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  • Tony Fryer: A fitting Citizen of the Year
    by Kerrie Davies
    July 23, 2025
  • Royce Simmons Foundation launches The Big Walk
    by Nepean News
    July 23, 2025
  • Support Sue’s walk to help people living with MND
    by Kerrie Davies
    July 23, 2025
  • Penrith’s BeBe Liu-Brennan crowned World Dancer of the Year in Italy
    by Nepean News
    July 23, 2025
  • Understanding dog park etiquette
    by Nepean News
    July 23, 2025

Death of Percy Fulton

By Lyn Forde – President/Research Officer of St Marys & District Historical Society Inc. Percy Claude Fulton passed away at the Nepean Cottage Hospital after a short illness of about three weeks in November 1912. He was the fifth son of William Charles (snr) & Annie Butler Chisholm. Percy was born in Penrith in February […]

06 June 2024

Lyn Forde

Jess Fox opens 2024 World Cup Season with Gold

Jess Fox OAM and Tristan Carter (below) in action in Augsburg.  Photos supplied by Paddle Australia Reigning World Cup Women’s Canoe (WC1) and Kayak (WK1) champion Jessica Fox OAM has experienced the highs and lows of her sport on the weekend, in the opening World Cup event of the season in Augsburg (GER), over 30 […]

06 June 2024

Noel Rowsell

Thank you to our Volunteers 

By THE TEAM AT Nepean Blue Mountains Health   Sending love and appreciation to all our amazing volunteers who contribute their time to helping in our hospitals. Our volunteers play an important role, offering patients a friendly ear and assisting to make their time in hospital as comfortable as possible. Nepean Hospital hosted a high […]

30 May 2024

Nepean News

Households warned against smoke alarm complacency this winter

Firefighters, NRL stars and other top athletes are urging households across the state to make sure they have working smoke alarms fitted in their homes, as Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) launches its annual Winter Fire Safety Campaign. New figures reveal that last winter, nearly half (49 per cent) of the 1,080 homes that were […]

30 May 2024

Nepean News

NASHOs Anniversary Memorial Service

Photo supplied by Maureen Gildart Penrith National Serviceman’s Association ANSA Inc (NASHOs) held its 18th Anniversary Memorial Service and Tribute Laying Ceremony on 28th May at Victoria Park, St Marys, with a parade commencing at 11.00am. The purpose of this service is in remembrance of all people who served as National Servicemen between 1951 to […]

30 May 2024

Noel Rowsell

Panthers fall to Bandits on Southern Road trip

Atien Acuel scores in the paint for Penrith against Albury.  Photo courtesy of Tanya Hawkins Photography. The Penrith Panthers senior men’s and women’s basketball teams have lost both games of their road trip to Albury on the weekend, with the women falling 99-76 and the men 86-71 in Round 8 of the NBL1 East Basketball […]

30 May 2024

Noel Rowsell

Opinion: Get the Australia we love back on track

Melissa McIntosh MP recently met with local small businesses to discuss the impact of skyrocketing energy bills, following multiple local closures due to rising costs. By Federal Member for Lindsay Melissa McIntosh  “This week marks two years since the Albanese Labor Government was elected, where the Prime Minister promised a $275 reduction in people’s power […]

23 May 2024

Nepean News

Health worker study subsidies

The first 1,300 nursing graduates and students have received offers under the Tertiary Health Study Subsidy Program.  In the Penrith electorate, this includes 17 new nursing students being offered the $4,000 per year scholarship and 54 graduating nursing students who have commenced employment with NSW Health being offered the $8,000 one-off payment.  It comes as […]

23 May 2024

Kerrie Davies

Finding homes for vulnerable children

More than 140 vulnerable children were supported across 34 safe homes across the Western Sydney Nepean Blue Mountains District following the NSW Government’s drive to increase the number of emergency foster carers across the state.  Emergency foster carers provide a safe environment for a child or sibling group at short notice and mean fewer children […]

23 May 2024

Nepean News

Ringworm Infections

By Kellie Tickner, Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital Administrator Ringworm, the contradiction that instils dread in pet owners, is not a product of worms as its name suggests, but rather a fungal infection that can wreak havoc on both pets and humans alike. Scientifically termed dermatophytosis, this fungal menace presents as circular lesions on the skin, […]

23 May 2024

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