Calls made for traffic solution for Carters Road
Carters Road, Lake Munmorah desperately needs a traffic solution to cater for the two Primary Schools, two High Schools, an Early Childhood Centre, a growing population and only one way…
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Compass Housing to deliver 600 new dwellings for Social and Affordable Housing Fund
Leading community housing provider, Compass Housing, has been awarded a major contract from the NSW Government to help boost social and affordable housing, including new dwellings for Wyong. The Social…
Boardwalk to be built over Killarney Vale saltmarsh
Landcare volunteers have started rehabilitation on an area where a boardwalk is to be built in Killarney Vale. Three educational signs with information on how the community can help protect…
Federal Parliament hears about inadequate emergency communication services
Federal Member for Dobell, Ms Emma McBride, has renewed calls for an improved emergency broadcast service reaching the Wyong region following the February storms. “Fortunately, the damage was not to…
School students get on track
Toukley and North Lakes Public Schools will lead the region in trialling preventative disruptive behaviour program Getting on Track in Time (Got It). Got It is an early intervention program…
CASAR Park construction could begin in early 2018
The proposed CASAR Park community-dedicated motor sport and recreation facility continues to make progress in gaining all the development approvals and sign-offs on the way to building the facility. “While…
Strike Force Raptor makes several arrests
A number of outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) members and associates have been charged after replica firearms, illicit drugs and cash were seized during an operation across the Central Coast. At…
Council to build its own aviation hangar at Central Coast Airport
Central Coast Council has lodged a $2.5 million development application to build an aviation hangar at its Warnervale airport. According to the Statement of Environmental Effect submitted with the DA,…
Coast Meals on Wheels pilots pet deliveries
NSW Minister for Ageing, Ms Tanya Davies, has announced a $17,980 grant to go toward a pilot program to enable older people to stay with their much-loved pets for longer….
Gosford books are history: new Council is ‘safe, stable and sustainable’
CEO of the Central Coast Council, Mr Rob Noble, has reassured Central Coast ratepayers that the new Council is “safe, financially stable and sustainable” following a forum at which Gosford…
New children’s programs
Mr Andy Griffiths, author of the hugely successful Treehouse series, is just one of many Aussie authors and comedians who read stories on one of three programs recently acquired by…
Wallarah 2 gets draft consent but conditions could make it unviable
The Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) has issued draft development consent for the Wallarah 2 Coal Project. The 78 conditions of consent echo the Department’s concern for the security…
Independent external investigation into fake doctor’s activities needed
An independent external investigation needs to be set up by the NSW Government to reveal the extent of the activities of a fake doctor who worked in Wyong Hospital for…
Worsening of hospital waiting times disputed
The NSW Opposition has attacked the Liberal Government over its failure to reduce the lengthy wait times in Wyong Hospital, as well as its plan for privatisation. Shadow Minister for…
Super Hollie holds super hero fund raiser
A Bateau Bay woman who survived stage four bowel cancer, is using her second chance to promote cancer awareness. Ms Hollie Fielder is raising awareness and funds for cancer by…
Community concerned over possible ash dam pollution
Toukley-based Northern Lakes Disability Tourism Precinct (NLDTP) has asked the NSW Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for answers to questions about ash dams within the Vales Point Power Station. Mr Gary…
Back to the future with coal mines and power stations
Mr Mike Campbell, former Secretary of Coastal Residents Investigating Power Stations (1985) and former President of Wyong Ratepayers Association, has given an overview of the history of power stations and…
Point Clare Community Hall upgrades are on track
Gosford Regional Community Services Group have announced that upgrades to the Point Clare Community Hall are on track. The community group announced the successful acquisition of funds under the NSW…
Coast-wide operation results in several arrests and seizures
Six Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) members and associates were charged in a Coast-wide operation, involving officers from Brisbane Water LAC, Tuggerah Lakes LAC and Strike Force Raptor. The six members…
Fake doctor worked at Gosford and Wyong Hospitals from February 2003 to April 2006
A fake doctor who bamboozled NSW Health and patients alike, may have fled the country, after it was revealed that he stole the identity and qualifications of a real doctor…