Residents to vote in historic first election
On Saturday, September 9, the residents of the former Gosford Local Government Area will have their opportunity to vote in the historic first election of the combined Central Coast Council….
Residents to vote in historic first election
Success in pool at Adelaide
Umina Surf Life Saving Club’s athletes had significant success at the 2017 Australian Pool Rescue Championships held in Adelaide. The strong Umina contingent travelled to the South Australian capital for…
Developer meetings show one in four success rate
In the Peninsula News, August 21, we read that a proposal for a 160-bed nursing home valued at $27.8m for a site in Hillview St, Woy Woy, was refused by…
Portrait of John Bell by a young local hung in Archibald
Jordan Richardson of Killcare has had his portrait of actor and director Mr John Bell hung in the 2017 Archibald Prize. Now 25, Jordan met Mr Bell in 2012 when…
Character parade at Pretty Beach
Pretty Beach Public School celebrated Book Week 2017 with a character parade on Wednesday, August 23. Staff, students and preschoolers all came together to celebrate, dressed as their favourite book…
Suicide prevention walk to be held at Umina Beach
A suicide prevention walk will be held on Umina Beach from 9am on September 10 as part of Lifeline’s Out of the Shadows national campaign. It has been organised by…
Gosford East ward votes
The southern boundary of the Gosford East Ward is the northern shore of Brisbane Water at the Rip Bridge. All the lead candidates are listed below… It includes Bouddi, Box…
Gosford West ward covers the Peninsula
Gosford West ward includes the suburbs and localities of Blackwall, Booker Bay, Ettalong Beach, Horsfield Bay, Koolewong, Little Wobby, Patonga, Pearl Beach, Phegans Bay, Umina, Wondabyne, Woy Woy and Woy…
Community plan group supports council candidates
The community group which formulated the Community Plan Central Coast (CPCC) has indicated support for some Central Coast Council candidates running for election on September 9. The group of around…
Decision Time – Pre-polling open at Woy Woy oval
Pre-polling venues for the Central Coast Council elections opened on Monday, August 28. The only pre-polling location on the Peninsula is at the Woy Woy stadium in Oval Ave. It…
Residents call for safe pathway
Residents from Kingfisher Shores and Chain Valley Bay have petitioned Central Coast Council for the continuation of the shared pathway along Tall Timbers Rd at Chain Valley Bay South. A…
Airport expenditure should be put to better use
While regular flooding blocks roads, endangers lives and ruins businesses across the Central Coast, our Council wastes millions of rate payers’ dollars on temporary flood mitigation levee bank work at…
Look at what a party does
I noted with interest the media release from the Labor member for The Entrance regarding housing affordability (Wyong Regional Chronicle edition 123 Aug 15). Mr David Meehan MP and Mr…
New fenced off-leash dog area at Buff Point
A Reserve new fenced offleash dog area will be constructed by Central Coast Council at Buff Point Oval. The area will be 50mx50m at the southern end of the oval,…
Pre-election day voting arrangements
Northern Central Coast residents are reminded that early voting for the NSW Local Council Election is now open for those who cannot vote on election day, which is September 9….
Voters confused about which Ward they should vote in
Central Coast New Independents’ candidate for Wyong Ward, Ms Louise Greenaway, said she believed many voters remained confused about which Ward they should vote in on September 9. Ms Greenaway…
Action group throws its support behind New Independent candidate
The influential community organisation, Stop Glen Road Development Action Group (SGRDAG), has thrown its support behind Ms Louise Greenaway in the Wyong Ward for the upcoming Central Coast Council Elections….
Bob Graham pleased to see other independents take up the cause
Mr Bob Graham, former Mayor of Wyong and long-standing independent councillor, has bowed out of contention in the September 9 election, but said he was happy to know that there…
NRMA disputes candidate’s statement on Wyong roads
A $22.5 million road funding backlog still exists in the former Wyong Shire, despite former Mayor and independent candidate in the Wyong Ward, Mr Doug Eaton, claiming the former Council…
Campaign commenced to aid eight-year-old boy
Toukley Golf Club has raised more than $10,000 through a Go Fund Me campaign to assist a Toukley family with their son’s recovery from cancer. Eight-year-old , Logan Haanskorf, was…