4,190 bundles of joy since January 2019
Parents of more than 4,000 newborns across the Central Coast have received a Baby Bundle from the NSW Government, valued at over $300. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and…
Gosford
DA received for $115M Racecourse Road development
An application for a $115M mixed use development inclusive of a 196-room hotel in Racecourse Rd is under consideration by the NSW Planning Department. The department has advised that it…
Three people injured in car chase
Three people were taken to hospital following a pursuit on the Coast in the early hours on June 8. At about 1.40am, Highway Patrol officers noticed a Toyota Corolla travelling…
“Reconciliation takes action” – Coast Shelter
Coast Shelter staff joined with clients, community members and representatives of other organisations in a walk from their Mann St office to Leagues Club Park on the Gosford waterfront on…
Quick fix for little feet at Leagues Club Park
Leagues Club Park’s play area has been improved by adding rubber soft-fall around both slides. The new regional park at Gosford opened on February 27 but by the end of…
What happened to the Performing Arts Centre?
Forum – There was much thought, meetings, articles, architects’ impressions, positive and enthusiastic conversation re a possible performing arts centre at Gosford. Well, what happened? It all went away; where…
Democracy activist calls out Administrators
Local democracy activist, Klaas Woldring, has shared his submission to the Public Inquiry into council with Central Coast Newspapers, revealing a scathing analysis into how undemocratic the whole process of…
Local headware manufacturer expands
Local manufacturers, Rigon Headwear, have hired 10 new employees in their 22nd year of business. Expanding their space to five warehouses now in Gosford, co-partners, Tina and Peter Walcott, have…
Family History Society looks to rebuild
A woman searching her family history recently discovered she was distantly related to Malcom Turnbull. She also uncovered several convicts in her family with the first two dating from 1791….
Council invites elderly to run their own centre
Members of Gosford’s 55+ Leisure Centre are mulling over suggestions they take over the running of the centre. Members attended a meeting early in May and were presented with two…
Touring photographic exhibition coming to the Coast
Head On Foundation invited NSW photographers of all genres to submit images that show how they and their communities were affected by the ‘Black Summer’, the subsequent flooding, the pandemic,…
Warriors prevail in tight contest
RUGBY LEAGUE – Gosford: It was another intense affair for the Warriors at Central Coast Stadium against the Wests Tigers, but one that finished in victory, end score 30 –…
New Park&Ride car park for Showground Road
The commuter car park on Showground Road in Gosford will soon become a Park&Ride car park, an NSW government initiative to free up more spaces for public transport customers. The…
Take the NEXT EXIT to live music
Ocean Alley, Spacey Jane, Dear Seattle, Merci Mercy, and the CLEWS will perform at the NEXT EXIT festival at the Entertainment Grounds in Gosford, on May 23. The Central Coast…
Uni campus to anchor new Gosford CBD education precinct
A new university campus is to be established on the old Mitre 10 site in Gosford to form the heart of an Education and Employment Precinct set to be a…
The Weekly News 5@5
Coast Community News 5@5, May 14. Council Administrator Dick Persson wraps up his time in office, Community concerns are raised about the land asset sales, A new university to be built in Gosford, An airshow is announced at Warnervale, Mariners back to 2nd spot on the A-League ladder, SS Maitland brought back to life.
Students to protest funding of fossil fuel projects
Central Coast school students will rally in Kibble Park, Gosford, on Friday, May 21, as part of the largest national school strike since COVID-19 protesting gas and coal projects. Organiser…
Waterfront development potential is largely fictitious
Forum – It’s deja vu all over again. Our Administrator has belatedly discovered the potential of the waterfront (“Possible rezone for Gosford waterfront”, CCN 290) to make Gosford into a…
Fundraiser concert at RSL
A concert fundraiser for flood victims on Oxley Island on the Manning River will be held on Saturday, May 8, at the West Gosford RSL. The fundraiser, May8s, will run…
Trip to hairdresser ends in job offer
When Gosford local, Scott Lampitt, escorted his grandmother for a haircut, he didn’t expect a two-for-one deal – book a haircut, gain an apprenticeship. Already working towards a Certificate II…