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, June 1
Surfer, Glen Hall of Umina Beach, won his first Central Coast Open Title at Avoca Beach on Saturday.
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Wednesday, June 2
Residents near Brisbane Water and Broke Bay are being asked to keep an eye out for any sign of an invasive marine weed, caulerpa taxifolia. It is bright green with creeping stems.
The call comes after an outbreak on the Hawkesbury River off station beach in Pittwater.
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Thursday, June 3
Year 11 and 12 Marine Studies students from Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy campus, partook in five days of scuba training at Terrigal diving school to obtain their scuba diving certificate.
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Teachers from the Peninsula assembled at Woy Woy Leagues Club on Wednesday, June 2, for the teacher's strike.
They have arranged a meeting with Member for Peats, Marie Andrews, early next week.
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Roy Gifford, the "mollusc man" from Ettalong Beach Shell Museum, will have his extensive knowledge recorded in an Envirofund program by Ocean and Coastal Care initiatives.
The group is preparing a documentary which will be distributed on CD through primary schools.
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Umina Beacher boxer, Josh Foley, will headline a big night of amateur boxing at Ettalong Beach Club, tomorrow night.
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Woy Woy Roosters future in the Jim Beam Cup is threatened by the pending introduction of the new gaming tax on clubs, on Tuesday the CEO of Woy Woy leagues club said the club's continued presence in the competition was doubtful.
Sun Weekly
An Ettalong woman charged with driving unlicensed in an unregistered, uninsured car was disqualified from driving until 2012. The woman, 28, had already been disqualified from driving until 2010 when she got into her car to pick up her stepson on January 14.
Sun Weekly
Friday, June 4
Thousands of tiny leatherjackets have dotted Sydney beaches with reports of hundreds washing up at Umina in the last week.
A NSW Fisheries spokesperson said the fish were the victims of a fish-specific parasite.
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Tessa Nuku, a Brisbane Water Secondary College student from Umina Beach, will audition before the judges of Australia Idol.
She has received a lot of local media attention since she received a call back.
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A Umina Beach man, 18, has been charged with a string of offences following an incident at Umina Beach on Wednesday.
He was charged with threatening to destroy and damage property, trespassing, common assault and stalking and intimidation.
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Saturday, June 5
A 74-year-old man died when he crashed into a fence at Uligandi St, Ettalong, yesterday just before 8am after suffering a suspected heart attack.
Central Coast Extra
Nicholas Sainty from Ocean Beach Surf Club was awarded Junior Lifesaver of the year at the Central Coast lifesaving awards, Killcare Surf Club also won the best team for their open men's beach relay team.
Central Coast Extra
Tuesday, June 8
Matthew Clay, a 20-year-old man with spina bifida, has been unable to find work since he left Woy Woy High School two years ago.
He cannot find an office with appropriate disabled facilities.
Central Coast Extra
High numbers of stray dogs from Umina and Ettalong are being turned into the pound with no name or number, and all are in need of a new home.
Central Coast Extra
Wednesday, June 9
A man has been charged after allegedly slashing another man with a Stanley knife in the Umina town centre.
Police said the 37-year-old man required stitches after he sustained a 5-10cm laceration to his hand during dispute with a 24-year-old man in Oscar St on Monday at 6pm.
Central Coast Extra
A man trashed his own house before leading police on a drunken road pursuit at Empire Bay.
The 31-year-old punched a hole in a wall and damaged items inside the house during an argument on Monday at 7pm.
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Gina Jeffreys, Beccy Cole and Angry Anderson will perform at Live at Ettalong location on June 20 in a fundraiser for Kyrstel Keller, 19, of Woy Woy, who needs to raise money to study music at the Royal National College for the Blind in the England.
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Thursday, June 10
Former councillor Lynne Bockholt has reacted strongly to suggestions that a desalinisation plant may be located in Correa Bay.
"What is Woy Woy the dumping ground for everything that no-one else wants? We've got the tip, we've got the sewage works, and now they want to put a desalinisation plant down here as well," she said.
Sun Weekly
Woy Woy Medicare office will open each Saturday in June form 9am to 12.30p to allow families to register for the safety net.
Sun Weekly
Swarms of mosquitoes are making life miserable for residents of Killcare.
A petition carrying more than 400 signatures has been submitted to Gosford Council, with residents calling on Council to control them with an environmentally safe spray such as Bti which was successfully to control mosquitoes at Sydney's Olympic Park.
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A watercolour painting by late movie star, Katherine Hepburn, featuring Broken Bay will be auctioned in New York.
Ms Hepburn painted the artwork during her 1955 tour of Australia with the Old Vic Shakespearian Theatre Company.
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