Funding Rush
Local sculptor, Pete Rush, has been awarded a funded residency deal by Central Coast Council to continue creating sculptures on Central Coast beaches. His many works of art, erected during…
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Council auditors to change emphasis
Central Coast Council is working on more than 270 unaddressed recommendations and management actions arising from reviews by the NSW Audit Office; external consultant reviews and Council’s own internal auditor…
Local Government NSW adopts three Central Coast resolutions
Despite Central Coast Councillors being suspended from office on October 30 last year, they had a number of their resolutions adopted by the local government peak body at its annual…
Debbie Gaunt Foundation putting perimenopause in the spotlight
A new women’s health charity created by a Shelly Beach family is helping a whole generation of women find understanding, confidence and comfort as they undergo the change before the…
Ourimbah boarding house under consideration again
The long-running saga of establishing a boarding house in Glen Rd, Ourimbah, which began in 2013, has re-emerged. The developer has lodged yet another development application, this time for 53…
Water management plan being reviewed
A ban placed on river dams within the Ourimbah Creek and Jilliby Jilliby Creek water sources is just one aspect of water management on the Central Coast being reviewed by…
Billion dollar battery for Eraring Power Station
Origin Energy is moving ahead with plans to install a battery, the biggest of its type in Australia, at its Eraring coal-fired power station, on the shores of Lake Macquarie….
Ratepayers respond to rate rise options
Ratepayers and residents are speaking up with their ideas on how Central Coast Council should manage its financial debt. Council invited people to take a survey on Council’s suggestions of…
Claims made that Vales Point allowed to pollute at double NSW legal levels
A new local environmental group, Future Sooner, and the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, have stepped up their community awareness campaign about the health risks of toxic emissions from the…
Dobell businesses and individuals assisted by various support packages
About 14,500 businesses in the Dobell electorate will again receive a tax incentive to write-off the full value of any eligible asset they purchase. NSW Senator, Jim Molan, said this…
Fire exit needed at Point Clare Community Hall
Koolewong and Point Clare/Tascott Progress Association has been trying for four years to have a fire exit installed at Point Clare Community Hall and is calling on Central Coast Council…
Upgraded intersection likely to cause more accidents
A Berkeley Vale resident is concerned that new traffic flow conditions at the Lakedge Ave and Gregory St intersection will cause more accidents. Stephen Towers says that already people are…
Patonga firies commended
Two volunteer firies from the Peninsula have been commended for their efforts in containing the large bushfires which ravaged large parts of NSW last summer. In December, Central Coast Council…
Proposal to build 19 apartments over four storeys approved
Central Coast Local Planning Panel has given the go ahead to demolish two old houses at 28 and 30 Dening St, The Entrance, to make way for a block of…
Arboretum has big plans for 2021
Pearl Beach Arboretum revealed some interesting plans for 2021 when it handed down its summary of events for 2020. President Victoria Crawford thanked the team of volunteers for their help…
Bendigo Bank gives back to community
A number of projects on the Peninsula were boosted last year by grants from Ettalong’s Bendigo Bank in a bid to support grassroots community initiatives. Notable donations included a $50,000…
No policy on nuisance dogs
Peninsula residents plagued by nuisance dogs will be interested to know Central Coast Council does not have a policy on dealing with nuisance or roaming dogs, despite the Central Coast…
Litter in creek causes concern
Woy Woy residents will be keeping a close eye on a drainage channel adjacent to Peninsula Leisure Centre which was cleared of litter and an abandoned shopping trolley following requests…
Operation Safe Skippers campaign carried out
NSW Maritime was out on the water in Lake Macquarie and Tuggerah Lakes over the weekend of January 9 and 10 for its Operation Safe Skippers campaign, with a focus…
Maintenance works scheduled to repair large potholes on busy thoroughfare
Drivers on Louisiana Rd, Hamlyn Terrace, will be pleased to know that Central Coast Council has scheduled maintenance works to repair large potholes on the busy thoroughfare. Although Council has…