Congratulations to the Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge group led by Peta Bull who completed their 10 day trek – a great achievement!  A special welcome home shoutout from Penrith RSL and the City of Penrith RSL sub-Branch, who sent two of the participants – Shayla and Xandah. A big congratulations on completing the Kokoda Youth […]

NEPEAN Regional Security (NRS) has been named Company of the Year at the Women Changing the World Awards! With over 55 countries in the running, NRS CEO Gina Field said she was beyond proud to say, “we took out gold. Yep—little ol’ us from Penrith, up against the globe… and we brought it home!” The […]

Followers of local area commands of facebook will have noticed there’s a new ‘pet detective’ on the block, appearing in many posts from Mt Druitt Police Area Command.  Last week all was revealed about how this little ball of cuteness won the hearts of our local cops and earned a place on the Force. “The […]

FANS and friends of the Big Fella Mark MG Geyer (myself included) were left reeling at the end of last year to learn that they wouldn’t be hearing the views of the most genuine bloke on radio as they drove to work or ate their breakfast. So it made a lot of listeners happy this […]

THE Minns Labor Government has confirmed that on Saturday December 7th Penrith Beach will be reopen for summer. Penrith Beach provides access to a swimming spot for locals across western Sydney and visitors to cool down, relax and swim. More than 215,000 people visited Penrith Beach from 19 December 2023 to Anzac Day 2024, and […]

South Ward Councillor Sue Day and the second on her independent ticket, Councillor Faithe Skinner. THE NSW Electoral Commission has confirmed the final results for the Penrith Local Government elections. Your 15 elected Councillors are listed below.  The ALP has 9 Councillors in total, meaning they will effectively have dominance on Council and will get […]

Three of the East Ward Councillors: newcomers Sarbjeet Kaur and Garion Thain with re-elected Todd Carney (middle). VOTERS in the North and South wards of Penrith LGA cast their ballots on Saturday; well most did, however non-attendance and informal votes were very high. At the time of writing, informal votes were 20% in North ward […]

THE most popular family in Penrith have been honoured this week – the fabulous Fox family!   “You might know Jess and Noemie Fox – the sisters who brought home three Olympic gold medals this year – but their family’s legacy runs deep. Their parents, Richard and Myriam, are both multi-world canoe slalom champions,” said […]