CycloX event to take place at Holgate
The Central Coast Cycling Club’s first CycloX event for 2017 will take place at Matcham Valley Pony Club, Holgate, on February 10. The event consists of two laps around a…
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Metal mariachi and progressive folk return to Gosford
The Rhythm Hut, Gosford, will welcome back Mexican metal band, Kallidad, on February 10. After a few festivals in the local area, and a support slot with Tijuana Cartel, Sydney’s…
Galapagos Tortoise enjoys daily sprinkler spray downs
While Sydney endured a heat wave week, Australian Reptile Park’s Galapagos Tortoise, Hugo, is enjoying daily sprinkler spray downs by his favourite keeper, Ms Renee Gomez. Soaking up every drop…
Boy injures himself on seed pod sculpture
An abstract art sculpture has been removed from Gosford’s Kibble Park after a boy was allegedly injured by the sculpture during Australia Day Eve celebrations. The metallic sculpture was shaped…
New 48 unit North Gosford development approved
A new 48 unit residential flat building is set to add to the influx of highly anticipated, condensed multistorey developments sprouting around Gosford City. The development, which is poised to…
State Minister for Planning declares passion for the Central Coast
Mr Anthony Roberts made his first visit to the Central Coast in his new role as State Minister for Planning, on Friday, February 3. Mr Roberts was a guest of…
Fears grow that PAC could lose State funding
As the long awaited Performing Arts Centre for Gosford remains in limbo, fears of $12 million in State Government funding being pulled from the project grow. It has been over…
Merged Central Coast Council is here to stay despite calls for a plebiscite
The amalgamation of Gosford and Wyong Councils will stay in place, according to NSW Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald. Ms MacDonald was responding to calls from…
Future of the Regional Library to be presented to February Council meeting
The long-promised regional library for Gosford has been delayed again, putting at risk a $7 million Community Development Grant, and begging questions about the status of around $8.1 million raised…
Failure of Coastal Panel to respond to rock wall application deemed as a refusal
The Land and Environment Court case to determine whether or not six residents at Wamberal can build a rock wall to protect their properties from erosion may be resolved by…
NSW Fair Trading and Tenancy Tribunal abandon Gosford offices
Not only has NSW Fair Trading closed the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) hearing rooms in Gosford, but it has also abandoned almost all the office equipment. State Member…
Mariners seek to transform stadium into a world-class entertainment hub
As Coach Paul Okon works hard to lift the Central Coast Mariners towards their former League-winning status on the field, the local national A-League franchise has called on the Central…
Bold new waterfront plan has all the answers
Gosford based architects , ADG, has bravely taken a blank canvass and come up with their own brand new proposal for the Gosford waterfront. ADG’s principal, Mr Anthony Kelly, said…
“Lucy’s Lane” is a gazetted public road
Mr Gavin Edgar, the Doma Group’s General Manager of Development, has rebutted some of the claims made by NSW Senator, Ms Deborah O’Neill, regarding ATO site in Baker St, Gosford,…
Politicians urge council to make a decision on performing arts centre
Local Federal and State politicians, of all stripes, are now saying, unequivocally, that it is time for the Central Coast Council to deliver a regional performing arts centre for the…
Fourteen year dispute over the Avoca Beach Picture Theatre
Beth and Norman Hunter, the owners of the Avoca Beach Picture Theatre, look set to take their fight to redevelop the theatre to the Land and Environment Court in February…
Council sets extremely high bar for DAs
Fifty objections will be the new minimum requirement for a development application to be automatically referred to a meeting of the Central Coast Council for determination. The new Council had…
The race to save the Gosford Waterfront precinct from ATO development
GWA barrister, Matthew Fraser, resplendent in black silk suited to Melbourne Cup Day, took up all of day one in the court challenge in the NSW Land and Environment Court….
Proposals for development of remainder of former school site currently being assessed
Property NSW, the arm of the Department of Finance charged with the sale of the former Gosford Public School site, is still looking for partners to complete the development of…
Waterfront Alliance updates community on its campaign
The Gosford Waterfront Alliance (GWA) held a public meeting to update the community on its campaign to relocate the ATO and State Finance developments from the waterfront to other sites…