Service NSW hub at Woy Woy ‘still not open’
The Service NSW “Hub” has still not opened in Woy Woy, months after it was promised by the NSW Government. Member for Gosford Ms Liesl Tesch said the Service NSW…
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Council does not have $1.2M to start Ettalong dredging program
No money exists in the Council’s 2018-19 budget to cover its half of the proposed $2.4 million dredging program for the Brisbane Water channel. That could delay the return of…
Lifeguards on patrol from September 29
Lifeguards will soon be patrolling 16 beach locations across the Coast, when beach patrol season officially commences on Saturday, September 29. Central Coast Council lifeguards and Surf Life Saving volunteers…
State government funding for 6 local projects
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Scot MacDonald, has announced $5m in funding to Central Coast Council for six community projects through round two of the NSW Liberal-National Government’s Stronger…
Power station could reduce its toxic air pollution by 85 per cent
The NSW Environment Protection Agency has confirmed that it is required to review the Environmental Protection Licence (EPL) of the Vales Point Power Station by December 24. According to Environmental…
Stage 3A widening of the Pacific Hwy at Ourimbah complete
Member for The Entrance, David Mehan, has welcomed the long awaited switching on of three sets of traffic lights on the newly widened Stage 3A section of the Pacific Hwy…
Former regional airport site shrouded in mystery
It is now two years since expressions of interest were called to purchase the 88 hectare Warner Business Park, at Kiar Ridge, once the former Wyong Council’s preferred site for…
Minister announces increase to 4 express trains an hour during peak
Central Coast customers will benefit from a doubling of express services to and from the Sydney CBD from September 30, with four express trains an hour during the morning and…
The Glen has helped men for 25 years & wants to help women
The Glen’s CEO Joe Coyte, and Director, Jan McKinnon, explain what is special about the 25-year old Chittaway centre and about the need for a women’s centre. Joe Coyte announced…
Saved reserve at East Gosford to have an official name
A reserve on the corner of Wells St and Coburg St, East Gosford, which was saved by the community in 2015-16 from being reclassified as operational land to be sold,…
Springfield Pond Wetland suffering
The Springfield Pond Wetland is being over-run with weeds and infested with mosquitos. Springfield residents have taken their campaign to repair a wetland pond overrun by noxious weeds to Central…
Council to join court case over Mangrove Mountain landfill
Central Coast Council has joined the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) as second respondent in the Land and Environment Court (LEC) in two pending appeal proceedings applied for by Verde…
Anonymous donor increases the possibility of community gardens in Avoca
The possibility of community gardens in Avoca has come one step closer, with a pledge from an anonymous donor of $500,000. This new resident to Avoca was thrilled by the…
Adam Crouch to oppose his own govt’s marine park proposal
As the NSW Greens feared the State Government was about to ‘backflip’ on its plan for a marine park from Newcastle to Wollongong, Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, decided to…
Marine Parks proposed on Central Coast
The NSW Government’s proposal for a marine park includes a network of 25 distinct sites, three of which fall within the greater Gosford area, off Forresters Beach, the ex-HMAS Adelaide…
Waterfront included in draft Gosford CBD DCP
The NSW Department of Planning’s draft Development Control Plan for Gosford reveals the State Government’s intention to develop the city’s waterfront. Central Coast Coordinator General, Lee Shearer, has said that…
Minister and Department defend Woy Woy Crown Land sale
NSW Minister for Lands and Forestry Mr Paul Toole and Department of Industry Crown Lands executive director Mr Chris Reynolds have defended the sale of Crown Land to the owner…
Youth Council positions open
Local youth have been encouraged to apply for a position on the 2019 NSW Youth Advisory Council. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, said the Council was…
Clean-up group nominated for Landcare award
Local organisation Clean4Shore has received a nomination in the National Landcare Awards, for removing 56.9 tonnes of litter from Brisbane Water and the Hawkesbury River. The program encourages school, youth…
Rains sooth a dry Central Coast
September has arrived and with it, some much-appreciated rainfall, with the ninth month recording rainfall events across five of its first seven days. After an extremely dry August, which saw…