Karen McKeown OAM visiting the Nepean Men’s Shed Inc. PENRITH residents are encouraged to celebrate the positive role men play in the community by nominating them for the inaugural 2025 Penrith Man and Young Man of the Year Awards. This is your chance to shed a spotlight on the remarkable achievements and contributions of Penrith’s […]
16 August 2025
THE electorate of Badgerys Creek has secured $450,000 in funding for a total of 13 infrastructure projects through the 2025 Community Building Partnership (CBP) Program. Tanya Davies MP, Member for Badgerys Creek stated, “I’m thrilled to have advocated for and supported these projects which will improve our local facilities and enhance the vibrancy and inclusivity […]
16 August 2025
By Melissa McIntosh, Member for Lindsay SINCE mid-2023, we have fought hard as a community for fairer flight paths. The Infrastructure Minister’s midnight release in June 2023 of the revised flights paths caught us all by surprise, given the drastic changes from what was originally released in 2016. One reoccurring problem with this Labor […]
16 August 2025
Richard Cass (left). RICHARD Cass (Western Sydney Whitewater Club) has won the 2024/25 Paddle NSW Senior (O50) Paddler of the Year Award. His achievements include: 2025 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships in Plattling, Germany; Masters K1 Category – Bronze Medal, 6th Place in Senior Men’s 0C1. Freestyle National Championships 2025, held at PWS Penrith – […]
16 August 2025
A NEW $5 million project to repair five sites along the lower path of the Great River Walk at Emu Plains will now go ahead thanks to additional Federal and State Government funding. The floods of March and June 2022 caused significant structural damage and movement of the lower river edge embankment and lower walking […]
07 August 2025
HUNDREDS of people gathered at St Mary Magdalene’s Anglican Church, St Marys this week to pay their respects at a heartfelt farewell to David Trist OAM, who had passed away just weeks before his 100th birthday. The church hall and the historic church were both filled to capacity and then some with the surrounding grounds […]
07 August 2025
MINCHINBURY Fruit Market has been recognised as New South Wales’ top independent fruit and vegetable retailer in the national A better choice! Retailer of the Year – People’s Choice Awards. Proudly family-owned and serving the community since 1960, the business began with a humble tin shed and the determination of founder Samuel Gauci. Now in its […]
07 August 2025
GUIDO Piccirilli (Colyton) has been a feature in the St Marys district for 63 years, starting as an apprentice hairdresser at Jim Hackett Hairdresser and Tobacconist in St Marys in 1962. He has worked continuously in that business over the ensuing years, firstly buying the salon after the retirement of the former owner in 1982 […]
07 August 2025
AS the countdown continues to one of the most electrifying sporting events on water (the 2025 ICF Slalom World Championships), Paddle Australia has announced an iconic partnership that will showcase the best of the Penrith region to the world. In a powerhouse move, Paddle Australia is joining forces with the Panthers Group as a Platinum […]
07 August 2025
THIS is an extremely hard column to write but I’m going to use it as a tribute to one of the best blokes I’ve ever met or known. Early Sunday morning on the 20th of July I woke to a call from my mate Coxy that our best friend, our brother, Toby Hughes had passed […]
07 August 2025
