Movie Review – Motherless Brooklyn
Director: Edward NortonRated: R Late last year we brought you a book review of Motherless Brooklyn courtesy of our Reluctant Book Critic, Kim Reardon. As foreshadowed in her review, the…
Out & About
Memorial Club hosts fundraiser for rural fire brigades
Bands for the Brigade with performers including The Rileys, Los Boncas, and Brian Stitt, is a fundraising day at Mangrove Mountain Memorial Club on Saturday, March 14. The day is…
Woy Woy Philosophers Society – Meeting #11: A Prince Among Men & women too of course
What a comedy of errors. It all started with Boof’s winning goal for the Mariners last week and ended with him being elected to Council. He only went into Council…
Mardi Gras a family affair for Point Clare Families
A contingent of the Coast’s rainbow families celebrated the 42nd annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival. Living all over the former Gosford LGA, but predominantly at Point Clare,…
2,240 mattresses recycled in three months
Central Coast Council, in partnership with Mattress Recycling Australia, is trialling a new process that recycles 100 percent of mattresses dropped off at Kincumber Waste Management Facility. The trial aims…
Jopuka Productions were loud and proud at Mardi Gras
The 42nd annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival has been and gone and the Central Coast had unprecedented levels of representation at this year’s festival, with three floats…
Council grants received
Three northern groups got a financial boost when Central Coast Council decided the recipients of the community support grants at the February 24 meeting. Wyong Creek Literary Institute will get…
Festival of Women has many events
The Central Coast Festival of Women (CCFW) will return to venues around Wyong, Tuggerah and The Entrance in March. Each year in the lead up to International Women’s Day (IWD),…
Rally to preserve the Central Coast Koala population
The Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA) is strengthening their call for more intergovernmental action in the fight to preserve the Central Coast Koala population, and will hold another community rally outside…
Wyong SES volunteers awarded long service and National medals
Wyong MP, David Harris, has congratulated members of the Wyong SES Unit on being awarded the long service medal at the Central SES Awards Night. He spoke in State Parliament…
Mariners donate $30,000 to RFS Central Coast Communications Brigade
Almost $30,000 raised during the Central Coast Mariners Round 6 and Round 7 home games will be used to purchase new equipment for the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) Central…
Grand opening of The Lakes Church new ministry centre
The Lakes Church at Tuggerah is holding a grand opening celebration on March 15. The celebration and open day will run from 12pm to 3pm with the general public welcome…
Grant enables Meals on Wheels to install a generator
Meals on Wheels Central Coast’s (MOWCC) Distribution Centre at Tuggerah has installed a new generator to ensure that power outages and storms will not impact their Centre in the future….
Christmas Under the Stars raised over $16,000 for two local charities
The team behind Mingara’s annual Christmas Under the Stars fundraiser has announced that the 2019 event has raised over $16,000 for local charities Books in Homes and the Salvation Army…
Flavours by the Sea to feature Monsieur Camembert
Flavours by the Sea will return to The Entrance on March 21 from 3.30pm, to celebrate the diverse cultures of the Central Coast. Central Coast Council’s Flavours by the Sea…
Coast’s LGBT+ community celebrates Mardi Gras
Across the Coast people are returning to their daily grind after one hell of a glitter fuelled weekend after Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Among them are the members…
Village residents raise $1050 for bushfire appeal
Residents at a Woy Woy retirement village have raised $1050 for the Salvation Army Bushfire Appeal. Village resident Ms Thea Brayshaw said Deepwater Court was the “small village with a…
CWA branch receives donation for sock campaign
The Woy Woy branch of the Country Women’s Association has received a $600 donation from the Inner Wheel Club of Terrigal to put towards their Sock It To Me campaign….
My Sisters’ Keeper donate face masks to fire brigade
Avoca Beach Rural Fire Brigade (RFB) has received a donation of P3 face masks from a cancer support and awareness advocate. The Brigade received a donation of 15 masks from…
60 years of marriage celebrated
Point Clare residents, Neville and June Stewart, celebrated 60 years of marriage on February 6. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, visited the Stewarts to present a certificate and a bottle…