The Great Wall of Ettalong
A 3-metre high timber wall has been constructed in front of a popular set of shops in The Rocks Arcade at Ettalong Beach, leaving local businesses and community members scratching…
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Paula Hardwick is Central Coast 2021 Citizen of the Year
Meals on Wheels volunteer Paula Hardwick was named Central Coast Citizen of the Year at Council’s Australia Day awards ceremony on January 20. A volunteer with the organisation for the…
$250 seniors’ travel card offer reopens
Central Coast seniors are reminded that applications are once more open for the NSW Government’s $250 Regional Seniors Travel Card, which was introduced last year. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central…
Weekly News 5@5
Hi I am Jacinta and this is Coast Community News 5@5 January 22 thanks for tuning in. Coming up; Acting Council CEO Ric Hart speaks out Council crisis, the Coastal Twist…
Timor-Leste Consul-General visits Gosford
The relationship between Australia and the people of Timor-Leste was reinforced when the country’s Consul-General in Sydney paid a visit to Gosford Anglican Church on January 13. Consul—General Luciano Valentim…
Financial recovery process begins
In an exclusive interview with Central Coast Newspapers, Central Coast Council Acting CEO, Rik Hart, elaborated on the current state of Council’s financial recovery measures, moves to cut staff numbers…
Ratepayer anger over prospective rate rise
Central Coast Council is facing the brunt of ratepayer anger over its plans to institute either a 10 per cent or 15 per cent rate rise from next year. A…
Funding Rush
Local sculptor, Pete Rush, has been awarded a funded residency deal by Central Coast Council to continue creating sculptures on Central Coast beaches. His many works of art, erected during…
Council auditors to change emphasis
Central Coast Council is working on more than 270 unaddressed recommendations and management actions arising from reviews by the NSW Audit Office; external consultant reviews and Council’s own internal auditor…
Billion dollar battery for Eraring Power Station
Origin Energy is moving ahead with plans to install a battery, the biggest of its type in Australia, at its Eraring coal-fired power station, on the shores of Lake Macquarie….
Claims made that Vales Point allowed to pollute at double NSW legal levels
A new local environmental group, Future Sooner, and the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, have stepped up their community awareness campaign about the health risks of toxic emissions from the…
Upgraded intersection likely to cause more accidents
A Berkeley Vale resident is concerned that new traffic flow conditions at the Lakedge Ave and Gregory St intersection will cause more accidents. Stephen Towers says that already people are…
EPA defends its recent track record
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has hit back at claims by member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, that it has let down the Central Coast with a drastic reduction in…
Meet Kath and Kim, the cheeky emu chicks
Two new emu chicks arrived at the Australian Reptile Park just in time for the new year and have been christened Kath and Kim after iconic characters created by Jane…
Weekly News 5@5
WEEKLY NEWS WRAP: The ‘must know’ stories from around the Central Coast: Masks are still compulsory in all indoor venues, a rate rise has raised consternation, the Administrator looks set…
Bluebottles arrive en masse
A smack of bluebottle jellyfish has hit Central Coast beaches over the past week, causing major inconvenience for beachgoers. On Saturday, January 9, many beaches became covered with the small…
Fire at Woy Woy tip, report
It took firefighters two hours to contain a fire which broke out at Woy Woy Waste Management Facility on January 10. A Central Coast spokesperson said staff observed a stockpile…
‘The last thing we need’ – Peninsula Chamber
Peninsula Chamber of Commerce says a rate rise is “the last thing” the Coast needs, as Central Coast Council invites residents to have their say on a proposed rise of…
CEO $380,000 termination payment explained
Central Coast Administrator, Dick Persson, has issued a statement to explain his decision to make a $380,000 termination payment to former Chief Executive Officer, Gary Murphy. “Ratepayers’ anger about my…
45 firefighters needed to extinguish Buttonderry blaze
It took all night on Sunday, January 10, for 45 firefighters and more than a dozen brigades to bring a blaze under control at Buttonderry Waste Management Facility on Hue…