Coast Community News

4 days ago | coastcommunitynews.com.au | Merilyn Vale

Councillor Corinne Lamont has expressed concern following the discovery of a document prior to the May 27 Central Coast Council meeting. Titled Run Sheet May, the document listed a number of items on the agenda for the meeting. It put the initials of Liberal councillors as the movers of the recommendations of the items and mentioned a motion by Lamont proposing the introduction of a petition policy for council. The run sheet said to vote it down, emphasised in capital letters.

4 days ago | coastcommunitynews.com.au | Skaie Hull

After 67 years of active patrol and keeping Central Coast beachgoers safe, Col Laing has officially hung up his Speedos, closing an extraordinary chapter in Australian surf lifesaving history. The North Entrance Surf Club founder and Order of Australia Medal recipient holds the incredible title of Surf Life Saving Australia’s longest-serving active patrol member. Laing’s journey began in 1958 when he earned his bronze medallion at The Entrance.

1 week ago | coastcommunitynews.com.au | Skaie Hull

In a phenomenal display of resilience and heart, 12-year-old Billy Isaacs became a world record holder as the youngest person to complete a 100-mile (160km) run in under 30 hours at Mingara Athletics Track on May 24-25. Billy’s effort wasn’t just for the record books — he ran to raise funds for Central Coast Kids in Need, a local charity which helps seriously and terminally ill children and their families with the costs of accessing life-saving medical care.

1 week ago | coastcommunitynews.com.au | Merilyn Vale

Five locations have been identified as potentially appropriate sites for mountain bike infrastructure on the Coast. Four are former landfill sites that may have the capacity to be developed to support either minor or major mountain bike infrastructure. One of them is the former Green Point site at 165 Koolang Rd.The 24ha is also on a Central Coast Council list for being a potential sport ground.

1 week ago | coastcommunitynews.com.au | Merilyn Vale

Central Coast Council will call for expressions of interest for “aviation purposes” to come to Warnervale Airport, after failing to sign up Nighthawks, a business that approached Council for a helipad lease at the airport. Nighthawks approached Council asking for a quick decision late last year. But in April this year, while Council was still in its due diligence stage, the company said it would take the business to Melbourne.