Sarah Forster

Residents of one Central Coast beach have gained permission to build a rock wall to protect their homes, while in another notorious erosion hotspot there is still no solution.

Nicho Hynes uses a mural unveiling to talk mental health with junior players at the NSW Central Coast club where his career started.

A new large-scale recycling facility has already processed thousands of tonnes of soft plastic left over from the collapse of REDcycle.   

Ray Hildridge had quadruple bypass surgery in 1982 when renowned heart surgeon Victor Chang was one of few doing the procedure. His survival at 78 has set a world record.

A Central Coast councillor and her husband are charged with assault over a confrontation about erosion on Wamberal Beach. 

A new eco-friendly take on an iconic Central Coast tourist attraction sees a 100 per cent spike in visitor numbers. 

One of the most powerful energy storage batteries in the world has been designed to back up NSW's grid.

A diversity and inclusion festival held annually on the NSW Central Coast is in doubt because of a clash with a major sporting event in another city.

Inspired by her mum, Portia Roberts took up dragon boating at the age of 12. Now she and her mother are representing Australia in the sport.

Commuting to work in the big cities can be a challenge at the best of times, but it's even harder when your house is only accessible by boat.

Marnie Sebire longed to live on the water but feared she would have to give up her career with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Learning how to drive a boat allowed her to do both.

NSW Central Coast beachfront property owners seeing "10 foot waves out the front" are bracing for damage, with the SES urging some to leave their homes. 

Col Laing became a surf lifesaver in 1958 and went on to found a club at a hotspot for rescues, but is now ready to leave North Entrance beach patrols to the younger generations. 

When New South Wales Central Coast mum Brooke Ferrier turned to generative artificial intelligence to cut her weekly grocery bill she was surprised by how much she saved.

A man who murdered his elderly mother with a 15kg pot plant before selling her belongings for drug money has been jailed for at least 21 years.

Darkinjung was considered an endangered Aboriginal language, but community elders on the NSW Central Coast hope a new program for preschool students will change that.

The transport company at the centre of a scrap metal spill on the M1 motorway is counting the cost with more than 1,000 claims so far for tyre damage.

The NSW electorate of Robertson has maintained its status as the nation's longest-surviving bellwether seat.

Family friends of Audrey Griffin, who is believed to have been murdered on the NSW Central Coast last month, say they have mixed emotions following the death of the man accused of her killing.

More than 1,000 people have gathered on Terrigal Beach to mourn Audrey Griffin, a young woman who is alleged to have been murdered by a 53-year-old man.

The seat of Robertson on the NSW Central Coast is held by Labor, with a 2.2% margin. 

The seat of Robertson on the NSW Central Coast is held by Labor, with a 2.2% margin. 

Housing affordability weighs heavily on voters in a NSW Central Coast seat that has been won by the party that goes on to form government at every election since 1983.

Former Central Coast Mariners player Angel Torres is found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman he met at a Terrigal nightclub in March 2024.

Expectant mothers on the NSW Central Coast now have to travel to Sydney or Newcastle to birth in a private hospital after the region's only private maternity ward shut down.