Past Articles
by dougk
At a meeting of Cove residents held on February 24, Ron Hartley (GL Council's Director of Engineering Services) and Geoff Love (Investigations Engineer) launched, for four-weeks public exhibition, a Stormwater Management Strategy for the Cove (attached below). The Council representatives fielded many questions from a keenly interested group of Cove locals.
by dougk
Ian Cook, our intrepid Community Protection Planning Officer, draws our attention to a pertinent CSIRO article. Ian will be back in the Cove on the weekend of 7th and 8th ...
by sirius
Very sad to see that we have some senseless individuals coming to this area to cause havoc. Over the past few days we have had a burnt out car on ...
by dougk
Despite locating a massive bull-ants nest in the least preferable way and stumbling upon a colony of the Cove's largest snakes, Ian Cook has made significant progress over the past ...
by sirius
What better way to celebrate the 25th Clean Up Australia Day than to have a record turn-out of willing Cove volunteers to assist our local coordinator, Tony Hann. Sign-on is ...
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by dougk
These were just a few of the topics which were explored by concerned residents at the February meeting of the Residents Association. The meeting was disappointed to hear that the ...
by kathk
A convivial group of Cove locals gathered under the pergola last Saturday afternoon to farewell Annette & Lawrie Searle. Over the past few years the Searles have been actively involved ...
by patb
A letter recently published in the Cove News (February 2015) suggests that the provision of a jetty in the village may offer a much needed escape facility in the event ...
by Annie44
Attached is agenda for General Meeting on Saturday 14 February. Some of the items under discussion will be: Issues of concern to local residents The new community survey Master plan ...
by dougk
For those that have not yet heard, the North Arm Cove community is about to farewell Annette and Lawrie Searle. It is good to know that they are not moving ...
by sirius
January 2015 in the Cove has been a busy one for public works. Work began very early preparing the southern portion of Eastslope Way for sealing and this work has continued throughout the month. Council's Manager of Parks and Recreation, Andrew Staniland and Senior Design Officer, Ashley Carlson met with members of the Cove's Boat Ramp and Water Access subcommittee to discuss Council's designs for hand-launching ramps at Water Street and Casuarina Park Reserves.
by dougk
Stormwater drainage has been a perennial issue of concern to Cove residents. The serious problems that occurred throughout the Cove following the exceptionally heavy rain of 1 March 2013 provided ...
by Annie44
The No rth Arm Cove Resident’s Association hopes everyone had a happy and relaxing festive season. We are looking forward to a busy, productive 2015 and the completion of many ...
by trishp
North Arm Cove Tennis Club Minutes of General Meeting Held at Tennis Court on Saturday 29 November 2014 at 10.10 am
by dougk
Are you willing to pay increased rates for better roads and drainage?Is Great Lakes Council going to be merged with another?Will we then end up paying more for even less ...
by Annie44
KATE WASHINGTON, LABOR CANDIDATE FOR PORT STEPHENS INVITES YOU TO 'POLITICS IN THE PUB' ON SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER FROM 1:00PM. PANELISTS: Professor Howard Dick, Micro-economist, University of Melbourne and Dr ...
by dougk
Ian Cook writes to the Cove community ... On Thursday 20th November I met with representatives from Great Lakes Council along with the Manager, NSW Rural Fire Service Customer Service Centre (North) at North Arm Cove Community Hall. I imagine that the majority of the community knew we were there as we managed to activate the alarm, many thanks to Doug for his quick response ...
by Annie44
Members of the North Arm Cove Stitch Gatherers group have put their heads together to come up with an initiative to encourage an interest in sport by young students about ...
by mpickles
This year has been an abundance of flowers starting with the wattles and dillwynia in August, boronia, black eyed susans, patersonia, in September some of which are still flowering in ...
by Annie44
Get ready for the dry months ahead – choose from a variety of home grown, drought tolerant plants. Great for your own garden, or give as a gift for Christmas.
by kathk
A possible merger of Councils was just one of the many topics of significance addressed at the Community Council Update meeting held in Tea Gardens on Monday 17th November.
by sirius
Already, this early in the season, we have had a small bush fire quite close our Village - an ominous warning of what might lie ahead this summer. An excellent ...
by dougk
Attached to this article is a listing of issues that were raised during Ian Cook's meetings with the various groups and residents of North Arm Cove. Ian has gone through ...
by Annie44
The Native Bee Workshop held on 11 October was a huge success, with over 85 people attending. Apiarists, farmers, students and gardeners came from all parts of NSW to hear Megan Halcroft of Bee’s Business talk about the role and habits of native bees in our environment.