Two fire stations at risk of service cuts
The Fire Brigade Employees Union (FBEU) is calling on community support to save Budgewoi and Wyong Fire and Rescue NSW stations being taken temporarily offline during periods when they are…
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Exposure site listings spread across the region
Tuesday, Sept 14, 2021: Thirteen new potential exposure sites have been released by Central Coast Local Health District along with confirmation that nine new COVID-19 cases have been detected in…
Residents want lower water rates as Council goes for increase
Keeping the cost of water rates low was the number one concern of residents in a survey conducted for Central Coast Council earlier this year. The concern showed up in…
Young workers feel left out
Less than 50 per cent of residents have received both doses of their COVID vaccine as we approach Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s September 13 promise of more freedoms for the fully…
Raising of the flags this weekend
The iconic red and yellow flags will be flying high from September 18, signifying the start of a new Surf Lifesaving Season. The 15 SLSC’s on the Coast have been…
Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia accuses Liberal and Labor of colluding on registration rules
The Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia has been working towards becoming a registered political party for over a year, with Traditional Custodian Tracey Howie set to contest the next Federal Election…
Case numbers jump over the weekend
Monday Sep 13, 2021: A total of 49 local residents have tested positive to COVID-19 over the weekend in the 48 hours to 8pm Sunday night. A fresh list of…
Looking after koala joey in lockdown a family affair
When your Dad is the Director of the Australian Reptile Park, what better to occupy you during lockdown than helping care for an at-risk koala joey? Billy and Matty Faulkner…
Move to protect threatened species in national parks
Brisbane Water National Park is one of 110 across the state which will contain sites declared Assets of Intergenerational Significance (AIS) in a move to protect some of the country’s…
Narara Ecovillage applies to IPART to vary water and sewer licence
Narara Ecovillage Co-operative Ltd (NEV) has applied to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) to change its approach to managing its community’s sewage, drinking water and recycled water needs….
Lack of Pfizer on the Coast to impact students and the elderly
While AstraZeneca appointments are freely available, booking a Pfizer jab on the Central Coast is still almost impossible, despite assurances from Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, that more vaccines are…
Independent living residents at Presbyterian Aged Care to stay put
Independent residents at Presbyterian Aged Care at East Gosford are breathing a sigh of relief with the announcement on September 3 that they will remain in their homes following sale…
Twenty cases were in the community while infectious
Saturday Sep 11, 2021: 27 local residents have tested positive to COVID-19 to 8pm Friday night. 15 new potential exposure sites have been announced by Central Coast Local Health District….
Weekly News 5@5
September 10, 2021: The virus, vaccine shortages and lockdown dominates the news, though news of council’s changes under administrator Rik Hart have raised eyebrows, meanwhile there’s pressure to re-open parliament…
Woman dies in hospital amid 26 new cases and 25 exposure sites
Friday, Sep 10, 2021: Central Coast Local Health District can confirm 26 news local cases and the death of a woman in her 50s who had tested positive to COVID-19….
Better Planning Group seeks to re-involve community in future development of Coast
The Central Coast Community Better Planning Group and Central Coast Friends of Democracy will co-host a community planning forum on Saturday, October 23. Better Planning Group Chair, Gary Chestnut, said…
Sharp increase in fines in aquatic crackdown
Central Coast fishers who flout the law are on notice with Minister for Agriculture, Adam Marshall, revealing an increase in fines of more than 44 per cent since 2018, as…
Council investigates Wamberal tree vandalism
Central Coast Council has launched an investigation following reports of vandalism on a Council-owned pathway adjacent to McGee Ave, Wamberal. A resident reported that trees along the pathway had obviously…
Will Gosford Chambers sale leave a void on the southern end of the Coast?
With Central Coast Council already putting plans in place to clear staff from the Gosford Chambers as sale of the building proceeds, the need for the Regional Library complex in…
Council staff at Gosford Chambers put on notice for pending relocation
Central Coast Council staff based at the Gosford Chambers have been put on notice that their jobs are to be relocated to Wyong or the Erina depot, but with details…