Waterways Report on Tuggerah & Lakes estuary released
Central Coast Council has released its 2017-18 Waterways Report Card, showing that water quality throughout the Tuggerah Lakes estuary was generally good. There was a pocket of fair results for…
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Councillors want to be involved in review of Warnervale Airport Act
Councillor Louise Greenaway’s move to ensure close Council involvement in the review of the Warnervale Airport Restrictions (WAR) Act caused some heated exchanges in the Chamber and was almost hijacked…
Urgent action sought over dredging of The Entrance Channel
Central Coast Council is searching for funds for emergency dredging of The Entrance Channel. Councillors decided at the December 9 meeting to lobby the State and Federal governments and they…
Gosford CBD Heritage Strategy adopted
A new Gosford CBD Heritage Strategy, adopted by Central Coast Council at its meeting on December 9, will draw on the city’s industrial past and Aboriginal culture, using heritage interpretation,…
Teenager charged over starting a fire during a total fire ban period
A teenager has been charged after allegedly using a cigarette lighter to start a fire during a total fire ban period. Just before 4pm on Tuesday, December 11, emergency services…
Regional Library to proceed but not until 2021
Central Coast Council is moving forward with the Gosford Regional Library and Innovation Hub at the Parkside site, Donnison St, Gosford, but construction is not set to start until 2021….
Council to study impact of Wallarah 2 on water
Central Coast Council has called for a report on the effects that the Wallarah 2 coal mine could have on the region’s water supply, following the defeat on November 21…
Construction at Leagues Club Field is symbolic of Gosford’s revitalisation
Nine months after plans for the redevelopment of Gosford’s Leagues Club Field into a world-class waterfront play space were first announced, work actually began on the site on December 10….
Fire fighters brace for next heatwave
Rural Fire Service (RFS) firefighters will take advantage of cooler weather conditions over the next few days to conduct back burns in an effort to contain the Three Mile fire,…
5@5 Video News December 13, 2019
This week’s top stories from across the Central Coast; council’s water restrictions battle, mountain ffires update, mobile phone detection cameras, tennis, high jumping, art and a beloved rooster. Extraordinary Council…
Extraordinary Council Meeting called over water restrictions
Central Coast Councillor Greg Best’s push for tighter water restrictions in the region escalated this week, with an Extraordinary Council Meeting to be held on December 16 to consider his…
Schoolboy takes Council to task over censorship
A 14 year old schoolboy has taken Central Coast Council to task for not live streaming an impassioned address he gave at the public forum prior to Council’s November 25…
Tree group wins regional environmental award
A Umina tree advocacy group has been named Community Environment Network’s Most Outstanding Communitybased Organisation of the Year. Grow Urban Shade Trees received the award for their work in making…
Wollombi community under siege – special report
As the Central Coast is enveloped in smoke we sent a news crew to the small valley communities of Wollombi & Laguna. What we found resembled a war zone of closed…
Huge Central Coast flora & fauna sanctuary proposed
Ourimbah and Strickland State Forests and Dharag, Popran and Brisbane Water National Parks, have been suggested as possible sites for a plan to create a huge Central Coast sanctuary for…
Groups come together for Bouddi emergency plan
Four community groups have united to establish an emergency plan to help guide residents of the Bouddi Peninsula. Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association president Mr Mike Allsop said the catastrophic danger day…
Amalgamation report adopted without debate
Central Coast Council has adopted a report on the amalgamation process on November 25 without debate. The report noted that most residents surveyed in both the former Wyong and Gosford…
Still no rain
December has started off dry with just 0.5mm of rain recorded as of the 6th, according to data compiled by Umina’s Mr Jim Morrison. Consistent dry conditions have gripped the…
Water restrictions could save 480 million litres
Councillor Greg Best will try for the fourth time to tighter water restrictions on the Coast when he brings a rescission motion to Central Coast Council’s December 9 meeting. If…
Study about relocating koalas to Pearl Beach
Pearl Beach Arboretum has been successful in gaining a $20,000 grant to go towards a University of Sydney study about relocating koalas to Pearl Beach. The funding would allow a…