Community groups lend a helping hand
As the lockdown continues on the Central Coast – our local heroes are busy helping the community’s most vulnerable. Every Wednesday evening – volunteers from Coast Hands are providing free…
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Local bus and train routes compromised by COVID case
UPDATE: A confirmed COVID case from Sydney visited the Central Coast during their infectious period last Friday. Central Coast Local Health District is now advising the community of the public…
Strategy will tackle dog attacks
Members of a Central Coast Council committee believe more dog attacks happen on the Coast than are reported to Council. “Council is often blamed for dog attacks, and there is…
Intersection design coming in March 2022
The upgrade of the roundabout at the intersection of Ocean Beach Road and Rawson Road, Woy Woy is a step closer according to Central Coast Council. In a statement responding…
GUST aims to keep growing as part of Peninsula Environment Group
Local community environment organisation, Grow Urban Shade Trees (GUST), has joined forces with the Peninsula Environment Group (PEG) to help focus on sustainable living on the Peninsula. Having worked with…
Greening strategy may take 30 years to work
The Woy Woy Peninsula takes centre stage in the Central Coast Council’s Greener Places Strategy, adopted by Administrator Rik Hart on Tuesday, July 27. The strategy aims to address the…
NSW Government takes responsibility for channel dredging
Ettalong Channel is set to benefit from a $6.2 million dredging program to be carried out by the NSW Government. This week’s announcement has finally put to bed the dispute…
Inquiry moves ahead but referendum stalls
A public hearing to be held as part of the Inquiry into Central Coast Council may be held at the end of September but the referendum on the number of…
Future of Austin Butler trees still in community hands says Hart
A recommendation to reclassify Lot 1, 9 Austin Butler Acc, Woy Woy, as a precursor to its sale, was adopted by Administrator Rik Hart on July 27 even though he…
Federal Government ignores universal calls for JobKeeper to return
Calls for the Federal Government to reintroduce JobKeeper have received bipartisan support on the Coast as many small business owners and workers struggle to make ends meet during the COVID…
Now is the time to support one another
Shadow Minister for Central Coast and Wyong MP, David Harris, is calling on the community to support each other, not turn on each other, and follow the COVID rules so…
Rent relief available from a new support package
Both renters and landlords impacted by COVID-19 are receiving some relief from a new support package announced by the NSW Government to help them through the current lockdown. If you…
Sites in seven suburbs exposed to COVID threat
Thousands of people have been flocking to Covid testing centres this week, with waiting times of up to six hours in long queues, following a fifth confirmed COVID-19 case in…
Community saves 19 properties from Council sell off
A revised list of tranche three land sales by Central Coast Council was made public in the lead up to last night’s (July 27) Council meeting where it was expected…
Council compliments grow but complaints grow too
Central Coast Council received almost the same number of compliments as complaints in the first three months of this year – from January 1 to March 31 – quarter three…
Coast Hands reaching out to many as lockdown drags on
Volunteers from Coast Hands are helping those in need, providing meals and grocery hampers to homeless and financially struggling Coasties during lockdown. Since July 2020, the team, comprising of 68…
Lockdown will end when it is safe to do so
About 150 Central Coast people, some from Long Jetty, joined thousands of others in Sydney for a “freedom” rally protesting Covid restrictions – but it has had exactly the opposite…
Central Coast lockdown to continue
Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, announced today, Tuesday, July 27 that the Central Coast lockdown could not be ended due to the current cases stemming from a construction…
54 laptops for Coast schools
Schools on the Central Coast will receive a total of 54 laptops and each school will be provided with a pack of masks, gloves, wipes, hand sanitiser and hand soap…
COVID angst hits the Coast
VIDEO REPORT: The Central Coast is on tenterhooks – after five locals tested positive to COVID-19 over the weekend. 19 locations across the region have been identified as exposure sites….