Paris Olympic champion Jessica Fox OAM (AUS) has won both the Oceania WK1 and WC1 crowns, Finn Butcher (NZL) won the MK1 crown, Tristan Carter (AUS) the MC1 crown, Ben Pope (AUS) the MKX and Paris Olympic champion Noemie Fox OAM the WKX on a huge weekend of canoe slalom at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium. […]
30 January 2025
Tanya Davies MP, Member for Badgerys Creek has announced the next round of the NSW Government Community Building Partnership Program is scheduled to open from 9am on Tuesday 28 January 2025. The program invests in local infrastructure projects that deliver positive social, environmental and recreational outcomes whilst promoting community participation, inclusion and cohesion. Mrs Davies […]
23 January 2025
Liberal Candidate for Macquarie, Mike Creed and Shadow Minister for Health, Senator Anne Ruston have released a statement saying the findings of the 2025 Cleanbill Blue report are damning. “Under the Albanese Labor Government, bulk billing is going backwards as out-of-pocket healthcare costs are going up across Hawkesbury, Penrith and Blue Mountains,” the joint release […]
23 January 2025
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 […]
23 January 2025
THE final verse of the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) Firefighter’s Prayer states ‘Grant that there may never be a shortage of men and women of courage, character and integrity who will volunteer to train and serve in the course of fire and emergency protection within the NSW Rural Fire Service’. Such a statement applies […]
23 January 2025
Tyson on presentation. By Kellie Tickner, Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital Administrator AT Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital, stories of courage and healing unfold every day, but some leave a lasting impression on both our hearts and our commitment to care. Tyson, a spirited 6-year-old dachshund, is one of those stories. Tyson came to us as an […]
23 January 2025
Photo of the grave courtesy of the Find a Grave Website. By Lyn Forde – President/Research Officer of St Marys & District Historical Society Inc. James Bourke a resident of Orchard Hills died in High Street Penrith on Friday on the 2nd January 1925. Mr Norman Wade was driving his car up High Street and […]
23 January 2025
– St Clair Physie a local not-for-profit friendly club who celebrated a fantastic and successful 2024 season and are getting excited to do it all again in 2025. – St Clair Physie is a fun and energetic dance sport that promotes fun, fitness and friendships, for all ages! It is an affordable dance sport associated […]
23 January 2025
Representatives of local community groups in Queensland have got in touch with Nepean News to say “a bombshell new report” has underscored the overwhelming benefits of using the existing world-class Penrith Olympic Whitewater Stadium for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games Canoe Slalom events. The groups say the report has raised “serious concerns about the $100 […]
23 January 2025
RIPPLES Leisure Centres at Penrith and St Marys are inviting the whole community to a free pool party this Australia Day, on Sunday 26 January from 8am to 6pm! Beat the heat at Ripples poolside paradise with free entry, roving performers, music, tasty treats and waves of entertainment for all ages. Penrith Mayor Todd Carney […]
16 January 2025
