The 11’s team. Photo by Noel Rowsell ST MARYS Baseball Club, affectionately known as the Saints, is enjoying a resurgence that few community sporting clubs ever get the chance to experience. Founded in 1964 by local Ron Webster, the club began after Webster discovered baseball whilst serving in Japan following World War II. Bringing the […]
05 February 2026
LAST Saturday, close to 300 people walked around Jamison Park for 20 km (9 and a half laps) to raise awareness and funds for the Heart Foundation in our inaugural “Walk for Tobes” charity walk. My great mate Toby Hughes passed away last July from a sudden heart attack at 50 years of age, leaving […]
05 February 2026
JOIN us this Saturday for a very special event hosted by Mark ‘MG’ Geyer and MG Activ: the “Walk For Tobes” This 20km charity walk will take place on Saturday, January 31, 2026, at 7 AM, in honour of much-loved and missed Toby Hughes, with proceeds benefiting The Heart Foundation Australia. Route: 9 laps around […]
29 January 2026
THE Minns Labor Government is delivering more than $200 million in school upgrades and maintenance works over the summer holidays, with students at hundreds of schools set to return to new and improved classrooms and facilities for the start of Term 1, 2026. Almost 850 public schools across NSW have benefited from works delivered during […]
29 January 2026
I WAS a teenager when five loathsome monsters took the life of beautiful Anita Cobby, and like everyone else old enough to remember this horrific crime, it is etched in my mind forever as a stark reminder that unspeakable evil does exist. A young nurse in the prime of her life, Anita was snatched from […]
29 January 2026
BEN Lee is back! After his sold-out Awake is the New Sleep 20th Anniversary Tour, this ARIA Award-winning musician is bringing three decades of iconic hits to The Joan, Penrith for one-night only.. From Catch My Disease to We’re All in this Together, Ben Lee’s timeless songs have defined generations, alongside chart-toppers like Breathing Tornados, […]
29 January 2026
Stephen Champion. THE 2026 NSW Motor Racing season kicks off this Sunday 1st February at Sydney Motorsport Park, as the NSW Supersports prototype cars take to the circuit for Round One of the 2026 Motorsport Australia NSW State Championship. This event marks an important milestone for the category. For the first time in the history […]
29 January 2026
Ben Michelmore (South Creek Cup winner) and below, Chayse Thorpe (John Fearnley Cup winner). Photos by Noel Rowsell OVER 200 players, from 36 golf clubs, teed off at Dunheved GC on Saturday, contesting the 2026 South Creek Cup. An impressive tally of 51 players were on handicaps of 6 or less, with Ben Michelmore (Glenmore […]
29 January 2026
A repaired section of the riverbank on River Road, Emu Plains has reopened. PENRITH City Council has reopened a repaired section of the lower pathway along River Road, Emu Plains, restoring community access to part of the Great River Walk following flood damage in 2022. The reopened section is located opposite the Penrith Regional Gallery […]
22 January 2026
Cochrane Street and Links Road, Dunheved Business Park. THE barricades at the Ropes Crossing entry point to Western Connector Road have been removed but residents will or have already quickly discovered it is still a ‘road to nowhere’. Despite now being able to walk or ride along almost the entire length of the road (which […]
22 January 2026
