Lots of colours everywhere
Wamberal Public School was awash with colour on August 28 as students celebrated Rainbow Day. A fundraiser for children’s charity Stewart House, no colour was off limits as students embraced…
Articles by Lucillia Eljuga
Connections more crucial than ever as demand for mental health services escalate
As the nation celebrated R U OK? Day on September 10, Coast Community Connections highlighted the importance of youth mental health services in the region. The not-for-profit organisation, a leading…
Council launches online gardening workshops
Four online Green Living Workshops have been launched by Central Coast Council, giving people skills in how to take care of their garden and Live Green. Kicking off in honour…
New look for Erina Heights PS
Things look a little different at Erina Heights Public School. Over the past few months, the school has welcomed a series of upgrade works, but with the wider school community…
Man arrested in relation to clandestine lab and possession of firearm
A man has been charged and a clandestine laboratory uncovered following a police operation at Ourimbah. At about 3.45pm on Tuesday, September 8, officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District…
Down in the Garden: It’s tomato time!
We are blessed on the Central Coast with an almost perfect climate to grow the star of summer salads bowls – the tomato. And the best time to plant is…
$11M funding for sports facility at Tuggerah
Central Coast Council welcomes the $11million funding, from the NSW Government, towards the construction of an indoor multi-purpose sport and recreation centre at the Central Coast Regional Sporting & Recreation…
Woy Woy man pleads guilty to causing fire
Jarrod James, the Woy Woy man accused of deliberately lightning a bushfire in Brisbane Water National Park, has pleaded guilty to one count of intentionally cause fire and be reckless…
Trojans close in on minor premiership
RUGBY UNION Final five placings remain up for grabs with one round of the Central Coast Rugby Union (CCRU) competition remaining. In a close tussle at Ourimbah Rugby Park, the…
Pensioners are fortunate that they didn’t get a reduction
Forum As a pensioner, I sympathise with Danny Mullen (Pensioners missed out the most”, Coast Community Chronicle 204, September 2) that he didn’t get his meagre pension increase this year….
Former Prime Minister now a British trade advisor
Forum Tony Abbott renounced his British citizenship to become Australian Prime Minister but was dumped by his own Liberal mob. Now he has become the British unpaid trade advisor in…
Large brawl at Tuggerah
Tuggerah Lakes Police are investigating a brawl at Tuggerah. Police have been told that at about 2.35pm on Tuesday, September 1, a group of about a dozen teenage boys was…
Students implode watermelon in science experiment
Year 10 science students at Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy campus have participated in The Big Watermelon Experiment as part of National Science Week, August 15-23. “In the experiment,…
Drama students study special effects make-up
Year 11 drama students at Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy campus have been studying special effects make-up. “The focus was on realistic injuries for the stage,” said campus principal…
Mother and baby lorikeet visit students
The kindergarten students in KC at Umina Public School have been visited by lorikeets recently. “They are lucky to have a friendly mother and baby rainbow lorikeet visit them most…
Students walk 11km on environmental excursion
Stage Two students from Woy Woy South Public School have walked a total of 11 kilometres in an Environmental Walking Excursion on Tuesday, September 1. Students sighted different birds, sketched…
Petition launched for urgent extension of footpath near school
The Entrance MP, David Mehan, has launched a petition calling on Central Coast Council to fund a footpath extension along Brooke Avenue, Killarney Vale, near the primary school. Mehan said…
Pozieres House opens with household-model aged care
Peninsula Villages announced on Friday, August 21, that its new “ageing-in-place development” Pozieres House has been completed. The following Monday, August 24, seven residents moved in. The $30 million 114-bed…
Amended Transitional Group Home proposal returns
A proposal for a Transitional Group Home for Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation at 30 Bakali Rd, Tumbi Umbi, has been re-advertised for public comment. The rehabilitation centre was advertised earlier…
Hardware supply store approved with noise conditions
Central Coast Council has approved the establishment of a hardware supply store at 32 Ocean Beach Rd, Woy Woy. However, the council has limited the hours of operation of the…