PENRITH is home to many dedicated, selfless and inspirational people and Council’s new Local Celebration Awards are an opportunity for us to recognise and celebrate these people in our community.  Do you know someone who could be Penrith’s 2023 Mayor’s Local Hero?   They’ll be following in the footsteps of our Local Celebration Awards 2022 […]

Relay may look a little different this year but Penrith Relay For Life will be going ahead for 2023. Registrations have now opened for Saturday 27th May 2023 at Penrith Paceway, starting at 9am and finishing at 9pm.  Organised by passionate local volunteers, Penrith Relay For Life gives the community a chance to join forces […]

A RE-ELECTED Liberal and Nationals Government will immediately deliver on a range of key priorities in the first 100 days of government to support families through uncertain economic times and keep NSW moving forward, according to Premier Dominic Perrottet.  Mr Perrottet said a re-elected Liberal and Nationals Government would not waste a minute putting its […]

Penrith City Mayor Tricia Hitchen unveiled a plaque to Australia’s Canoe Slalom champion Jessica Fox at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium. Photos supplied by Penrith City Council. AUSTRALIA and the world’s number-one ranked female canoe slalom athlete Jess Fox OAM has been honoured with a plaque celebrating her career, which will be installed at the entrance […]

Londonderry Woman of the Year – Libby Clark Londonderry Woman of the Year – Libby Clark “There are so many amazing women across our community that work incredibly hard and are an inspiration to so many,” said Londonderry MP, Prue Car. “Libby Clark is just one of these amazing and inspirational women in our community, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]