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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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Coast’s 20c petrol price disparity

IF there is one guarantee behind the Central Coast’s seesawing petrol prices, is it pays to shop around after a snapshot found up to a 20c difference between Toukley and Woy Woy.

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Baloo the 2 month old Bush Stone Curlew at The Australian Reptile Park, Somersby on Friday 12th January 2018. These are endangered in the wild and the Reptile Park has a breeding program. (AAP IMAGE / Troy Snook)

Rare baby hope for critically endangered bird

WITH only six known breeding pairs on the Central Coast, bush stone-curlews are about as rare as hen’s teeth, but a new baby has brought hope for the species.

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Artist and architectural impressions of the proposed drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre at 74 Glen Rd, Ourimbah. Picture: supplied

Drug centre DA lapses but owner will press on

OURIMBAH residents are celebrating their second win in as many weeks after the appeal period for a development application for a controversial drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre lapsed.

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Kent and Heidi Weathers with their children Dylan 7 and Connor 4. They have spent the last year sailing their 60 foot ketch from San Diago to Gwandalan.They are pictured on board at Gwandalan on Saturday 6th January 2018.(AAP Image/Sue Graham)

Family sails across the Pacific

TEN months, 41 ports, 10 countries, 9337 nautical miles (17,292km) and 76 nights at sea — there are family holidays and then there is sailing across the Pacific Ocean with two kids under seven.

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Vaping store opens at Gorokan

HINKING about quitting smoking for your New Year’s resolution? This bloke reckons he can vaporise your nasty habit in as little as three months.

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Murder capital of greater Sydney

WELCOME to the Central Coast — the murder capital of greater Sydney — where five people lost their lives in violent crimes in the space of nine months over the past year.

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NO BYLINE NO BYLINE - Pictured: The arrest - A male was arrested at the intersection of Colechin Street and Valentine Street, Yagoona NSW Australia today following a high speed police pursuit through the narrow streets of Yagoona. NSW Police Highway Patrol, Riot Squad, unmarked vehicles and Police motorcycles were all involved with PolAir giving directions from the sky. A small boy is seen to be taken from the male and comforted first by a police officer and then an unknown woman. NO BYLINE

Jail for dad behind 250km-long cop chase

WHAT sparked the biggest police chase in living memory can finally be revealed after the suspended driver who led officers on a 250km-long pursuit — with his unrestrained son by his side — was sentenced to a minimum of four and a half years jail.

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Geminids over the LAMOST Telescope ... Picture: Yu Jun, Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016 Skyscapes Highly CommendedThe 2016 highly commended entry for the Skyscapes category is 'Geminids over the LAMOST telescope' by Yu Jun (China), taken at Xinglong, Hebei Province, China on 14 December 2015 using a Canon EOS 6D camera with EF 24 mm f/1.4L II USM lens, at ISO 12800 with multiple 8-second exposures.

Year’s best meteor shower coming

FORGET New Year’s Eve, the real fireworks to light up the night’s sky will be in the next fortnight when the Earth passes through the debris of an ancient asteroid.

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(L-R) Kristy Asimus (WRF), Bob Pettiford (WRF), Rhonda Doyle (CCKIN), Mark Coleman (CCKIN), Matt Metcalfe & daughter Olive (recipient), 4, Ben Coghlan (WRF), Lorraine Churchill (CCKIN), & volunteer Louis Coleman, 14, at Bateau Bay Bowling Club on Saturday 25th November 2017. The Wyong Roos Foiundation is sponsoring the Central Coast Kids in Need charity to the tune of $30K. (AAP IMAGE / Troy Snook)

Leagues club’s new charity arm

A CHANCE meeting at Kirribilli House has given a tiny charity a huge boost while providing Wyong Rugby League Club Group the perfect “vehicle” to launch its new philanthropic foundation.

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Woy Woy Railway Station in Woy Woy, New South Wales, Monday, August 14, 2017. Stock images. (AAP Image/Troy Snook)

Teens charged over alleged assault

TWO teenagers have been charged after a man had his face smashed as he walked along Railway St at Woy Woy Tuesday evening.

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