Peninsula unrepresented on key council committees
The Peninsula is unrepresented on three key committees appointed by the new Central Coast Council. No positions on the Joint Regional Planning Panel, the Grants and Sponsorship Review Panel or…
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Community Plan organisation to incorporate
The Community Plan Central Coast organisation is set to move forward to incorporation and continue its campaign to have the new Central Coast Council adopt its grass roots manifesto. A…
Champion at body-building nationals
Personal trainer Jessie Lacey, 31, of Woy Woy, has just won the NABBA/WFF figure-fitness championship in the Australian body-building nationals in Melbourne. “Health and fitness has always been part of…
Jimmy Barnes invited to Umina for second book signing
Singer-songwriter Jimmy Barnes has been invited to Umina for a book-signing for a second time. When he visited a West St bookshop to sign his book Working Class Boy in…
Mayor’s allowance set at $113,280
The Central Coast mayor will receive $113,280, the deputy mayor $37,383 and councillors $28,950 this coming year. Justifying the allowances, mayor Cr Jane Smith said the decision was based on…
Southern Beaches given a good rating
Ocean and Umina Beaches were given a clean bill of health in the annual NSW Office of Environment and Heritage Beachwater Report. Pearl Beach rockpool also received a good rating….
Grant to continue waterway cleaning
The Clean4Shore program has received a $250,000 grant to continue cleaning local waterways. This program, which aims to protect, enhance, rehabilitate or restore ecosystems and natural habitats, control or eradicate…
Committee calls for marketing for the Peninsula
The Peninsula Tourism Committee has called on the Central Coast’s new tourism marketing and industry services agency, Affinity, to organise packages and campaigns that will specifically support tourism on the…
Why I returned to politics – Chris Holstein
Some people have reportedly asked Clr Chris Holstein if he was now a member of the Greens due to recycling himself back into public life, he laughed broadly. Clr Holstein was elected a…
JRPP refuses Somersby quarry application
The Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) has refused a Section 96 application to import 330,000 tonnes of fill to a quarry site off Wisemans Ferry Road, Somersby, almost 12 months…
A most surprising Councillor – Bruce McLachlan
When the results came in on election night many people thought there had been some kind of mistake in the counting of votes in The Entrance ward. A total newcomer to…
Federal NBN report makes major recommendations
A report released by the Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network has delivered a damning verdict on the Turnbull Government’s NBN network, with the Central Coast front-and-centre…
Brackets and Jam to present a night of musical variety
Brackets and Jam Central Coast North, will welcome spring on Saturday, October 14, with Shane Hames, Moonlight Fiasco and StarViking on the bill. Shane James is a local singer-songwriter and…
Janelle Rooney recognised as a tourism industry high achiever
The dedication and commitment to the tourism industry by a TAFE Ourimbah student was recognised at a ceremony at NSW Parliament House, to mark the 2017 Minister’s Student Achiever Awards….
Charmhaven franchise wins four state awards
Swimart Charmhaven won four awards at the 2017 Swimart Awards: NSW/ACT Franchisee of the Year; NSW/ACT Retailer of the Year; NSW/ACT Marketer of the Year 2017; and the Australasian Marketer…
Central Coast Health to examine cancer cluster report
Dr Peter Lewis, Director of the Central Coast Public Health Unit at Wyong Hospital, has undertaken to examine the recent Torrens University Cancer Cluster report that shows cancer rates 20…
Massive rail maintenance facility’s flooding impact
The proposed NSW Government inter-city rail maintenance facility to be built on flood prone and environmentally sensitive land at Kangy Angy could also have a significant impact on Ourimbah’s Bangalow…
Chinese delegation to visit Meals on Wheels
A delegation from China will visit Meals on Wheels Central Coast’s Tuggerah distribution centre on Friday, October 13. The visit, headed by, Ms Chen Qin, Director of Aged and Disabled…
Library services to be reduced while upgrades are being made
The Central Coast Library Service is making some upgrades to its systems to bring bigger and better services, including access to a bigger catalogue with one library card across the…
$40 million Lakeside Gardens approved
Barker Ryan Stewart, the project management company behind the $40 million Lakeside Gardens development at Toukley, announced that an appeal has been upheld in the NSW Land and Environment Court…