Tag: kincumber
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CENTRAL COAST BUSINESS EXPANDS DURING LOCKDOWN
The lockdown continues to work in unpredictable ways – while some businesses suffer, others are flourishing. A Central Coast laundrette is being run off its feet – expanding to six locations over the last year.
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CONCRETE PLANT ACCUSED OF CREEK POLLUTION
A Central Coast concrete plant, fined tens of thousands for pollution, has been accused of failing to clean up its act. A Kincumber resident says weeks on from the Environment Protection Authority’s action – sediment is still seeping into a nearby creek.
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KINCUMBER CONCRETE PLANT PUT ON NOTICE OVER CREEK POLLUTION
The environmental watchdog has ordered a concrete plant at Kincumber clean up its act, after flushing its waste water into a nearby creek during heavy rain. Weeks on, residents say they’re still seeing pollution, and fear it’s already too late for marine life.
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POLICE SAY SPEAKER SCREAMING FACEBOOK POST IS A HOAX
Police believe a viral social media post, claiming two men had been using speakers to lure people off a Kincumber bike track and into bushland is likely a hoax. The Facebook post, which has been circulated more than 1,000 times, alleges the speaker had been playing the sound of women screaming. Officers say they were…
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COAST COVID-19 CASES HIT 104 AS KINCUMBER HIGH REOPENS
Two new cases of coronavirus have been recorded on the Central Coast since yesterday, bringing the region’s total to 104. Meanwhile, Kincumber High School has been cleaned and reopened, after an 18-year-old male student was diagnosed with the disease.
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COVID-19: NSW HEALTH AND TEACHERS TRACE KINCUMBER STUDENT’S CONTACTS
It’s what Central Coast parents have been dreading – today, Kincumber High became the first school to close in the region after a student tested positive to coronavirus. The patient is currently in self-isolation at home, as 900 classmates and their families wait to hear if they may be at risk.
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MAN CHARGED OVER KINCUMBER ARSON ATTACK
A man has been charged over a fire which gutted a Kincumber house earlier this month. Emergency services were called to the home on Edmonson Crecent on March 1 – all five people inside escaped injury. A 48-year-old man was arrested last week. He was taken to Woy Woy Police Station and charged with damaging…
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FUNDRAISING EFFORTS UNDERWAY FOR KINCUMBER FAMILY DEVASTATED BY HOUSE FIRE
Coasties are making good on a pledge to help a devastated Kincumber family after 13-year-old Abby Hodge died in a house fire last week. Her parents have been left with the task of rebuilding their home, and lives, without her. A fundraiser by Kincumber Rotary has drummed up $7,000 so far and it’s moved online.…
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TRIBUTES FLOW FOR GIRL KILLED IN CENTRAL COAST HOUSE FIRE
The Central Coast community is in mourning for a teenage girl, killed after a raging fire at her Kincumber home. Tributes flowed for 13-year-old Abby Hodge, with locals pledging to do all they can for her shattered family. FUNDRAISER INFORMATION: Central Coast Animal Care Facility BSB:646000 ACC: 100073560 Name: CCACF Charity Reference: “Reardon” …
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CENTRAL COAST BOTTLE-O HELD UP AT KNIFEPOINT
A Central Coast man has been arrested, after allegedly leaving officers a significant clue at the scene of an armed holdup.