OzHarvest branch formed on the Coast
Rising food insecurity has pushed many of the Coast’s charities to the brink as they struggle to keep locals fed, but a new OzHarvest branch is helping ease that burden,…
Articles by Lucillia Eljuga
Council to respond to repeal of airport Act
The NSW Government is planning to introduce legislation in September to implement the recommendations of an independent review of the Warnervale Airport (Restrictions) (WAR) Act 1996. The Act imposes restrictions…
Andrew McDonald will be the highlight of Library Online event
Children’s and young adult author, Andrew McDonald, will be the highlight of the next Library Online event on Thursday, August 6. McDonald, a regular presenter on the Australian schools’ circuit,…
Resident diagnosed with COVID-19
Central Coast Local Health District has confirmed that a Central Coast resident has been diagnosed with COVID-19. In a statement released on July 30, a District Spokesperson confirmed that a…
Security officers recognised for their good work
Central Coast Local Health District has paid tribute to its security teams following International Security Officers Day on July 24. A spokesperson for the District said the hardworking officers at…
22nd Fab Fakes competition underway
Entries for Tuggerah Lakes Art Society’s (TLAS) 2020 Fab Fakes exhibition are now open. An art contest with a twist, Fab Fakes is open to artists across the country and…
Local football clubs receive funding
[Local Football] Two local football clubs have been given a financial boost to assist with getting their seasons up and running, courtesy of Minister for Sport grant funding. Both the…
Lighter side of theatre company politics
A new project that puts the trials and tribulations of regional theatre centre stage is underway at Tuggerah’s Jopuka Productions. The High Society project is being spearheaded by Jopuka’s Founder…
Terrigal PS donates $2,735 to South Coast school for bushfire recovery
Terrigal Public School has donated $2,735 to Milton Public School on the NSW South Coast. The funds were raised through the school’s end of Term 2 Crazy Hair Day to…
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Author: Ocean Vuong.Publisher: Vintage. Ocean Vuong is a successful poet, so it is no wonder that he came up with such a lovely title for a book. Although it is…
Will we be seeing Super15 Rugby live on the Coast?
[RUGBY] Central Coast Regional Sporting and Recreation Complex welcomes both the NZ Warriors and the Melbourne Rebels. The Coast’s new Central Coast Regional Sporting and Recreation Complex is hosting training…
Local businesses team up to support others
Two Central Coast businesses have teamed up to provide personalised automatic sanitisation stands for businesses, sporting clubs and community organisations as fears of a second wave of COVID-19 in NSW…
Who doesn’t hate underpants?
Leanne Fedele of East Gosford has gone from parent to international author with the publication of her first children’s book, I Hate Underpants. The picture book was picked up by…
Erina COVID-19 clinic to stay open
People can continue to be tested for COVID-19 at the Central Coast Respiratory Clinic until the end of September after the Federal Government extended funding. Anyone experiencing mild to moderate…
Councillor Marquart’s absence critical to Operating Plan vote
The absence of Councillor Troy Marquart proved critical, as it turned out, to the passage of Council’s 2020/21 Operating Plan. In a statement to Coast Community News, Councillor Marquart said…
Council to borrow $50M
Central Coast Council plans to borrow $50M this financial year. Council’s debt portfolio totalled $233.2M of external borrowings a year ago and about $235.4M at the end of June this…
Dead whale stirs concerns over seismic activity
The Central Coast Dolphin Project has renewed its opposition to any further seismic testing off the coastline after a 4.5m dead adult whale washed ashore at North Entrance last week….
No new cases of COVID-19 on the Coast (touch wood)
The Central Coast Local Health District has quashed rumours of a COVID resurgence on the Coast. Rumours that at least three new active cases of the virus had emerged within…
Students lend a hand to Leagues Club Field totems
Handprints of Central Coast schoolchildren are to be stenciled on to hardwood totems at the redeveloped Leagues Club field in Gosford by a local Darkinjung artist. Parliamentary Secretary for the…
Heart resume their winning ways
[Netball] Central Coast Heart, the region’s elite combined representative netball organisation, has gotten off to a flying start in the 2020 NSW Netball Premier League, with its Under 23’s and…