Similar (philosophy) but different
[Forum]After reading both Mary Notman’s recent letters (editions 232 and 231) and The Woy Woy Philosophers Society, (my favourite column) I am convinced that they are penned by the same…
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Price gouging needs to be controlled
We should be aiming for solidarity and consistency
Advertising claims questioned
Forget your own egos and politics and solve the problem
When the Peninsula relied on bore water
Funding eligibility claims refuted by Auditor-General
Donation rejection applauded
Heavy rain highlights more road improvement projects
Police investigate assault at The Entrance
[FORUM] Police are appealing for public assistance as they continue to investigate an assault at The Entrance. At about 5:45pm on Wednesday, March 11, a 43-year-old man was walking along…
Offers to share toilet paper
[Forum] Today (Friday, March 13), I was shopping in my local supermarket at Umina and stopped to talk with a friend. We had both walked past an empty toilet paper…
Council should do what is necessary for a permanent solution
[Forum] Dave Horsfall misrepresents my letter on roundabouts (Coast Community News edition 233). I never said that roundabouts were “dangerous”, an emotive word that means only what the writer wants…
NSW verification requirements have increased
[Forum] This is a brief but confusing look at the muddled verification requirements for Service NSW. I recently attempted to update my Working With Children Check (WWCC) authority with Services…
All council toilets should have hand cleaners
[Forum] It’s time for Central Coast Council to provide soap and/or hand sanitiser and towels and/or hand dryers in each and every public toilet. This would help every one of…
Times have definitely changed
[Forum] The Member for Robertson’s full-page advertisement in edition 489 is a major turnaround from her election campaign in May 2019. A short list of probable reasons for this change…
Everyone is entitled to solar access
[Forum] Eunice Warden (edition 489) raises valid concerns about the approved Pacific Link development at Ocean Beach Rd and Waratah Ave Woy Woy. Everyone, social housing tenant or otherwise, is…
Heywire presenters are more deserving of awards
[FORUM]May I once again raise these relevant and important issues which deeply concern me. I’m sure there are many others who, like me, would appreciate some believable answers. After viewing…
We live on a fragile Cinderella Planet
Global Warming is real and getting worse. Scientists predicted it over a century ago. We have known that burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, a “greenhouse gas” which controls the…
Training not required to use a defibrillator
[FORUM] I write in regard to an article that appeared in Coast Community News edition 233 about a defibrillator being installed at Davistown Progress Hall. In the article it says…
Funding eligibility claims refuted by Auditor-General
[FORUM] It takes some chutzpah for Lucy Wicks to reiterate Scott Morrison’s lie, that every project funded by the CSI program was eligible for funding (edition 183), when the Auditor-General…