Visiting the Emergency Department (ED) at Nepean Hospital can sometimes be a lonely, intimidating and frightening experience, especially if you’ve attended for a potentially life-altering ailment or injury. However, a group of volunteers, consisting of members of the Rotary Club of the Lower Blue Mountains and community members, are on hand to offer assistance where […]
09 May 2024
The NSW Government will provide $230 million over four years as part of an emergency package to enhance support for domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) victim-survivors and expand programs that reduce the rate of violence against women and children. Nearly 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8 men in Australia have experienced violence […]
09 May 2024
Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger, personalised by artists and art organisations on a community level. The money raised is donated to soup kitchens, food banks and other organisations fighting hunger locally. Originating in the United States, the grass roots movement has become an international phenomenon. Blue Mountains Clay Collective Inc is […]
09 May 2024
Kevin Canning is one of the principals of the Penrith Men’s Walk & Talk, which starts every Thursday night in the Coffee Club opposite Tench Reserve. A Life Member of both the Emu Plains Junior Rugby League Football Club and the P&C Association, Kevin is driven by a desire to be actively involved in the […]
09 May 2024
From the minute my husband Greg overheard that I was going to be interviewing Little Pattie, our home was filled with the dulcet tones of him singing “He’s My Blonde Haired, Stompie Wompie Real Gone Surfer Boy.” It’s a bit of a tongue twister but very catchy – yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah! Little […]
09 May 2024
A huge crowd celebrated a fantastic day of racing and entertainment at Hawkesbury’s 19th standalone Richmond Club Hawkesbury Cup meeting. Hawkesbury Race Club Chief Executive Officer James Heddo stated “We were very fortunate to miss a lot of the rain that fell throughout Sydney during last week and offered a complete package of high-quality racing, […]
09 May 2024
St Marys Central Park will see Coachmans Park connected with Kokoda Park to create a green link from Queen Street through to South Creek. Penrith City Council has reached an exciting milestone in the transformation of the St Marys Town Centre, with the awarding of the landscape design contract for St Marys Central Park. […]
03 May 2024
Penrith City Council’s plans for the future of St Marys have taken another exciting step forward with the St Marys Town Centre Place Plan finalised. At the April Ordinary Meeting held on 29 April, Council endorsed the Place Plan which is a community-led roadmap outlining 23 actions over the next five years to transform the […]
03 May 2024
Penrith City Council has sold 158-164 Old Bathurst Road, Emu Plains to Akura and its capital partners (trading as Emu Plains Developments Pty Ltd), which will deliver Council’s vision to boost local employment with an industrial subdivision on the site. Akura will be responsible for overseeing the future development of the site. Akura is an […]
03 May 2024
LOCAL identity Ross (Rossco) Hutchison has been immortalised in oils, the subject of an entry by artist Corrinne Hemsley into this year’s Archibald Prize art competition. Rossco’s painting is a striking composition, with his extensive and varied life history revealed in the brush strokes of the portrait. He has danced in front of the Queen […]
03 May 2024
