Volunteer of the Year explains why she does it
Ms Gaynor Hobart, of Watanobbi , was the winner of the Adult and overall Volunteer of the Year, Central Coast, at the Central Coast Volunteer of the Year Awards, held…
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Public art installation vandalised
The public art installation that was set to call the Central Coast home on September 30, was vandalised before it was even opened to the public. The internationally recognised interactive…
Mariners seek to manage Central Coast Stadium
The Central Coast Stadium could be the first stadium owned by an A-League Club after the Central Coast Mariners approached Central Coast Council about purchasing the site or entering into…
Community campaign results in land sale strategy being abandoned
A 12 month community campaign has won its battle to stop the reclassification and potential sale of 25 community reserves and parks across the city of Gosford. Mr Ian Reynolds,…
NSW Pro Surf Series event to return to Avoca Beach
Top class surfing is set to return to Avoca Beach in 2017 following the success of the Komunity Project Central Coast Pro earlier this year. Minister for Sport, Mr Stuart…
Love and colour added to Gosford CBD
The Gosford Business Improvement District (GBID) will be installing a host of wheelbarrows filled with brightly coloured flowers throughout the CBD to celebrate Spring. GBID has worked hand in hand…
Royal Commission report into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released a report entitled ‘Case Study 21 the response of the Satyananda Yoga Ashram at Mangrove Mountain to allegations of…
Crown Land leasing and sale under scrutiny
As concerns about the future of the Central Coast’s community land and Crown Land continue, NSW Shadow Minister for Local Business, Mr Peter Primrose, has said he could not attend…
Wicks sees ‘Open Letter’ from a different perspective
A speech in Federal Parliament about the future of Gosford and the need for local jobs has been used by the Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, to respond to…
Government refuses access to documents relating to delayed council elections
NSW Shadow Minister for Local Government, Mr Peter Primrose, said he will continue to campaign for the Central Coast to have an elected council earlier than September 2017. “When the…
10km pollution trail was insufficient evidence to prosecute
The NSW Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) recent decision not to prosecute the operator of the Mangrove Mountain Landfill for an “uncontrolled discharge” into the Ourimbah Creek system in July 2015…
Gosford’s battlefield
Claims and counter claims in the Land and Environment Court, the JRPP’s decision to defer a ruling on the NSW Finance building, and the growing perception that the Central Coast…
‘Mad for Mozart’ concert at Avoca
One of Australian Opera’s leading and most dynamic baritones, Andrew Jones, will perform one of Mozart’s most iconic pieces at the Avoca Beach Picture Theatre on October 14. Jones will…
Crouch stands by greyhound racing ban
Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, said the decision to vote against legislation to ban greyhound racing in NSW by Member for Wyong, Mr David Harris and Member for The…
Department of Finance Services building to go before JRPP
The Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) will meet to consider a Government Property NSW application to build a second mixed use commercial development on the former Gosford Public School site….
RMS to review 40km school zone at Point Clare
NSW Roads and Maritime Services have informed Point Clare residents that they are reviewing the appropriateness of installing a 40km per hour school zone along Brisbane Water Dve to cover…
JRPP approves Nth Gosford hospital expansion
The Central Coast Joint Regional Planning Panel has approved a Section 96 modification to provide an additional medical floor above a previously-approved 20-bed orthopaedic ward at the North Gosford Private…
Save Central Coast Reserves members meet with Reynolds and Noble
Several members of Save Central Coast Reserves attended the Central Coast Council’s community engagement session at Wyoming Shopping on Thursday, August 25. Save Central Coast Reserves has now been campaigning…
Key Council Group Leader Ms Jaeger resigns
Council’s Group Leader of Customer and Community Relationships resigns. Central Coast Council’s Group Leader of Customer and Community Relationships, Ms Judy Jaeger, is leaving Council after almost forty years of…
Senator slams liberals over ICAC report
Central Coast based NSW Senator, Ms Deborah O’Neill, said the “Operation Spicer” report released by ICAC yesterday exposed a grim underbelly of arrogantly out of touch Liberal politicians. Sen O’Neill…