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Learning about a sustainable lifestyle

Parents joined with children, teachers and suppliers to learn how to participate in a sustainable lifestyle at Ettalong Public School’s environment day on June 9. Worm farming and composting workshops…





Community plan from Pearl Beach

A grass-roots, community-driven plan for the new Central Coast Council has been generated out of Pearl Beach. One of the chief instigators of the plan, Ettalong resident Ms Marcelle Hoff…


Liberal ad ‘inflated’, say teachers

Liberal Party has advertised that Woy Woy’s secondary college campus will receive twice as much it will actually receive, according to Teachers Federation members at the campus. The advertisement in…




New alcohol-free zones proposed

A review of current alcohol-free zones is being undertaken by the Central Coast Council and new zones are proposed for Empire Bay, Ettalong, Patonga, Pearl Beach, Umina Beach and Woy…


Des Milligan dies, aged 91

Mr Desmond Patrick Milligan, the younger brother of Spike Milligan, died at age 91, on May 17. Mr Milligan and his family first came to in Woy Woy in the…


Council to establish design panel

An Urban Design Panel will be established by Central Coast Council as part of the ongoing push to regionalise decision-making across the new Local Government Area. The panel will assess…



Phil Westlake is farewelled

The Pearl Beach Arboretum has farewelled Mr Phil Westlake who had been involved with the arboretum and the broader community for over 30 years. Mr Westlake joined the arboretum in…



Booker Bay cemetery rejected

A proposal to list Booker Bay cemetery in Bogan Rd on the Gosford planning scheme has been rejected by Central Coast Council after objections from residents. Instead two trees at…