Laughtondale Gully Road Reopened

Laughtondale Gully Road is now open, following major repairs to make it safe for vehicles once more. This is great news for local residents, who have been inconvenienced by the closure of the road. For a while it was uncertain if the road could be made safe but Council’s engineers worked extremely hard to find […]

Report of Glenorie Progress Association Meeting on 14 November 2017

Major points arising from the November meeting of the GPA were as follows: 1. Boral will be providing a written response to the residents’ concerns relating to the intended upgrade of the concrete batching plant near the corner of Schwebel Lane and Old Northern Rd. 2. Street speed limits: a number of letters had been […]

Grow Your Garden

Grow and maintain a healthy garden by picking up some gardening material at Hornsby Shire Council’s Chipping for Mulch Days. Bring along your garden branches and clippings that don’t fit in your green bin to be chipped into mulch. You can also take home free mulch even if you haven’t brought any branches to be […]

There’s an APP for that! Last Minute Shopping and Looking Skywards.

This time of year it is all about last minute shopping, the gifts that you have forgotten to purchase and have neglected to post them in October to receive the cheaper postage deals. Let’s look at the online shopping solution. For many of you this is an area that you may have stayed away from […]

Fred Catterson Park, Castle Hill: All Abilities Mtb and Bmx

This Festive Season, off-road bicycling delights await discovery in this green sports lung bordered by the suburbs of Glenhaven, Castle Hill and Showground Road. First, there is the BMX track, which has been upgraded to international race standards. Lower your saddle and practise bike-handling skills on it anytime there is not an event, using your […]

Galston Netball – Active Kids Program

Keeping Kids Active From 31 January 2018, parents will be able to claim up to $100 per school child, per calendar year, as a voucher to reduce the cost of sport registration or membership fees for after-school, weekend and structured fitness or physical activity. Netball is an eligible sport, the Active Kids Rebate can significantly […]

GPS Warrior Colour Run

Glenorie Public Schools P & C thought outside the box for this one – Now you tell me, WHAT is a healthy initiative, that enables us to fundraise and have so much fun in the process? The kids of GPS on Friday October 27th 2017, held their first Warrior Colour Fun Run as a fundraiser […]

Grants Open for Life Saving Defibrillators

Local sports clubs in Hornsby are being urged to apply for cofunding for a defibrillator under the NSW Government’s new Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program. Member for Hornsby Matt Kean MP said more than 2,500 Automatic External Defibrillators (AED’s) will be rolled out across the state over the next four years. “We encourage local sporting […]

Carpark at Hornsby Hospital

I recently spent some time with the wonderful kids at Arcadia Public School. The school had received $8,000 from my office under the Community Building Partnership program to fix the access and drainage to the oval. That work is now complete and I hope it ensures the oval is in the best shape possible for […]

Dural Art Supplies

Sandra Duran Wilson was a recent guest artist at Dural Art Supplies, demonstrating the use of Ampersand Painting Panels. I thought that I would take the opportunity to attend this free workshop to try and resurrect my latent creative talent. It was such a surprise to me to see so many participants at this demonstration, […]