Permanent protection sought for wetland
Initial steps have been taken by Central Coast Council to permanently protect Porters Creek Wetland. Mayor Jane Smith replaced a staff recommendation to defer the permanent protection of the wetland,…
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Bill to prohibit mining in water catchment area introduced
A bill to prohibit mining in the Wyong water catchment area, the Wyong (Special Area Protection Bill) 2018, has been introduced into the NSW Legislative Council, on March 6, by…
New retirement lifestyle village to be built at Wyong golf course
The Royal Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution (RFBI) and Wyong Golf Club have joined forces to create a new golf and retirement lifestyle village. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between…
Shadow Minister promises assistance to manufacturers
Federal Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Science, Mr Nick Champion, has visited Sanitarium and Masterfood with the Member for Dobell, Ms Emma McBride. Mr Champion was in town to…
Legal action initiated against Councillors & community members
Former Wyong Mayor, Mr Doug Eaton, has initiated legal action against several Central Coast Councillors and community members for alleged defamation. “I am not saying it is not true,” Mr…
Emma McBride says NBN and NDIS biggest issues
Ms Emma McBride, the Member for Dobell, has spent most of the past two years as a federal parliamentarian helping her constituents to navigate the national broadband network, NDIS and…
Gosford’s civic heart beating – Special feature
Bonython Tower – Rising from Duttons Tavern 159 Mann Street. Owned by Bonython Property and Investments. Value: $19.3m. The 13-floor, mixed-use development, including restaurant, offices and shop top housing (56…
Gosford businesses boosted by extra workers but jobless rate still high
Central Coast businesses are reporting a major boost to business in the Gosford CBD, as new jobs continue to flow into the new ATO building in Georgiana Tce and builders…
Study on reduction of train travel times between Sydney and Newcastle funded
Federal Member for Robertson, Ms Lucy Wicks, was joined by local state parliamentarians and a business leader, at Gosford railway station, on Friday, March 9, to announce that the NSW…
Performing Arts Centre preferred site to be decided
Six potential sites in the Gosford CBD will be urgently reviewed by Central Coast Council staff in a move to expedite the building of the Regional Performing Arts Centre (RPAC)….
Driver faces court after fatal M1 crash
A 25-year-old Wyong man faced Wyong local court on Saturday, March 10, after allegedly leaving the scene of a fatal crash on the M1 freeway at Mount White. About 4.45pm…
Gosford CBD planning proposal terminated
Central Coast’s Coordinator General, Ms Lee Shearer, has flexed her muscles and announced the termination of a planning proposal for Gosford’s CBD. The proposal, versions of which had been in…
Ross Clarke-Jones rode a 130 foot wave
Terrigal’s big wave royalty, Ross Clarke-Jones is riding harder, faster, and higher in 2018, having recently smashed his personal big wave (and World) record by taking on the ‘Big Mama’…
Gosford’s civic heart beating stronger than ever
The area around Gosford’s Kibble Park has been identified by the NSW Government Architect as, potentially, the city’s renewed civic heart, as part of its work on the Gosford Urban…
Video News – Adam Crouch MP for Terrigal
In his first Central Coast Newspapers Video News interview, Member for Gosford, Mr Adam Crouch, talks about why he considers being an MP a dream job. “It was an incredible…
Award recipient objects to nursing home
The man who received an Australia Day award from Central Coast Council for his work with the environment has written to the council opposing a proposal to build a nursing…
Fuel prices continue to be up to 35 cents higher
Peninsula fuel prices have been up to 35 cents per litre higher than those charged in nearby Kariong, West Gosford, Erina and Kincumber in recent weeks. At the time of…
Liberal and Labor lobby for position on dredge purchase
Liberal and Labor councillors are claiming the moral high ground after a motion to take steps to purchase a “super dredge” was defeated at a council meeting on February 26….
Endangered bushland is not ‘significant’ to Council
Endangered bushland on the Peninsula has not been recognised as regionally significant, despite being gazetted as endangered at a State level. Umina Coastal Sandplain Woodland has been gazetted under Threatened…
Council grants six non-complying DAs in three months
Central Coast Council has admitted it approved six development applications on and around the Peninsula between October and December that didn’t comply with development standards. On October 18, Council approved…