Disability advocate addresses national summit
Social Futures School Facilitator Maree Jenner will present at the National Disability Summit from September 18-19 at Crown Promenade, Melbourne. She will be joined by her colleague Prue McCarthy from…
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Crouch criticises shark net removal trial backflip
Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch has criticised the NSW Government for cancelling its planned shark net removal trial, which would have seen three beaches, including one on the Central Coast,…
Home battery program popular with Coast homeowners
The Cheaper Home Batteries program has seen almost 50,000 batteries installed in homes, businesses and community groups across the country, including 1,060 across the Central Coast electorates of Dobell, Robertson…
Groups set to go to court if Kariong rezoning approved
Local environment group Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA) has announced it is prepared to take legal action in the NSW Land and Environment Court if a controversial rezoning of ecologically and…
Tackling speed limits around construction works
Ever been frustrated by reduced speed limit signs on the side of the road when there is no sign of any work being done to justify them? The State Government…
Feathers in focus as the Aussie Bird Count returns
Spring has arrived and so has a favourite citizen science event, the 2025 Aussie Bird Count that hundreds of locals across the Coast participate in. Now in its 12th year,…
Nominations open for Harmony Week awards
The search is on for champions of a safe and inclusive Central Coast, such as Sandra Morales. Last year, Morales, founder of arts organisation Heartdancers, won the Arts and Culture…
Pressure mounts to save Kincumber Wetlands
Community groups are ramping up the campaign to save Kincumber Wetlands from development, with Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council (DLALC) liaising with Woolworths over a supermarket proposed for the site….
Return and Earn gets behind guide dogs
Coasties are doing their bit to help fund a wide range of services provided by Guide Dogs NSW/ACT through the Return and Earn campaign. Since April, more than $100,000 has…
Not just a library opening – it’s a big story for Gosford
More than 230 people became members and 1750 books were borrowed on day one.
Building a medical education ecosystem on the Central Coast
Central Coast Science It is not every day that a Central Coast–based researcher and professor is cited in the pages of The Lancet, the world’s most influential medical journal. For…
A new library and a new chapter for Gosford
EDITORIAL It has taken more than three decades, but Gosford finally has the regional library that has long been promised. It was first envisaged 30 years ago and the doors…
Protecting the squirrel glider
Central Coast Council has developed a draft Squirrel Glider Species Management Plan (SMP) to help ensure that local bushland continues to support this threatened species, while balancing development needs for…
Tragic end to missing man search
Police located the body of a man during a search of bushland at Wondabyne in Brisbane Water National Park. It is believed to be an 18-year-old man reported missing. He…
Shark net removal trial canned for this year
The proposed trial of shark net removal at three beaches, including one on the Central Coast, will not happen this year following a fatality at Long Reef Beach on Saturday,…
Be on the lookout for ticks on pets
Emergency vets at the Animal Referral Hospital (ARH) in Gosford are urging pet owners to stay vigilant with parasite prevention, following a sharp rise in paralysis tick cases. In recent…
Kids Shed teaches skills and life lessons
A group of children who have been attending the Erina Kids Shed program have learned valuable life skills while working on a community project. On September 4, they presented four…
Call for more action to save woodland
Peninsula Residents’ Association has welcomed an announcement from Central Coast Council that it will strengthen the endangered Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland (UCSW), but says a more comprehensive plan is needed…
Big boost for Words on the Waves
Words on the Waves Writers Festival is one of 62 arts organisations to share in $15.4M in funding in the inaugural Arts and Cultural Funding Program (ACFP) two-year funding round,…
Freemasons save the day for Berkeley Vale centre
One fateful Monday morning, a Board member opening up the Berkeley Vale Neighbourhood Centre noticed pools of water in the hallway, and there was even more water on the storeroom…