By Lyn Forde – President/Research Officer of St Marys & District Historical Society Inc. SLEEPING in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene at St Marys is Benjamin and Elizabeth Loveday. Benjamin was born in 1822 the son of Henry John Loveday born in 1794 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in England and Maria Finch. Ben married […]
21 August 2025
DRINK West x Sip & Spray Pop-Up Spray Painting classes next month! Sip & Spray is thrilled to announce the arrival of pop-up Spray Painting sessions at the iconic Drink West Brewery. Running this September and October 2025 – this is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for Penrith locals to unleash their inner street artist, guided by […]
21 August 2025
The Penrith U14 Girls team. Photo supplied by Jeff Cooper. Photo courtesy of Sports in Focus.BACK ROW: Angela Auva’a (manager), Jeff Cooper (head coach), Jaeda Petterson, Audrey Edwards, Paige Bush, Jaleah Harris,Carolyn Hennessy, Allain Acuna (assistant coach), Greg Petterson (assistant coach). FRONT ROW: Briar Auva’a, Rainne Acuna, Merkita Jaeger, Ruby Gleeson Frater, Elsie Alvarez THE Penrith […]
21 August 2025
William Hunt. Photo by TGD Australia. FIFTEEN-year-old William Hunt (Mulgoa Rise) has been given a wild card entry into the Yamaha R3 BLU CRU Asia-Pacific Championship for the two Australian Rounds. Round Four of the Championship is at Phillip Island (VIC) on Sept 6-7, and Round 5 is at One Raceway (formally Wakefield Park) on Oct […]
21 August 2025
Karen McKeown OAM visiting the Nepean Men’s Shed Inc. PENRITH residents are encouraged to celebrate the positive role men play in the community by nominating them for the inaugural 2025 Penrith Man and Young Man of the Year Awards. This is your chance to shed a spotlight on the remarkable achievements and contributions of Penrith’s […]
16 August 2025
THE electorate of Badgerys Creek has secured $450,000 in funding for a total of 13 infrastructure projects through the 2025 Community Building Partnership (CBP) Program. Tanya Davies MP, Member for Badgerys Creek stated, “I’m thrilled to have advocated for and supported these projects which will improve our local facilities and enhance the vibrancy and inclusivity […]
16 August 2025
By Melissa McIntosh, Member for Lindsay SINCE mid-2023, we have fought hard as a community for fairer flight paths. The Infrastructure Minister’s midnight release in June 2023 of the revised flights paths caught us all by surprise, given the drastic changes from what was originally released in 2016. One reoccurring problem with this Labor […]
16 August 2025
Richard Cass (left). RICHARD Cass (Western Sydney Whitewater Club) has won the 2024/25 Paddle NSW Senior (O50) Paddler of the Year Award. His achievements include: 2025 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships in Plattling, Germany; Masters K1 Category – Bronze Medal, 6th Place in Senior Men’s 0C1. Freestyle National Championships 2025, held at PWS Penrith – […]
16 August 2025
A NEW $5 million project to repair five sites along the lower path of the Great River Walk at Emu Plains will now go ahead thanks to additional Federal and State Government funding. The floods of March and June 2022 caused significant structural damage and movement of the lower river edge embankment and lower walking […]
07 August 2025
HUNDREDS of people gathered at St Mary Magdalene’s Anglican Church, St Marys this week to pay their respects at a heartfelt farewell to David Trist OAM, who had passed away just weeks before his 100th birthday. The church hall and the historic church were both filled to capacity and then some with the surrounding grounds […]
07 August 2025
