Peninsula in the news
Here is a summary of news items about the Peninsula appearing in other news media over the last two weeks.
Tuesday, April 20
A Phegans Bay couple was lucky to escape from their burning home early yesterday when they awoke to find their lounge room ablaze. The fire started at 5am possibly from a burning candle. It took four fire trucks about an hour to extinguish the blaze.
Central Coast Extra
Business leaders have called on Gosford Council to use hundred of thousands of dollars in parking fines revenue to solve the worsening traffic crisis at Umina and Ettalong.
Central Coast Extra
The Ettalong Pipes and drums band led the opening hymn of God our Help in Ages Past at the early ANZAC service at Davistown RSL on Sunday.
Express Advocate
A new counselling service for gamblers at East Gosford will join the established Uniting Care Woy Woy service.
Express Advocate
Minister for the Central Coast John Della Bosca announced an upgrade of Gosford fire station on Friday. The quick action of fire-fighters helped save some of his heritage-listed Woy Woy home when it went up in flames last January.
Express Advocate
A late penalty by Gosford's five-eighth in the rugby union saw Gosford take a 20-18 win over Woy Woy at Woy Woy oval on Saturday night.
Express Advocate
Woy Woy's Shane Wilson could be in hospital for two weeks following a neck injury in the Jim Beam cup match against Ryde-Eastwood on Saturday. Ryde-Eastwood won 40-16.
Express Advocate
Wednesday, April 21
Brisbane Water Marine Watch volunteers are a group similar to Neighbourhood Watch but on Brisbane Water. Membership is less than 10 per cent of the number of boats moored on Brisbane Water.
Express Advocate
Swimming couple Kevin and Elvera Vickery will jet off to Riccione for the 2004 Masters Games.
Express Advocate
Shane Wilson from the Woy Woy Roosters should make a full recovery after fracturing a vertebrae in Woy Woy's Jim Beam Cup loss to Ryde-Eastwood on Saturday.
Express Advocate
The Woy Woy Wolves beat the Lions 17-1 in the opening of the winter baseball season.
Express Advocate
Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus P&C president, Bruce Graf was told a year ago that repairs to the school toilets were on the priority list of the Education Department, but the department would not give a starting date for the work. Woy Woy South Public School has been waiting two years for electrical wiring upgrade.
Express Advocate
Thursday, April 22
All patients at Woy Woy hospital have now been cleared of a gastro outbreak last week. The ward at Woy Woy hospital was reopened on Monday.
Sun Weekly
The zone 15 Central Coast junior seven-a-side lawn bowls side to play in the NSW interzone championships is to include Darren Morrison, Ettalong -singles, Kevin Smith, Everglades, pairs. Blake Butler, Ettalong, and Clinton Arthur, Everglades, are promising juniors.
Sun weekly
The traditional lowering of the flags ceremony, marking the end of the surf life saving season, will be held at Ocean Beach on Monday at 11am.
Express Advocate
Friday, April 23
Central Coast butchers will be forced to get their meat from outside the area after FC Nichols abattoir closes at the end of May.
Express Advocate
Monday, April 26
The Sydney Bulls beat the Woy Woy Roosters Rugby League team 52-24. The Bulls made nine tries. The Rooster made five tries.
Central Coast Extra
Saturday, April 24
The New Zealand Rugby League side this week generously donated a signed test jump to the Killcare Surf Life Saving Club's Youth Suicide fundraiser on May 1.
Central Coast Extra
Tuesday, April 27
Central Coast residents will have to wait at least another three months to discover whether a still unnamed American investment company will fund the fast ferry project.
Central Coast Extra
Woys Woy's injury crisis worsened during Friday night's loss to Sydney Bulls with lock Scott Wilesmith expected to miss the rest of the rugby league season.
Express Advocate
Wednesday, April 28
A music documentary made at Patonga during the Blues Across the Bay festival in 2003 which showcases Patonga, by XABC productions will be marketed overseas.
Central Coast Extra
Thursday, April 29
Killcare surf club will hold the Killcare Boardshorts Ball on Saturday to help fight youth suicide.
Express Advocate
Woy Woy resident Terry Gallagher received a suspicious letter with a Philippines Postmark in Umina Beach Post Office Box on April 21. The letter was titled "$30, 000 settlement request form" and was a mail scam.
Express Advocate
Ten-year-old Woy Woy resident Alina LeVitzki is a talented illustrator of animals. Her works are up for sale.
Express Advocate
Hotels and caravan parks on the Peninsula are already taking bookings for the 2005 NSW Surf Lifesaving Championships.
Express Advocate
A crowd of 3000 turned out at Woy Woy for Anzac day, this was much larger than last year.
Sun Weekly
Woy Woy's Alice Fitzpatrick, one of Australia's oldest war widows, and daughter Gloria Peachey, of Umina are thought to be the only mother and daughter war widows in Australia.
Sun Weekly
Woy Woy veterans said a request to Gosford Council for $5000 for a War Memorial at Woy Woy for Woy Woy Peninsula's war dead had been declined. Council said its parks and gardens fund did not have enough in the budget.
Sun Weekly
Bruce Kingston, a bus driver on the Central Coast for 47 years was also captain of Ettalong's fire fighters.
Sun Weekly
Friday, April 30
The windows of Umina Oval grandstand were smashed during a vandalism spree on the long weekend but a youth leader believes young people from Umina Beach are not to blame.
Express Advocate
Former Umina resident Lia Newey passed away on April 20 after a short illness.
Express Advocate
Woy Woy Rugby League team will welcome back Dave Gooley for tomorrow's showdown with an in form Terrigal at Woy Woy oval.
Express Advocate
Woy Woy goal keeper Cassandra Kell will be among 28 female soccer players vying for national selection during the Matildas training camp in Canberra tomorrow.
Express Advocate