No apparent benefits
Where’s our plebiscite Gladys? We at Mannering Park Progress would like to express our dismay at the latest ad hoc council amalgamation farce that now confronts this State. Wyong Council…
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Airport does not serve community
Central Coast Council’s secret Warnervale Airport Development Opportunities Feasibility Study asked “whether the current land use best serves the community as is, or should such a valuable asset be limited…
Still time to save Kangy Angy
It is not too late to change the Kangy Angy Train maintenance site to a different location. Since the changes in the Wyong (now Central Coast) Council, the Warnervale site…
“World class” proposal needs the release of more details
In the latest “world-class” billion dollar waterfront proposal announced for Gosford and surrounding areas including Point Clare and Ettalong, which Central Coast Council Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, released this month,…
Delays in finalising Council accounts raises red flags
After reading the disturbing article, “Accurate Finalisation of Gosford Accounts Crucial” in Coast Community News, it beggars belief that the communities of the former Gosford Council area could think that…
The great unwashed dubious about waterfront proposal
I refer to the Billion Dollar Waterfront Proposal, (Coast Community News, February 23) when I say that the Lazarus-like, ill-fated Landing scheme, has been resurrected from its well-deserved grave and…
Harris accused of backflip over Government offices
Former Prime Minister, Mr Paul Keating, said of one of his many adversaries “he has more front than Mark Foys”. On that criteria, Labor’s spokesperson for the Central Coast, Mr…
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…
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…