Land use planning to become the major issue
Planning? The sale of wetlands at Davistown is another land use planning debacle similar to the sale of land at Bambara Rd, Kariong, surrounded by National Park, subject to extreme…
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Happy with NBN
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person here who has no complaints about the NBN. Then again, living in a block of units means we get “fibre to the…
Underpass is only sensible and effective solution
It is with alarm that I read that the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce takes its usual big infrastructure approach in suggesting the solution to this problem would be to build…
Brisbane Water Dr option is constrained
Matthew Wales is absolutely right that we need to look at new options, in lieu of the illfated Bulls Hill underpass, to improve future traffic access to the Peninsula (Look…
We live here for a different way of life
So, the Central Coast Council has decided to rip up the timber wharf at Pretty Beach and install a new plastic replacement. This follows a similar desecration to the wharf…
Aren’t we all equal in the eyes of the law?
Overrated TV cash-for-comment media types squabble over pay rates in the millions of dollars between the sexes. The Fair Work Commission and the Federal Court, who earn mega dollars per…
Alliance praises article
I thought you would be interested in a letter that I received today from the head office of the Cerebral Palsy Alliance in Sydney. They praised a story in the…
Chronicle appreciated
I’ve been reading the Chronicle for some years now and your newspaper informs the community in a way that no other local newspaper does. It is an honest, deep and…
Mine will be a pollution in the middle of the northern suburban expansion
I understand that the Korean-owned controversial Wallarah 2 coal mine is yet again in the local news at its ‘determination phase’, with a local NSW Planning and Assessment Commission hearing…
Glenning Valley development will be a tragic legacy
I was fortunate the other day to have the opportunity to read Kylie Boyle’s submission on behalf of Say No to Glenning Valley Development Group. Kylie, and the residents who…
Involving the Government Architect is a fantasy fulfilment
Kevin Armstrong might well be surprised at the latest turn of events in the Gosford CBD saga (Government Architect to develop a framework for Gosford revitalisation, Coast Community News, October…
State Government should buy precious Davistown wetland
Forty seven hectares of precious Davistown wetland, consolidating eight separate sites, is up for sale on October 24. The land has been euphemistically titled ‘Tidal Shoals’. At a huge public…
Many have moved here to escape congestion
The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce called for the introduction of high density zoning on the Peninsula and a comprehensive review of planning guidelines to assist with the 70,000 expected more…
Law says waterways responsibility is with Minister
I’m becoming a little tired of misleading public statements about the maintenance of the navigation channel for Brisbane Water. Responsibility for waterways safety is clearly a responsibility of the Minister…
Beach erosion solution provided
I read the article on the problems the six residents on Wamberal beach are going through. We are Australian Coastal Walls and have a system especially designed to combat beach…
Budgewoi cyclists taking their life in their own hands
This is an open letter to the Budgewoi and surrounds cycling community. For the love of God, please stop cycling across Budgewoi Bridge and up Scenic Dve into the western…
Innocent party still needs to defend himself in vehicle accidents
Something needs to be done about multiple vehicle accidents where one party is clearly in the wrong, but the insurance companies have been placing the innocent party’s contributions on a…
Mayoral election a master stroke of manipulation
On September 25, in there were great gasps and groans from the community when Clr Jane Smith had the casting vote for Clr Chris Holstein to be Deputy Mayor. This…
Mangrove Mountain Golf Club CEO updates members
Editor’s note: Mr Paul Alexander, CEO of Mangrove Mountain Memorial Club and Golf Course, contacted Central Coast Newspapers as we had published extracts from a letter he recently sent to…
Election coverage appreciated
I have been meaning to get in touch with your Editorial team, great work on the Central Coast local election. You were an oasis in a desert. Like many people,…