Tag: umina beach
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DRIVER DISQUALIFIED TIL 2036 STARTS CENTRAL COAST CAR CHASE
A driver has been charged after allegedly leading police on a high speed chase through the Central Coast. Officers say the man shouldn’t have been behind the wheel at the time.
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POLICE PIECE TOGETHER CAUSE OF UMINA WOMAN’S DEATH
Police are at a loss, trying to figure out exactly how and when a Central Coast woman died. Detectives are now pleading for information, despite stopping short of calling the probe into Joeanne Rodger’s death a murder investigation.
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PLANS UNDERWAY FOR NEXT COASTAL TWIST FESTIVAL
The Central Coast’s first-ever LGBT pride event has been hailed a success… thousands soaking in the sights, sounds and tastes of the Peninsula. Organisers are already planning the return of Coastal Twist next year, and are seeking backup.
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SURFERS UNDETERRED BY RAIN FOR COASTAL TWIST COMP
The Central Coast’s inaugural LGBT pride festival is underway on the Peninsula. While a beach party was rained out today, surfers flew the rainbow flag, in a ground-breaking longboard competition.
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TEEN IN CUSTODY OVER UMINA BEACH SHOP FIRE
A teenager remains behind bars tonight, charged over an arson attack at a Umina Beach shopping strip. The boy allegedly caused millions of dollars worth of damage, as Sarah Iuliano reports.
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FIRE TEARS THROUGH UMINA HOME SECOND TIME IN A WEEK
Investigators have spent the day combing through the charred remains of a Umina Beach home after a fire broke out on Monday. Fortunately no one was inside as a second inferno, in the space of a week, tore through the property.
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PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY CAR AT UMINA BEACH
An elderly woman has suffered head injuries, after she was struck by a car at Umina Beach Friday morning. The 81-year-old was crossing Alfred Street around 9am, when she was knocked down. She was airlifted from a nearby oval to Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition. (VISION ONLY.)
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UMINA RECREATION HUB MAKEOVER SECURES $8.25M
Spirits were high at the Umina Beach Recreation Hub today, with news more than $8.2 million in federal funding has been secured to upgrade the facility. It follows a two year campaign by a local community group consulting users from skaters to soccer players. It’s hoped the cash will fund a world-class skating facility, brand…
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REWRITING FUTURES: BRAVE COASTIES TELL THEIR STORIES
Central Coast residents have shared their stories, as part of a new campaign highlighting how they have triumphed over cancer, and disability. The Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation is seeking out charities’ interest, in a bid to help others rewrite their future.
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NAUGHTY NOODLE FUN HAUS CELEBRATES COAST’S DIVERSITY
A group of Central Coast artists have come together to make diversity the norm. Naughty Noodle Fun Haus is celebrating International Women’s Day with a very special show at Woy Woy, while work is underway for a Mardi Gras-style celebration at Umina Beach.