Voters want Council to look forward – Hogan
In the second part of Central Coast Newspapers’ video interview with Councillor Jillian Hogan, she speaks openly about how she believes the amalgamation is tracking. Hogan said she believed Councillors…
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Council is developing a Draft Climate Change Policy
Council is developing a Draft Climate Change Policy that will meet the NSW State Climate Change Policy direction to achieve a net-zero emissions by 2050. The Policy will be a…
Two boarding houses proposed & another receives construction certificate
Two boarding house proposals, at Niagara Park and Wamberal, are currently being assessed by Central Coast Council, and a third, in Beane St, Gosford, has just been granted a construction…
Proposed new waste & resource transfer station to have 140 staff
Land at 40 Gindurra Rd, Somersby, could be the site of a new waste and resource transfer station, also described in the application as a warehouse and distribution centre, if…
Double fatality in horror smash on M1
A truck driver will face court after two people died in a six-vehicle accident (MVA) on the M1, near Kariong. Just before 5pm on Tuesday, July 31, emergency services responded…
Increased monitoring of water quality at Mangrove Mountain landfill sought
Council’s Mangrove Mountain and Spencer Advisory Committee has resolved to ask Central Coast Council staff to write to the NSW EPA requesting increased monitoring of surface and groundwater quality at…
Council staff respond to asbestos questions sent to all 15 elected Councillors
A discussion about ongoing findings of asbestos on Wamberal and Terrigal Beaches was deferred by Central Coast Council until “a response is provided to all questions raised in regards to…
Winney Bay stage two subject of additional community consultation
The plans for the next stage of works at Winney Bay will be the subject of an additional round of community consultation before work begins, according to Councillor, Jeff Sundstrom….
Maher’s last official interview a must see
Laurie Maher has officially retired from his post at Coast Shelter but Coast Community News had a final chat with Laurie about whether the current acute levels of homelessness across…
20 year vision to guide share of Snowy Hydro legacy fund
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Scot MacDonald, and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, have welcomed a 20-year framework for regional investment to guide the allocation of resources from the…
CCTV installed free of charge
A local fire protection company has installed eight new closed-circuit television cameras at a break-in prone Umina kiosk free of charge, following media coverage of the situation. Mr Matt Marland…
Belinda Neal fights party expulsion
The Gosford Australian Labor Party State Electoral Council has announced on July 17 that the former Member for Robertson, Ms Belinda Neal, is no longer a member of the party….
Ferry services may start in four weeks, says association
The Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association vice-president Mr Mike Allsop believes ferry services could start in about four weeks, if dredging proceeds to schedule. “The dredging will apparently involve an initial dredge…
Council calls failed wharf applications ‘excellent’
Central Coast Council staff failed to justify the description of unsuccessful grant applications as “excellent” when challenged by deputy mayor Cr Chris Holstein at the July 23 Council meeting. The…
Ettalong channel dredging starts … or does it?
Dredging of the Ettalong Channel had started on several days last week, according to various media releases received by Peninsula News. “The emergency dredging is only now beginning, despite being…
Where have all the flowers gone? Concreted over every one
Central Coast Council has concreted over flowers planted in the shape of the Australian flag in the Memorial Garden in Woy Woy. The flowers have been replaced with coloured concrete…
McBride concerned about advice provided by scientific committee
M Central Coast Aero Club’s 2018 try and fly day member for Dobell, Emma McBride has expressed concerns about some elements of advice provided to the Federal Environment Minister, Josh…
Angry Kangy Angy residents alarmed at environmental damage
Transport for NSW has used State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007, which applies in all areas of NSW, to forge ahead with the rail maintenance facility in sensitive E2 and…
Aero Club believes airport is a vital community asset
Central Coast Aero Club (CCAC) President, Andrew Smith, has outlined the club’s position on the future of the airport at Warnervale. “There has been a lot of media attention around…
Pristine environmental bushland turned to desolate wasteland
Massive clearing in Ourimbah Rd, Kangy Angy, to make way for the NSW Government’s Intercity Rail Fleet Maintenance Facility, has already turned pristine E2 and E3 bushland into a desolate…