Community group extremely disappointed over Council’s court loss
Well, it looks like we’ve lost our cosy, homely little movie theatre at Avoca Beach. It’s heading off in a new direction, soon to boast four screens, a café, a…
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Don’t re-elect Gosford councillors
The long promised and awaited regional library for Gosford still has not progressed passed the draft concept or design stage. This just shows why we need to put a broom…
School funding cut claims denied
It was obvious in the last Coast Community News that while much of the publication highlighted positive local news and achievements, Labor was too busy peddling its latest scare campaign….
Vision for new Council unlikely to be met
Mr David Abrahams’ letter on the upcoming Council election (“Future councillor’s role will be more demanding than ever”, Coast Community News, 27/1/17) is a vision of perfection that is likely…
Kathy Smith has left her mark
I attended a Cancer Council Consumer Advocacy Training Workshop at Erina in November 2006. Among the participants was a lady named Kathy Smith, and during the workshop, Kathy spoke about…
Walk to the station is extremely difficult
After the welcome showers, it is now extremely difficult to walk to the railway station between Matthew Pde and Collard Rd, on Brisbane Water Drive, Point Clare. As one side…
Irresponsible people not fined
We want to see more articles on the Build The Wall at Wamberal. Trump will do it. Also a story on irresponsible people letting their dogs have a dump on…
Regional Library has funding shortfall
Has the Gosford Regional Library ever been anything more than just another cynical thought bubble by a blundering Gosford Council? Put aside for a moment the question of whether emerging…
Secrecy is still Council’s first response
The murky dealings over the Warnervale airport show that, elected Council or administrator, the first response of our “representatives” in any situation is to keep as much as possible secret…
New traffic management and sea level rise plan needed for the entire CBD
The initial Central Coast Regional Development Corporation-commissioned (CCRDC) traffic study for the Gosford waterfront development, commissioned Cardno to report on traffic projections involved, assuming nil growth outside the area. Not…
Labor too busy peddling its latest scare campaign
It was obvious in the last Coast Community News that while much of the publication highlighted positive local news and achievements, Labor was too busy peddling its latest scare campaign….
Unique environment not being maintained at Point Frederick
I note with interest that Gosford Council is committed to maintaining our unique environment (Central Coast Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, in Coast Matters, January). Nice words, but difficult to…
Development decisions need to include preservation of the environment
The Koolewong and Point Clare-Tascott Progress Association hopes that the decisions made by the Central Coast Council on behalf of the residents and ratepayers of Gosford West Ward have undertaken…
Get rid of the jet skis
Cronulla? No, it was Boxing Day on the little beaches at the groyne near Half Tide Rocks off Ettalong Beach. The scene unfolded over several hours as more and more…
Baird’s legacy some serious concerns
I am among many voters in NSW who vote according to the issues, rather than based on political ideology or party allegiance. Whilst I am generally supportive of many initiatives…
Cities should be liveable
It seems that developers and the Local Government Authorities want to turn Gosford into an arid high-rise windswept environment which none would want to visit. At least at Erina and…
NRL Stadium booking detrimental to Mariners’ home game
My understanding is that Council have let the Stadium out to the National Rugby League for a trial match on Saturday, February 18. This is totally irresponsible as the prime…
RMS not doing enough
I have found that the RMS is guilty in not assisting to prevent accidents over the past 50 years in the Koolewong, Tascott and Point Clare area. I have made…
Future councillor’s role will be more demanding than ever
It’s less than nine months before the voters of the Central Coast go to a council election. Arguably this will be the most important election in the region’s history. The…
Grandiose announcement not matched by reality
Central Coast Council and Premier Baird, in conjunction with Amphibian Aerospace International (AAI), announced a $100m, 240 job, 18,000sqm aircraft factory on a Warnervale Airport in September 2016. AAI has…