Penrith Mayor Todd Carney with the athletes from the Western Sydney Academy of Sport (WSAS).  Photo courtesy of Penrith City Council FIFTEEN high achieving young athletes from the Western Sydney Academy of Sport (WSAS) took time out from their sporting commitments on Wednesday to thank Penrith Mayor Todd Carney for Council’s support of the Academy. […]

Penrith Mayor Todd Carney with Member for Badgerys Creek Tanya Davies at Mulgoa Rise northern fields. PENRITH City Council has completed essential upgrades to the northern fields at Mulgoa Rise in Glenmore Park, delivering improved turf quality and better field performance for local football players.  Mulgoa Rise is one of the most heavily used venues […]

THE State Government welcomed 349 new probationary constables into the NSW Police Force, with Class 368 attesting at the Goulburn Police Academy last Friday.  The government highlighted in a press release that this record-breaking class is the largest to join the NSW Police Force in more than 13 years, showing the Government’s commitment to rebuilding […]

PENRITH Beach became the starting point for an inspiring show of endurance and compassion last month, as Pavlo Dobronevsky set out on an ambitious mission to support children battling cancer. Beginning at 3:45am, Pavlo undertook an incredible 86-kilometre walk from Penrith to Bondi, crossing the entire city on foot in a single day. The challenge […]

4km Start  Photos: Noel Rowsell OVER 20,000 people were at Western Sydney International on Sunday morning 26th April, participating in the WSI Runway Run/Walk. Celebrating Australia’s most significant aviation project in more than 50 years, the public had unprecedented access for one day to the runway at Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI), in […]

IT has been a relentless and rewarding few weeks for the Penrith RSL Pipes and Drums, with the members playing a central role in a packed calendar of community events, commemorations and high-profile performances. Kicking things off on April 18, they travelled to the historic Bundanoon Highland Gathering, where they were honoured as the lead […]

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 […]