ arts and…
New location for Services Australia at The Entrance
The Entrance community can now access Centrelink and Medicare services in a newly relocated Services Australia service centre. The new service centre, which opened on July 31, is located 190m…
Keeping units rescue-ready
More than 100 Marine Rescue NSW volunteers from all eight units in the Hunter/Central Coast region took part in a major regional Search and Rescue Exercise hosted by the Lake…
New publishing arrangements
Changes are upon us here at Central Coast Newspapers. From this edition, a new local publishing company, Combined Coast News, takes over the reins from former publisher Ross Barry, who…
Hazard reduction burn in BW National Park
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service will conduct a hazard reduction burn in Brisbane Water National Park from Thursday, August 3, and continuing over the weekend. The 375-hectare burn…
No free parking for Gosford Hospital
The State Opposition has blasted the NSW Government over an announcement this week that while free parking was introduced at the state’s regional and rural public hospitals on August 1,…
Energy relief begins this month
Energy bill relief has arrived for eligible Central Coast households and small businesses with Labor’s Energy Bill Relief Fund kicking in on July 31. Most eligible households – those with…
Public bus accident at East Gosford stops traffic
Police, Fire and Ambulance services were called out to the site of a public bus crash on York St near Henry Parry Dr at East Gosford on Sunday, July 30….
Fury over logging in Ourimbah State Forest
Members of the community group Camp Ourimbah are calling for an end to logging in Ourimbah State Forest. They gathered outside the office of Member for Wyong and Minister for…
The Coast mourns a leading light
The Central Coast is mourning one of its leading lights following the death last week of Kevin Booth at the age of 92. The mainstay of Booth’s Motor Group for…
Tesch weighs in on Empire Bay boatshed
Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch has vowed to work with Minister for Crown Lands Steve Kamper to salvage as much as possible of the historic Empire Bay boatshed and to…
New shade trees for Umina school
A small pocket of flora in Melbourne Ave, Umina Beach, is a step closer to recovery today following the replanting of several mature Banksia trees damaged by recent vandalism. State…
Keeping units rescue-ready
More than 100 Marine Rescue NSW volunteers from all eight units across the Hunter/Central Coast region took part in a major regional search and rescue exercise hosted by the Lake…
Support your gender diverse child
A special information night on supporting your children who are gender diverse will be held in Gosford on August 16. A spokesperson for PFLAG Central Coast said having a child…
Pat Farmer to pass through Coast on 14,400km run for the Voice
Ultra marathon runner Pat Farmer will pass through the Central Coast later this month as he runs 14,400km from Tasmania to Uluru in support of a Yes vote in the…
More calls to end shark meshing
The Community Environment Network (CEN) is urging the NSW Government not to award any tenders for the 2023/2024 shark meshing program in NSW waters and to discontinue the “archaic and…
Aboriginal Advisory Committee confirmed
Central Coast Council has confirmed the makeup of its Aboriginal Advisory Committee which was officially endorsed at the Council meeting on July 25. The Aboriginal Advisory Committee has a mandate…
Two deaf women are an inspiration for all to learn Auslan
Two deaf residents at Peninsula Villages have inspired staff and other residents to learn Auslan, the Australian sign language, through regular language classes hosted at the aged care village. Jan…
Talk on ABC International
A talk on ABC International, an organisation within the ABC which produces and presents reports internationally, will be given on August 17 at Green Point. ABC International has a vitally…