Writers’ group invites entries in Haiku competition
The Central Coast Independent Writers Group wants the community to get creative in isolation by writing a Haiku for their Capturing a Moment Writing Competition. This competition is the second…
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Mobile library timetable to include Memorial Park
A new service called the BookMobile has commenced to provide a mobile library following the closure of The Entrance Library, The Bookmobile will soon be operating on a new timetable…
Toxic legacy needs a population rethink
Forum – Residents from the northern end of the Coast have had rates redirected to the southern suburbs for infrastructure and then been classified as the lower socio-economic region. This…
Community needs to stay informed to understand what they are voting for
A Constitutional Referendum will be held on September 4 to determine the future number of Central Coast councillors. The referendum will ask Coast voters to determine the question: Do you…
Used mobile phones wanted to donate to homeless people
The Rotary Club at The Entrance has partnered with Central Coast Primary Care to collect used mobile phones to donate to homeless people in the area. This will enable people…
Free classes on line
With school holidays heavily disrupted by the latest COVID-19 lockdown, one Coast business is offering its services digitally for free to give everyone something to do while being trapped at…
NSW Telco’s Public Safety Network expands
New Public Safety Network (PSN) radio sites at The Entrance and Wadalba are a major boost in operational and mission critical communications coverage for emergency services. The new radio infrastructure…
Valé Spencer Vale
Life Member and long serving President of The Entrance Camera Club, Spencer Vinrace Vale, has been remembered. Vale died on June 3, three months shy of his 97th Birthday. He…
Five-storey residential flat building proposed
Plans for a five-storey residential flat building at 16 Bayview Ave, The Entrance, are now open for public comment. There will be 13 units on the vacant 800sqm block, comprising…
Unauthorised Pelican marking needs to be stopped
Pelicans across the Central Coast, from The Entrance to Woy Woy, are appearing with red patches from an unknown cause. Cathy Gilmore from Australian Seabird Rescue Central Coast has some…
Refugee Week exhibitions
A new exhibition called Home has opened at the Art Container in Memorial Park at The Entrance. The collaborative project marks Refugee Week which was June 20 to 26 and…
Trinity Dawson is achieving many things well beyond her years
Trinity Dawson may only be 14, but that is not stopping her from achieving things well beyond her years. The Entrance local is not only making a name for herself…
Medal of the Order of Australia for Brian Gee for his contribution to sport
Brian Gee joined The Entrance Surf Life Saving Club in 1948, when he was 16, and since then he’s been involved in almost every role in club operations and, not…
Proposed six-storey 47 unit development on public exhibition
A proposed six-storey unit development at The Entrance, which was first approved in 2006, is now on public exhibition with a series of changes to the plans. If approved, the…
$22.5M to be spent on a four-kilometre length of Wilfred Barrett Dr
Major road work has started on a four-kilometre length of Wilfred Barrett Dr, a key connector road from The Entrance to Noraville and northern suburbs, which carries about 17,000 vehicles…
Going, going, gone, Commonwealth Bank deserts The Entrance
After more than a year of uncertainty for the community, the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) at The Entrance has permanently closed. The windows have been covered, the building re-painted black, the…
Maintain book budget
Forum – I was shocked to see in Central Coast Council’s operational plan and budget currently on exhibition, that Council propose to not only close The Entrance branch library and…
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,…
The Entrance man charged with 17 offences
A man has been charged with several drug and firearm offences after weapons and cash were found in a home at The Entrance on May 6. Shortly before 10am, officers…
The Entrance community reacts to Library closure
The Entrance Library appears set to be an early casualty of Central Coast Council’s spending cuts and the community is not happy. A “Save The Entrance Library” petition organised by…