Karuah Public School enjoying Martial Arts lessons

Tae Kwon Do at Karuah Public School

STUDENTS call her Suhhee Suhbabnim, which means “Instructor”. Suhhee volunteers to teach Karuah Public School students Tae Kwon Do. She has been doing Tae Kwon Do for about seventeen years. Suhhee said. “It was great to see all my students confident in all they want to achieve”. Suehee believes Tae Kwon Do’s principles help in all… click for more

Great Lakes Mayor Jan McWilliams, monthly update

Great Lakes Mayor's column

Active Ageing Strategy for Great Lakes OUR Council area has one of the ‘oldest’ populations in Australia and it is vitally important that our plans for the future provide for the needs of an ageing population. With this in mind, Council has partnered with COTA (formerly Council on the Ageing) to develop an Active Ageing… click for more

Pindimar man arrested for break and enter

LAST Friday police arrested a 23 year old Pindimar male for a number of break and enter offences in the Tea Gardens area. The man, from the Port Macqaurie area, was on current bail with conditions to reside with his father in Pindimar. He was questioned at Raymond Terrace Police Station about break-in’s in Tea… click for more

Investigation after angler dies at Lurline Bay

Police have launched an investigation after the death of a man in the Eastern Suburbs this morning. About 10.30am (Sunday 31 August 2014), emergency services were called to Lurline Bay near Maroubra after reports a man aged in his 40s was struggling in the water. Officers were told the man was fishing with a friend when he… click for more

Elderly men punched and robbed at Lidcombe

A man is in custody and inquires are continuing after the alleged assault and robbery of two elderly men in Lidcombe. About 12.15am today (Saturday 30 August 2014), two men in their seventies were walking along John Street when they noticed they were being followed by four to six youths. When the men turned into… click for more

One of Australia’s Most Wanted arrested today

Officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Local Area Command have arrested a man on the state’s Most Wanted List, following the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman in the 1980s. In January 1984, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a man along the Hume Highway near Marulan. Following an extensive… click for more

Drugs, cash and ammunition seized following Central Coast shooting

Detectives investigating a shooting on the Central Coast earlier this week have executed a search warrant at a western Sydney home, where they seized numerous items, including large quantities of drugs and cash. Shortly before 7.30pm on Wednesday (27 August 2014), a number of shots were fired at a property on Toowoon Bay Road, Toowoon Bay. No… click for more

Police investigate after teen approached at Seven Hills

Police are investigating after a teenage girl was approached by a man who asked her to get into his car at Seven Hills yesterday. About 2.30pm (Thursday 28 August 2014), a 16-year-old girl was walking home from school along Michigan Road, when a white Toyota Rav-4 with NSW number plates beginning with ‘C’ pulled up alongside her…. click for more