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Richard Noone is a senior journalist on the NSW Central Coast covering crime, courts, emergency services and general news.

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Forgotten Coast Campaign. Laurie Maher CEO of Coast Shelter at Coast Community Centre.Laurie is talking about the long list for Public Housing on the Central Coast.

NSW ex-mayor faces multiple child sex abuse charges

He was once one of the Central Coast’s most influential but now Laurie Maher faces several charges of sexually abusing boys at a school in the 1970s and 80s.

Central Coast

Belmont Bowling Club will cater to a very different demographic under plans to turn it into a kids' play centre. Picture: supplied

Revealed: Belmont Bowlo to become Chipmunks

The former Belmont Bowling Club will cater to a very different demographic if new plans are approved to turn it into a kids’ play centre.

Central Coast

Paradise Botanical Gardens General Manager John Robb and Property Manager Jim Lutwyche pictured Wednesday 8th April 2020 at the Kulnura property. The owners of this unique over 50 acres of garden are wanting to get approval for weddings.(AAP Image/Sue Graham)

Plant paradise perfect backdrop for weddings after COVID-19

Australia is poised for a wedding bonanza at the end of the coronavirus pandemic and one nursery hopes to open the gates to its sweeping, formal gardens when it does.

Central Coast

Ryan Bayliss, 27, will serve three years jail after he was convicted of four counts of grooming a 13-year-old girl on social media. Picture: Facebook

Online groomer jailed for three years

A man who groomed a girl, 13, for sex has been jailed for three years to protect children and deter other offenders during an “explosion of social media”.

Central Coast

Police are urging motorists to stay off the road this Easter.

Cop’s Easter warning for motorists

Motorists are facing a “triple threat” this Easter long weekend with the prospect of being slapped with a $1000 fine for failing to isolate, along with double demerits.

NSW Coronavirus News

Don Harwin’s Sydney shopping trip during Central Coast stay

NSW Arts Minister Don Harwin was photographed inside a shopping centre in Sydney’s east a week after he claims he relocated to his Central Coast holiday home. SEE THE PHOTOS

Central Coast

The first customer through Fahrenheit Cafe's makeshift drive-thru bay at East Gosford. Picture: supplied

Drive-through coffee bays closed

A cafe at East Gosford, which found an innovative way to serve `drive-through coffee’, has been threatened with heavy fines at the same time as liquor laws have been relaxed to help small business.

Central Coast

Surfer Hayden Edwards with his three children after being released from hospital following a shark attack at Wamberal. Picture: supplied

‘Six foot shark grabbed my hand’

Surfer Hayden Edwards has described the moment his “perfect day became a nightmare” when he was bitten on the hand by a “6 foot shark”.

Central Coast

The CareFlight rescue helicopter has landed at Adelaide St Oval after a man fell through a garage roof. Picture: supplied

Man injured falling through garage roof

A man has been injured after falling about 3m through a garage roof at Tumbi Umbi.

Central Coast

The Wisemans Ferry Rd site before and after it was cleaned up by PAR Recycling. Pictures: supplied

Fined ‘yellow bin’ subsidiary to appeal

A subsidiary of the Central Coast’s ‘yellow bin’ recycler, which was recently fined by the EPA $33,000 for `multiple’ breaches, will appeal one of its earlier fines.

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