Council goes FOGO
The region’s weekly red bin collection is safe, with Central Coast Council voting to keep the bin schedule as it is, while it hopes to reduce waste going into those…
Articles by Lucillia Eljuga
Time now to Get Ready for bushfire season
With the 2020-21 bushfire season fast approaching, the NSW Rural Fire Service is calling on Central Coast residents to spend this weekend preparing. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and…
Fourth man arrested following shopping centre brawl
A fourth man has been arrested following a shopping centre brawl at Tuggerah. At about 2.35pm on Tuesday, September 1, a group of teenage boys was approached by another group…
Put political point-scoring aside for the sake of a long-term plan
Forum – I find Debra O’Neill’s comments (CCN September 4) with regard to development puzzling and presume she was searching for anything to criticise the Federal Member Lucy Wicks. Neither…
Senior Citizens’ Club to reconvene under a new banner
It’s been closed since March, but now the Long Jetty and District Senior Citizens’ Club Inc. is preparing to reconvene under a new banner. The club has rebranded into the…
Courtesy and compromise needed in MTB debate
Forum – It is with increasing anxiety that I have been watching the developments between the mountain bike/national park community groups. I fear that views on how we use the…
Spring cleansing – time to detox
As we continue our Spring Cleansing and Self Care theme, we’re diving into the topic of detoxification and so I thought I’d draw on the expertise of my good friend…
Semi-final time
RUGBY – The 2020 CCRU Finals Series has finally arrived and recent matches suggest any of the final five Premier 1 teams could take out the major premiership. This Saturday’s…
Save our Coast condemns handouts to gas industry
Community group Save Our Coast has condemned the revelation on September 15 by Prime Minister Scott Morrison of huge handouts to the gas industry, including $52.9M to build new gas…
Gosford social housing development commences
The first sod has been turned on a $15.3M social housing development in Beane St, Gosford, which has been fast tracked by the State Government as part of its efforts…
Man charged with vandalising several trains at Gosford
A man from The Entrance has been charged as investigations continue into alleged acts of graffiti across the NSW public transport network. In June, officers from the Police Transport Command…
Councillors debate Toukley’s ugly “ghetto” areas
The entry into Toukley, with its ugly “ghetto” areas, was the target of a long debate at Central Coast Council’s September 14 meeting. The Council eventually decided to write to…
122 place Child Care Centre proposed for The Entrance
Vacant land at 174-176 The Entrance Ro, The Entrance, is earmarked for a Child Care Centre with the proposal currently open for public comment. The land is beside the Sapphire…
Consider yourself lucky
Forum – In response to Danny Muller’s entry in the Forum of edition 204 regarding the pension, consider yourself blessed that you live in Australia. While I agree that some…
Female motorcyclist dies
A motorcyclist has died following a crash at Wyong. Emergency services were called to the intersection of Amy Cl and the Pacific Hwy, Wyong, just before 10am on Monday, September…
Bouquet for council workers
Forum – I just had council out to fix a drainage problem that I had, and what a nice bunch of fellas they are. They took every care with the…
Waste recycling facility is too close to everything
Forum – What on earth are they thinking? A waste recycling facility to crush 99,000 tonnes of concrete, bricks, tiles etc, per year, operating six days per week, just up…
Can’t we build our own trains?
Forum – The best trains being built are Australian, built in the Newcastle factory at Goninan’s near Broadmeadow, Newcastle. So I ask why is any government buying trains made overseas…
Decision needed now on the future of Warnervale Train Station
Make a decision now on a new or upgraded train station for Warnervale, says Cr Kyle MacGregor, and create certainty for both commercial and residential development in the area. Cr…
Dredging begins
Central Coast Council has started the dredging program for The Entrance Channel. The program is set to continue through the coming months, in accordance with the EPA licence and other…