Kariong butcher is a National Sausage King finalist
Kariong butcher, Mr Jake Forbes, is set to sizzle on stage as Australia’s best butchers prepare to battle it out for the 2017 National Sausage King title in Hobart on…
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Welcome BBQ at Our Lady of the Rosary
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, Wyoming, will host a welcome barbecue on February 10. The BBQ will be held on the school’s grass area and will feature…
Reading competition entrants invited to awards ceremony
Over 160 Central Coast children who entered a Council reading competition have been invited to attend an awards ceremony at Erina Library on February 14. The ‘book worms’ are to…
New 48 unit North Gosford development approved
A new 48 unit residential flat building is set to add to the influx of highly anticipated, condensed multistorey developments sprouting around Gosford City. The development, which is poised to…
State Minister for Planning declares passion for the Central Coast
Mr Anthony Roberts made his first visit to the Central Coast in his new role as State Minister for Planning, on Friday, February 3. Mr Roberts was a guest of…
Fears grow that PAC could lose State funding
As the long awaited Performing Arts Centre for Gosford remains in limbo, fears of $12 million in State Government funding being pulled from the project grow. It has been over…
Merged Central Coast Council is here to stay despite calls for a plebiscite
The amalgamation of Gosford and Wyong Councils will stay in place, according to NSW Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald. Ms MacDonald was responding to calls from…
Future of the Regional Library to be presented to February Council meeting
The long-promised regional library for Gosford has been delayed again, putting at risk a $7 million Community Development Grant, and begging questions about the status of around $8.1 million raised…
Traffic delays at Niagara Park
A motor vehicle accident on Newling St, Niagara Park, caused minor delays for Central Coast motorists when a van ended up on its side. Traffic was able to move around…
Central Coast Highway closed in both directions
A two vehicle collision on the Central Coast Hwy at Kariong brought westbound traffic to a standstill on January 25. The incident brought all uphill traffic to a halt with…
79-year-old man charged with indecent assault
An Erina man will face court after allegedly indecently assaulting a woman in a local shopping centre. Police have been told a man entered a supermarket on Terrigal Drive, Erina,…
Failure of Coastal Panel to respond to rock wall application deemed as a refusal
The Land and Environment Court case to determine whether or not six residents at Wamberal can build a rock wall to protect their properties from erosion may be resolved by…
Give us a vote to ‘demerge’, says Harris
Residents should be given the opportunity to vote to “demerge” Gosford and Wyong councils, according to Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris. He was commenting on a…
Member remains on leave
State Member for Gosford Ms Kathy Smith remains on extended leave while she recovers from treatment for a long-term health condition. Ms Smith’s electoral office in Woy Woy has continued…
Lawyers write to keep local court
Peninsula lawyers have written collectively and individually seeking the retention of the Woy Woy Local Court. They wrote a joint submission to Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot…
New Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee to be appointed
A new Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee will be appointed by the Central Coast Council following a resolution by Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds. Mr Reynolds said the committee’s function would…
Nick Montgomery is now an Australian citizen
Central Coast Mariners skipper, Nick Montgomery , became an Australian Citizen on Australia Day along with his wife Josie and twin five-year-old daughters, Leah and Chloe. English – born Montgomery…
The future of Central Coast Regional Airport still unclear
Mixed messages are being delivered by the Central Coast Council about the future of plans to develop a regional airport at Warnervale. Council’s Administrator, Mr Ian Reynolds, appeared to back…
Contra Flow enacted after M1 accident
Tuesday January 31, 2017: The Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, in association with NSW Roads Minister, Ms Melinda Pavey, will be putting a contraflow in place on the M1…
Property NSW has no intention of moving the proposed finance building
Property NSW has no intention of moving the proposed finance building from 32 Mann St, Gosford. Property NSW responded to a call from the Gosford Waterfront Alliance to consider moving…