Stuart Ayres MP, Member for Penrith joined Minister for Education and Early Learning, Sarah Mitchell at Little Joeys Preschool Cambridge Park to meet with two local recipients of NSW Government Early Childhood Education Scholarships. Stuart Ayres said Chloe and Sarah who both work at Little Joeys join more than 1,000 aspiring early childhood educators in […]
01 March 2023
Hi I’m Karen, I am trying to raise funds for this beautiful young family so that they can travel to Germany to get the cancer treatment they need so desperately for their little girl, Mia Shannon. Mia is a beautiful vibrant little girl who is living with Medullablastoma. She was diagnosed with this horrible cancer […]
01 March 2023
HERE’S a story that we’d like to show particular recognition to on the week of International Women’s Day – for the very first time the board of the Museum of Fire has a noticeable female presence! The newly elected board is now a mixture of female and male members. Being known as a traditionally male-dominated […]
01 March 2023
Layla Sharp on her way to a Gold Medal in the 800m event. Photo supplied. LOCAL runner Layla Sharp (Cranebrook / Emmaus Catholic College / RUNCREW) has returned home from the NSW Junior Athletics titles with two gold medals, claiming victory in both the U20 T12 400m and the U17 T38 800m. Layla has been […]
01 March 2023
Karen and Brendon McKeown ran a local small business together. MANY small business owners in Penrith are still in a recovery phase, having had to take out loans to keep them alive throughout the lockdowns and restrictions. A recent Business NSW survey predicted that a staggering 30 per cent face closure. With the state election […]
19 February 2023
PENRITH and Blue Mountains communities will soon benefit from a new intensive care unit, additional inpatient units, renal services and more, with construction now underway on the second state-of-the-art clinical services building at Nepean Hospital. Premier Dominic Perrottet, Health Minister Brad Hazzard, Member for Penrith Stuart Ayres and Member for Mulgoa Tanya Davies have turned […]
19 February 2023
NRL legend Royce Simmons is hitting the road again for Royce’s Big Walk, with plans to walk more than 300 kilometres from Dubbo to Bathurst, and is seeking new sponsors to help him raise much-needed funds for dementia research. Kicking off on Tuesday 18 April, Simmons will be joined by an array of high-profile walking […]
19 February 2023
IF the first match on 3rd February is any indication, the Thunder Girls’ T20 Cricket competition in Penrith and featuring teams from both the Nepean and Hawkesbury districts provides not only a platform for girls in the region to play fun and friendly cricket, but also charges up Friday night at Jamison Park with a […]
19 February 2023
Jessica Fox and Lucien Delfour (below) during their gold medal-winning runs in the Kayak Finals at the Penrith Open – photos by Noel Rowsell (www.photoexcellence.com.au) Jessica Fox has stamped her authority in this year’s Canoe Slalom Penrith Open, winning Gold in Kayak, Canoe and Kayak Cross. It’s a triumphant result for Jessica and the perfect […]
19 February 2023
You’ve probably started to notice that there is an election in the air. Flyers, signage and smiling candidates have began to appear at shopping centres and train stations around town. There may not be as much kissing babies with this election being a post-pandemic one, but everything else seems to be campaign business as usual. […]
03 February 2023
