Arts, culture and community are truly beyond politics
Some are trying to make the Gosford Performing Arts Centre, cultural heart and ATO placement a political issue. However, arts, culture and community are truly beyond politics. People of all…
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Failure to collect garbage causes issues
On Thursday, October 15 the yellow bins failed to be picked up from Glennie St, North Gosford/Wyoming, in the morning. I do not know whether other streets suffered the same…
Proposed misuse of crown land is unlawful
When the 600 people are eventually identified for forced relocation from Canberra, they will do exactly what WorkCover did: start applying for Canberra jobs to return to their homes and…
Council was wrong not JRPP
If Gosford Council wants high rise across the CBD, it should have initiated a Gateway process to increase height limits before even offering 30 per cent incentives. The proposed towers…
Why does our high rise need to be higher than Berlin’s?
I read the articles about the Gosford Waterside project with great consternation (Coast Community News, 23 Sep p1to 3). The desire of Gosford Council to build three high rise towers…
Our City, Our Destiny out of our control
Treasurer Scott Morrison’s announcement that the ATO’s 600 staff would be located on the former school site near the waterfront shows remarkable change over a five-year period. The site was…
Attack on Council was cynical
Labor Senator Deborah O’Neill (29 July 2015) attacked Gosford Council’s decision to give its CEO, Mr Paul Anderson the power to sell the Kibbleplex site. Let’s hope Ms O’Neill and…
CBD improvements encouraging but need tweaking
On reading the new plans to improve Gosford, I now hope to extend my life span. How wonderful to have our town centre easily reached by public transport. Also a…
Football codes should maintain traditions
I wish to make an observation about the codes of football in Australia. Australian Rules are a version of Gaelic Football played in Ireland and Scotland. Rugby League is only…
Where should CBD expansion end?
Are residents fully aware of the impact that approved/planned developments will have on our community? The Gosford CBD zone, expanded with minimal community consultation, enables high-rise developments in residential areas…
Old Sydney Town on Gosford waterfront recommended
To revive the waterfront at Gosford, you need to provide some reason for people to visit there. It needs some sort of tourist attraction which will attract the crowds and…
That Julie Goodwin can cook
I had lunch at the Community Kitchen on Saturday, and who was there but our very own Julie Goodwin? That stir-fry she served up was probably one of the best…
Why cart waste up the mountain?
Over the past 10 years, great convoys of trucks have been arriving on the Mountain for weeks with loads to dump. At the present, we have another truck plague. The…
Bus drivers know everything
When chatting to a bus driver on Route 40 (always a great source of knowledge, like taxi drivers), I learned that in all the years of him driving that route,…
Seal level rise concerns over Marina Cove
Will the re-designed Marina Cove development stop a good storm surge; maybe if it is the same as in April, but sea level rises are certainly not predictable, and the…
Frost Reserve in appalling condition
I was interested in the two articles in Coast Community News on August 12, based on media releases from Gosford Council regarding sports ground improvements. I am a resident of…
MAC supports FOPAP
The Multi Art Confederation would like to add its name to supporters of the building of the Performing Arts Space on the site of the old Gosford Public School. It…
Club members barred for attending rally
My wife and I took part in the peaceful rally outside the Central Coast Leagues Club on Thursday July 2 that coincided with Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s visit. Following the…
Selling Kibbleplex is foolhardy
Public private partnerships place revenue streams in the hands of the private sector Selling Kibbleplex and trying to rent space for cultural and civic infrastructure will ultimately meet the same…
Kibbleplex should be retained
Your leader, ‘Kibbleplex level two is likely to become a car park (15 July, 2015)’, confirms that this community asset was acquired by Council in 2011 for such use and…