Category: Central Coast News
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BY-ELECTION HEATS UP AS PRE POLLING OPENS
The battle for the state seat of Gosford is now well and truly underway. Hundreds have already cast their votes as pre-polling centres in Gosford and Woy Woy open for business. It’s expected over 8,000 people will use the service in the coming days. With only 200 votes separating the major parities in the last…
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HOME GUTTED BY FIRE
A Wyoming home has been destroyed by fire. Crews arrived just before 10 o’clock last night to find the Maidens Brush residence well alight. The blaze so intense a blackened shell was all that remained today- as fire investigators scoured the scene to establish just what went wrong. Thankfully no one was home at the…
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MELANOMA AWARENESS MARCHES INTO COAST
They’ve been forced to contend with torrential rain and scorching heat but one dedicated group says it’s a small price to pay to raise awareness of a deadly disease. After clocking up almost 1000 kilometres, the longest Melanoma March stopped off on the Central Coast today.
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MAN ON THE RUN AFTER HOLDING UP CONVENIENCE STORE WITH A MACHETE
Police are on the lookout for a man who held up a convenience store with a machete on the Central Coast. Just before 7pm last Saturday, a man entered the store at Berkeley Vale, demanding cash and allegedly assaulted an attendant. The intruder fled on foot and was last seen heading across Lakedge Avenue. He…
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CHARGES FOLLOW ALLEGED DOMESTIC ATTACK ON THE M1
A man has been charged after allegedly assaulting a woman following a car crash on the M1 motorway on the Central Coast yesterday. Police report that just before midday, a southbound Nissan X-trail veered across lanes near the Kariong exit before crashing into a stationary truck. It’s alleged the male driver of the Nissan, aged…
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MAJOR PARTIES BRING OUT THE BIG GUNS IN BY-ELECTION
The Gosford By election is heating up with the major party leaders making the journey up the M-One today. Labor rolled out policy promises, while the Liberals are pinning their hopes on the Gosford Hospital redevelopment.
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TWO CHARGED OVER ALLEGED NORTH GOSFORD KIDNAP
A man has been tied up and assaulted during an alleged kidnapping on the Central Coast. Around midday on Saturday, police responded to reports a man was tied up at a home on Dunbar Way in North Gosford. They found a 56-year-old man tied up and suffering head and chest injuries when they arrived. The…
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RIDE 4 RILEY A HUGE SUCCESS
Teenager Riley Hilditch’s life changed forever when he was seriously injured in an accident last month. Today, the community rallied, using pedal power as part of a charity fundraiser
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DRONE FILM FESTIVAL TAKES FLIGHT
A film festival like no other will land on the Central Coast next week. Celebrating drone cinematography, organisers say they have been blown away by the calibre of material submitted from across the globe.
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COURT SCHEDULED FOR DRIVER INVOLVED IN CENTRAL COAST ROAD FATALITY
A man will front court later this year, charged over a fatal crash on the Central Coast in January. Back in mid-January, a 20-year-old woman died in a four-car collision at the intersection of Motorway Link Road and Blue Haven Way in Blue Haven. Her passenger, a 34-year-old woman, remains in hospital in a critical…