The Central Coast Harvest Festival, held over the June long weekend saw an estimated 56,000 visit the Mangrove Mountain and Plateau area showcasing the region’s produce and rural activities as well as entertainment and other activities that included farm tours with 32 participants. The Lentini Family opened their Kulnura orchard and juice factory which saw some 30,000 visitors on Sunday. Emily Beatty, Marketing Manager at Eastcoast Beverages said that their traffic control measures we...

As Central Coast Council continues to obstruct Central Coast property developers and builders in approving Development Applications frustrated developers are taking action in the Land and Environment Court. Currently 15 cases have been listed for mention and another 8 are heading to court. Apart from industrial land that is depriving Central Coast people of employment there is a huge backlog of residential subdivisions which council is deliberately holding back as well as simple building bl...

It was a historic night for Central Coast Mariners as well as for Gosford with 20,052 fans filling the Industree Group Stadium in Gosford. In an exciting game the Mariners swept to victory against Adelaide with a 2-0 score taking them to a Grand Final in two weeks’ time, the first time they have reached a Grand Final in 10 years. After we went to print with June issue the Mariners walked over Melbourne 6 – 1 two weeks later. What a fantastic victory and congratulations. ...

We all accept that the 2016 forced merger of Gosford and Wyong Councils has been a disaster right from start. The first phase in the amalgamation of Central Coast Council saw the Administrator back off from anything contentious leaving it to the elected council. So the whole organisation virtually went into limbo for eighteen months until we ended up with an elected council. This council under Mayor Jane Smith, former CEO (part-time) of Community Environment Network, resulted in one of the ...