Jayden delivers TEDx talk on student wellbeing
18-year-old founder of UrVoice Australia, Wadalba’s Jayden Delbridge, will deliver his first TEDx talk on Saturday, August 19, at TEDx Croydon Youth. The talk, entitled How Schools can Contribute to…
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Lighthouse reserve is back in business
Norah Head Lighthouse Reserve is ready to welcome visitors from all parts of the country following the completion of more than $400,000 in upgrades. One of the Central Coast’s most…
Ettalong channel to be dredged at last
Ettalong Channel is set to be dredged by the end of August. Sand build-up in the channel has seen Palm Beach Ferries services diverted from Ettalong and Wagstaffe to Patonga…
Residents say neglected watercourse a health hazard
Terrigal residents have been fighting to secure regular maintenance of a watercourse running beside a public reserve which they say is a health hazard for more than two decades. Neil…
Love of football unifies the region
EDITORIAL: The Central Coast is currently in the grip of football fever, thanks to the FIFA Women’s World Cup and excitement over the Mariners’ coming season, with soccer taking hold…
Fight continues to ban logging
Camp Ourimbah will hold two community events each week indefinitely as it continues its fight to end Forestry Corporation’s logging operations in the Ourimbah State Forest. The group holds a…
Matcham-Holgate RFS celebrates 65 years
Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch has celebrated the success of Matcham Holgate RFS’s 65th anniversary as an important milestone for the brigade. Started in the 1950s by a collective of…
Add your voice to arts and culture policy
Central Coast artists and practitioners of other creative industries are being called upon to have their say and shape the state’s first-ever Arts, Culture and Creative Industries policy. Creative industry…
Gosford wharf reopens
Gosford Public Wharf has been re-opened following the completion of maintenance and safety works. The wharf has been closed to the public and for mooring of vessels to enable the…
Homelessness exhibition at The Entrance
Coast & Country Primary Care has joined with Central Coast Council to present an open exhibition in a shipping container at The Entrance offering a captivating walkthrough soundscape sharing the…
Coast families doing it tough says new report
Almost half of financially disadvantaged households on the Central Coast were unable to pay their utility bills on time in the past 12 months, according to new research. NSW Council…
Seawall e-petition goes live
An official e-petition to stop the proposed Wamberal Beach seawall has gone live. Terrigal resident Abigail Boyd MLC has followed the seawall issue for years, raising concerns about end effects…
Man charged following police pursuit
A man has been charged following an investigation into a pursuit on the Central Coast on Tuesday, August 8. About 8.30am police from Central Coast Traffic and Highway Patrol attempted…
Pelican rescue a costly exercise
Wendy Gillespie of Pelican Rescue and Research recently rescued an adult male pelican which had been fully incapacitated by fishing entanglement during the recent school holidays. He was spotted on…
Gambling signs come down at the Bayview
External gambling related signage is being stripped from venues across the Central Coast and the state, fulfilling the NSW Government’s election commitment to ban all external gambling signage by September…
New petition to oppose Wamberal seawall
The Wamberal Beach Save Our Sand (SOS) group has secured upper house support in NSW Parliament for a new petition opposing a proposed seawall at the beach. Abigail Boyd MLC…
Livestream to educate young drivers
Australia’s largest educational road safety event targeting young drivers is set to recreate a car crash in real time on a livestream to educate teens on what to do if…
What can be done with all that coal ash?
The Coal-ash Community Alliance has teamed up with Wilco Envirotech and Chantelle Baistow, a PhD candidate from UNSW, to bring together community members to envisage what Lake Macquarie could look…
It’s time to end homelessness says Vinnies boss
With more than half of the Central Coast’s population experiencing housing stress, the St Vincent de Paul Society is pushing for the provision of more social housing and affordable housing…
Palm Grove dog breeding facility to close
An application for continued operations at a dog breeding facility at Palm Grove has been refused by the Local Planning Panel following a huge community campaign. The development, on Ourimbah…