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5 days ago | 
coastcommunitynews.com.au
Amber Lane Distillery at Wyong Creek has added two prestigious medals to its trophy case, with major wins at the 2025 San Francisco World Spirits
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1 week ago | 
coastcommunitynews.com.au | Merilyn Vale
After three years of planning and engaging the community for support, the Terrigal Community Garden project is about to break ground on the site chosen for the garden. Project organisers will hold a Turning of the First Sod ceremony to celebrate the start of the garden on Saturday, May 10, at noon. The ceremony will be held at the garden site on the corner of Duffys Rd and Terrigal Dr at the rear of the 50 Plus Leisure and Learning Centre.
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1 week ago | 
coastcommunitynews.com.au | Terry Collins |Terry Collins
Readers' forum lettersMay 8, 2025 Two things for me have stood out from recent events in Australia. First, that kindness is not a weakness, words uttered, I believe, by the PM. Second, that hatred only affects and hurts the hater. If people everywhere, especially leaders and those wishing to lead, heeded these words the world may be a better place. Email, May 5Bob Hall, Wyoming
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1 week ago | 
coastcommunitynews.com.au | Merilyn Vale
Central Coast Council will call on NSW Premier Chris Minns to declare a state of emergency due to severe coastal erosion across the region’s beaches posing significant widespread and ongoing risk to lives and property. It will also call on the Minister for Emergency Services to issue a natural disaster declaration for the Tuggerah Lakes flooding “of May 2025”.
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1 week ago | 
coastcommunitynews.com.au | Merilyn Vale
Two State MPs have waded into the discussion around the extraordinary meeting of Central Coast Council held today, May 6, to discuss how to help Wamberal and The Entrance North beachfront owners. Two councillors have put a Motion forward, another has already said she wants to amend it; one State MP has backed the move and another has revealed he tried to get things moving in early April – and again in May but was told the “emergency was over”.
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1 week ago | 
coastcommunitynews.com.au | Terry Collins |Terry Collins
The elections in Canada and Australia have demonstrated that any party that nails its colours to Trump’s mast is destined for electoral oblivion. There is one important point, though: had this been the USA then there would have been an armed insurrection, mounted by the far right on the grounds that the election was “stolen” (with no supporting evidence). We should be grateful that we live in a true democracy; to use Elon Musk’s favourite phrase: “The people have spoken”.
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2 weeks ago | 
coastcommunitynews.com.au | Merilyn Vale
A rate rise of 4.3 per cent is on the cards after Central Coast Council adopted the rate rise to go out on public exhibition at its April 29 meeting. Councillors did not mention the rate rise or the proposed increase in fees and charges when they adopted the draft operational plan and budget which will now go on public exhibition from Thursday, May 1. After hearing from the public, the councillors will then make a final decision in June.
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2 weeks ago | 
coastcommunitynews.com.au | Terry Collins |Terry Collins
Thousands of residents and visitors flocked to Anzac Day services all around the Central Coast on April 25. Gosford RSL Sub-branch President Greg Mawson said the Gosford dawn and morning services saw the biggest crowds in over a decade. “The interesting part was the huge numbers of younger people attending both services which augurs well for the future of Anzac Day celebrations as we move on,” he said. Both services saw the Gosford Cenotaph reach maximum capacity.
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2 weeks ago | 
coastcommunitynews.com.au | Merilyn Vale
Resident Kevin Brooks wants Central Coast Council to explain what is going to do with an extra $25M it will have at its disposal once it pays back the last of its emergency loans in November. Brooks addressed the April 29 meeting, pointing out issues with Council’s long-term financial plan, tabled as part of its operational plan and budget for the coming financial year. The long term plan’s preferred scenario keeps a 15 per cent rate rise imposed for 10 years from 2022.
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2 weeks ago | 
coastcommunitynews.com.au | Merilyn Vale
Sand nourishment has not become the priority of Central Coast Council but it will lobby for it. And the message from councillors and CEO David Farmer, and apparently in a letter from Premier Chris Minns to Council, off shore sand nourishment as a way of protecting coastal beaches is not going to happen quickly. The issue was the first item dealt with at the April 29 meeting of Council after four community members addressed councillors at the public forum immediately before the meeting.