Golden celebration for Inner Wheel club
The Inner Wheel Club of Gosford North celebrated its golden anniversary on March 8 with a luncheon at Linton Gardens Somersby with 85 men and women enjoying the day. Fifty…
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Rocket ship blasts off for a refresh
The iconic rocket ship play structure at Long Jetty Lions Park is going into a temporary orbit to be refreshed – but will soon return as good as new and…
Pathway stencils promote inclusion
Central Coast Council has installed creative stencils along the Tuggerah Lake foreshore shared pathway to increase positive attitudes and behaviours towards people with a disability. The campaign aims to raise…
Have a say on management of Tuggerah Lakes
Central Coast Council will host a series of community pop-ups along the foreshore this month to provide residents with an opportunity to share concerns, ideas or ask questions related to…
After hours service for three Coast libraries
Three Central Coast libraries are set to receive a share of $165,000 in funding thanks to the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government’s Public Library Infrastructure Grant program. Parliamentary Secretary for…
Have your say about offshore wind farm
Submissions will be accepted until Friday, April 28, on a proposed offshore wind farm 10km off the coast between Port Stephens and Norah Head. Feedback from the community and other…
CEN to host two candidate forums
The Community Environment Network (CEN) will host two candidate forums at the Ourimbah Campus of the University of Newcastle (UoN) in the leadup to the March 25 State election. Residents…
Changing of the guard at Lighthouse Reserve
Reflections Holiday Parks has been appointed by the NSW Government to manage Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve from September 2023. As a Crown Land manager, Reflections has Social Enterprise Certification as…
Council forges ahead with waterfront plan
Central Coast Council will forge ahead with early works on its redevelopment plan for the Gosford waterfront, despite not having yet secured any State Government funding to see the project…
No joy over Woy Woy Rd trees
Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Mainstreet Coordinator Debra Wales is ramping up her campaign for Central Coast Council to conduct another urgent inspection of trees on the low side of Woy…
Central Coast to trial hydrogen powered bus
The state’s first hydrogen-powered electric bus will soon take to the streets of the Central Coast in a local trial of the technology. Treasurer and Minister for Energy Matt Kean…
Funding for two major road repair projects
Two major road repair projects on the Central Coast will receive funding under the NSW Government’s $312.5M Regional Roads and Transport Recovery Package. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam…
Council’s partial backflip on Peninsula carpark sale
Central Coast Council has done a partial backflip on its decision to sell the commuter carpark in Rawson Rd, Woy Woy, to the prospective new owner of Deepwater Plaza following…
Bringing communities together for 50 years
From humble beginnings on a block of dirt in Kanwal, the Wyong Leagues Group has grown over the past 50 years into a network of 10 clubs. Monday, March 6,…
Freemasons get behind Shirley Shuttle
As Shirley Shuttle celebrates 15 years of service to local cancer patients, the Freemasons on the Central Coast have donated $21,000 to meet the replacement cost of one its four…
New lockers for after hours library use
Three Central Coast libraries are set to receive a share in $165,000 in funding thanks to the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government’s Public Library Infrastructure Grant program. Parliamentary Secretary for…
The Weekly News podcast 5@5
Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News 5@5 for the first week of March 2023. Now in a new podcast format. In the bulletin, this week: Local skier wins world championship medalsCouncil’s Administrator…
Rally to demand shark net removal
A rally will be held at Shelly Beach on Sunday, March 5, demanding the removal of its shark net, amid fears for the safety of a loggerhead turtle nest on…
Labor puts people with disability at core of its agenda
Paralympian and Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch says a Labor Government will put people with disabilities at the core of its agenda if elected on March 25. A Labor Government…
Council’s development application blowout woes
Central Coast Council’s Development Application (DA) times have blown out to an average of 122 days according to fresh figures released at the February 28 meeting. The last six-monthly performance…