A dedicated Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) that provides essential mental health care to young people across Western Sydney is coming to Nepean Hospital. A sod turn event marked the beginning of construction of a specialist building that will give young people aged between 12 and 17 years of age holistic, patient-centred treatment […]

An aerial view of Gipps Street. Penrith City Council is encouraging local sporting clubs and associations to submit their Expressions of Interest (EOI) for use of the new sports facilities in the Gipps Street Recreation Precinct.  The 32-hectare precinct will offer a variety of high-quality, floodlit sports infrastructure when it opens in mid-2024 including:  • […]

THE Dawson Mall Project is the visible start of something really big for Mount Druitt, a significant contribution to a larger transformation of Mount Druitt city centre by Blacktown City Council. It adds to the over $100 million dollars worth of projects, funded by Council, with the support of the NSW and Australian Governments. Blacktown […]

THE NSW Government is moving ahead with its election commitment to recruit an additional 250 (FTE) school counsellors, with 86 new school counsellors and psychologists starting work in NSW public schools at the beginning of this school year amid a 35% drop in vacancies since last year. The improvement comes after the NSW Government abolished […]

Esteemed St Marys Leagues Club President Warren Smith OAM chose the Season Launch on Saturday 9th March to announce his retirement from the role at the end of the month. After 38 years of dedicated service to the Club, 35 of those as President, Mr Smith decided to step down from his role, leaving behind […]

As we celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March 2024, the theme this year is ‘Inspire Inclusion’.  Our three local state members presented “Woman of the Year” awards to leading ladies in their respective electorates.   Penrith MP Karen McKeown OAM said it was exciting to announce the recipients of the Penrith Local Woman of […]

Mary Snape (St Marys) turned 104 last week and celebrated with friends and residents at Boronia House, along with a family lunch at St Marys Leagues Club. Born in Greenwich, England in 1920, Mary spent her childhood in England, meeting her future husband Walter in his parent’s fruit shop. Mary was the 3rd of 7 […]

St Clair locals Ian Pike and Ian Baistow have each been awarded the prestigious 2024 NSW Seniors Local Achievement Award by Tanya Davies MP, Member for Badgerys Creek. Mr Pike’s award is in recognition of his commitment as a Committee Member of St Clair & District Men’s Shed’s Building Committee since 2016 and for his […]

THE state’s newest beach will remain open to the public for another month as the warm days continue across Western Sydney. Penrith Beach has been a massive hit with local residents, with almost 200,000 people visiting the temporary activation to cool off since its opening in December 2023, and an average of 5,000 people continuing […]

Councillor Tricia Hitchens presents 2023 Citizen of the Year Royce Simmons with his award. Nominations are now open for the 2024 Local Celebration Awards. The Local Celebration Awards program is Penrith City Council’s opportunity to shine a light on the unsung heroes in our community. The Awards recognise people of all ages who go above […]