PENRITH City Mayor Todd Carney joined with Kelly Suber (COO Inclusive Housing Australia, Adrian Harrington (Chair of Investment Committee), Jo-anne Hewitt (CEO Achieve Australia), Andrew Kew (CEO Thorndale Foundation), Greg Paramor (Chair of IHA) and Lachlan Brown (General Manager – Cura Ability Developments) to officially open four new Assisted Living houses in the Kings Central […]

By St Marys RSL sub-Branch WELL done to the 18 budding Archers who enjoyed our second tremendous session with the Penrith City Archers this morning. A great day with a huge improvement in the number of Bulls-eyes. Our next session (as usual on the 3rd Saturday of the month) will be 10.45 for an 11.00am […]

MARY Snape continues to defy time, celebrating her 106th birthday recently with family and residents at Boronia House. Born in Greenwich, England in 1920, Mary was the third of seven children. She worked with her sister in the Land Army in Herefordshire at the start of WWII, then at Woolwich Arsenal (near London), making ammunition […]

NSW Ambulance has welcomed 116 new paramedic interns and 21 emergency medical call takers, after they were officially inducted into the service at a ceremony at the State Operations Centre in Sydney. This graduation is the second to be held this year, boosting frontline health services, across the state, with many of the new recruits […]

DEPUTY Premier Prue Car MP, Penrith City Mayor Councillor Todd Carney and State MP for Penrith Karen McKeown OAM joined with Nepean Business Park (NBP) Chairman Bruce Baudinet to officially opened the $2 billion site in Lugard Street on Monday morning. New businesses will soon open in the first stages of land released in the […]

By Penrith RSL sub-Branch  IT is with great sadness that we share the passing of Mr John Fenton, Vice President of the City of Penrith RSL sub-Branch. John passed away with his family by his side on Sunday 22 Mar 26. John was an Army Officer, a Vietnam Veteran and a highly respected, dedicated and […]

STUDENTS from local primary schools and high schools converged at Glenmore Park High School this week for a leadership summit to discuss civic responsibility, resilience, and social wellbeing, organised by Glenmore Park Learning Alliance. The cohort of over 150 students included students from Year 6 all the way to year 11 and 12 seniors. The […]

SPORTING organisations in Penrith have shared in $4.49 million following the awarding of grants in the NSW Government’s Local Sport Grant Program. The Program provides grants for minor facility upgrades, new equipment and programs that support and encourage participation in sport and active recreation in NSW. Grants up to $20,000 were available, with up to […]

Photo: Noel Rowsell SIXTEEN kilometres of the new, toll-free M12 Motorway connecting Elizabeth Drive in the east to The Northern Road in the west with access to Western Sydney International (Nancy Bird Walton) Airport is now open to traffic, with the first cars traversing the road at 3.45 on Saturday morning. The on-time and on-budget […]

The Citizen of the Year 2025 Anthony (Tony) Fryer, who champions and brings cheer to veterans in hospitals and nursing homes and spearheaded the Corridor of Honour at the St Marys Diggers Club. Pictured last year with Mayor Todd Carney.  DON’T miss the chance to nominate someone you know for a Penrith City Council Local […]