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The weekly news 5@5

This is CCN’s weekly news 5@5, November 5, 2021. The Central Coast is once again shaping up as a federal election battle ground, with Federal Environment Minister Susan Ley and…


Youth missing from Kariong

Central Coast: Brisbane Water Police are seeking public assistance to locate a young person who has been missing from a residence in Kariong since October 28. Seventeen-year-old Saxon Beckett was…



Grace Tame to speak at inaugural dinner

The Central Coast Domestic Violence Committee Inc (CCDVC Inc) has announced Australian of the Year, Grace Tame, will be the keynote speaker at the not-for-profit’s inaugural dinner on Saturday, December…


$850,000 funding for new Conservation Ark

Giant Barred Frogs, Manning River Helmeted Turtles and Stuttering Frogs will be the first tenants at Conservation Ark, a new conservation and recovery facility for endangered wildlife which was officially…


New RYSS Centre officially opens

Regional Youth Support Services (RYSS) has officially opened its new centre in Gosford after a 12-month delay. A ceremony to mark the occasion was held on November 3 at the…




Boost for live music at Hardys Bay

Hardys Bay Club has received over $15,000 to boost its live music scene thanks to a new grant under the Federal Government’s Live Music Australia Program. The club, which relies…



Variety of groups given support grants

Council has approved the allocation of $58,371 for the July round of the Community Support Grant Program. The program remains open through the year (or until funds are expended) and…




Conroy represents region at climate meeting

Federal Member for Shortland, Pat Conroy, is in Glasgow this week representing Labor and the Central Coast/Hunter region at the climate change conference, COP26. “Decisions made at this conference will…


Pausing to remember

Services will be held throughout the northern areas of the Central Coast to honour the lives of our servicemen and women next Thursday, November 11, as the region commemorates Remembrance…



Staff unable to watch Council Inquiry

Staff at Central Coast Council have been unable to watch the “not-so” Public Inquiry into the circumstances of its financial crisis. An email from CEO, David Farmer, suggested they were…