No reason why bridge ritual should not continue
Forum – Much has been written and spoken about the controversy concerning the St Hubert’s Island bridge-safety railing or no safety railing is the issue. However, nothing is being written…
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Fake traffic studies for development applications?
Forum – Current methods used to measure the impact of new developments on traffic and parking make a mockery of traffic planning. The associated reports could well be described as…
Inconvenient track work
Forum – I’m writing about the inconvenience of train track works from Newcastle interchange to Central. It’s unbelievable to do this work on the long weekend, right in the middle…
Coronavirus prevention more luck than good practice
Forum – After visiting the supermarket in Umina, my casual observations confirmed that we are relying more on luck than good practice when it comes to preventing the spread of…
Speak up for the ABC
Forum – A few years ago the Friends of the ABC had a market stall at the Avoca markets and Lucy Wicks, her husband and friends visited us. She had…
Mangrove Mountain markets moves
Forum – I just want to say thank you to the Coast Community News team for the many years of support in advertising our markets at Mangrove Mountain Hall. As…
Taking David Attenborough’s lead
Forum – I have decided my successful campaign to restore the façade of the Council Chambers in Gosford will not be a one-off event. I am in the process of…
The Case for Planned Retreat
Forum – The erosion of our beaches is distressing. None of us wants to see our beaches disappear or homes collapse into the ocean. But there is nothing new about…
A billion dollars that could be better spent … simple as ABC
The demand from ABC that it needs more funds, that certain programs should not be axed and that we should all rally behind its never ending thirst for more and…
Departure should have raised questions
Forum – During the tenure of the Administrator, the Forum page was full of demands that a representative Council be put in place to reflect the will of ratepayers and…
Amazed at such a massive deficit
Forum – It’s beyond belief how Central Coast Council has amassed such a massive deficit of about $89M in such a short time that they have been in office. (Chronicle,…
Good decisions come from the civil interchange of ideas
Forum – I must protest at the comments made by Councillors McLachlan and Marquart, (Chronicle September 30, page 6) during the debate on Councillor Greenway’s Motion against on-line abuse. Cr…
Parents forced to pay to watch their children play
Forum – Parents of junior rugby league players as far and wide as Doyalson in the north and Umina in the south were charged an admission fee to watch their…
Far north misses out again and again
Forum – Former Wyong Shire residents, especially those who didn’t support the amalgamation delivered to us, can rightfully feel aggrieved by the latest budget blowout to about $89M in the…
Pandemic highlights ridiculous inconsistency
Forum – Over the past few months I have been planning a getaway to Queensland, as I expect many other Peninsula people have been doing. With border closures, it is…
Bank branch closure a disaster
Forum – I have just received notification that the Woy Woy branch of the ANZ bank will close permanently on November 11. What a disaster. The nearest alternative branches are…
No incident in last three years helped by bridge project
Forum – With the St Hubert’s Island bridge project’s funding through the Urban Congestion Fund, it is very difficult to see how this proposal contributes to “supporting upgrades to the…
Ward councillors missing from splash pool opening
Forum While at the Peninsula Leisure Centre yesterday (September 30), I saw that the official opening of the $1 million splash park was taking place. It was disappointing to see…
Letters to Local Member not even acknowledged
Forum Am I the only one having problems in gaining a response from Member for Robertson Lucy Wicks to snail or e-mail correspondence? In my last email, I specified the…
Nursing home changes should not have been needed
[Forum] The Peninsula News (July 27, page 13) reported on changes to the aged care development at 45 Hillview St, Woy Woy. This development was approved by the Hunter Central…