Small Business Recovery Grant
If you’re a small business or non-for-profit organisation in NSW and you’ve been directly impacted by the storms and floods, you can now apply for a small business flood recovery grant of up to $50,000. This disaster recovery grant is government support to help pay for the costs of clean-up, reinstatement of daily operations, repair […]
Hornsby Shire to waive fees for flood victims, provide direct help with clean-up
At its General Meeting held yesterday, Hornsby Shire Council adopted a special Mayoral Minute extending assistance to property owners who are affected by the February − March 2022 floods which impacted parts of the Shire. The initiative includes waiving a range of Council Development Application (DA), Compliance Levy and other fees until 30 June 2023. […]
Severe Weather Warning for Damaging Winds
Damaging Wind Gusts continuing over eastern NSW. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS with peak gusts in excess of 90 km/h are possible about the coast and adjacent hinterland from northern parts of the South Coast district to southern parts of the Hunter. The risk of damaging wind gusts will continue for much of today, but will begin […]
Current Road Closures
The Current Road Closures follow the list: Blue Gum Road, Annangrove (at bridge crossing) McClymonts Road, Maraylya (at bridge crossing) Cattai Ridge Road, Maraylya/Glenorie (at bridge crossing) 313-337 Pitt Town Road, Maraylya (at bridge crossings) Newman Road, Glenorie River Road @ Lower Portland/Leets Vale is closed at the following locations (property numbers): 290 ( Dargle […]
River Levels are Dropping
It’s great to see the end of the rain and some sunshine appear in the sky. The river levels are very slowly dropping, around 3cm an hour at North Richmond, and just 1cm an hour in Windsor, Colo River is dropping by 15cm/h and the Grose at 6cm/h. These rates will start to increase over […]
ATM Suspects Charged
A 22-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman have been charged following an alleged attempted ram raid in Glenorie in January. Officers attached to The Hills Police Area Command were called to Old Northern Road, Glenorie, at about 11.30pm on Sunday January 30th 2022 following reports of an attempted robbery of an ATM outside the shopping […]
Langlands Landscape Supplies – Drenching Weather
Well, what an end to summer!! Unanticipated heavy rain from severe weather conditions has caused complete wash aways of driveways, paths, gardens and much more. Here at LANGLANDS, we lost our driveway, and so in need of extensive repairs, we used our rec road base with cement and resealed it. Debris from Galston Road filled […]
Australian Plants Society Parramatta Hills Group
SATURDAY 26 MARCH 2PM – 4PM. MEMBERS’ MEETING AT GUMNUT HALL, GUMNUT PLACE, CHERRYBROOK The speaker will be Angela (Angie) Michaelis who will be talking about “Plants for Gardens in the Shade”. She learned about native plants when helping her husband Mark Ferrington run specialist nursery Sydney Wildflower Nursery West for nearly 20 years. She […]
Glenhaven RFS a Great Reminder
Glenhaven RFS brigade has returned to face-to-face training sessions. You may see us back in Glenhaven streets and parks refreshing our skills and local knowledge. Recent training topics have included chainsaw use, village incidents and basic bush firefighting skills. All training is conducted in a covid-safe manner. We have also welcomed 5 new members to […]
Glenhaven RFS a Great Reminder
Glenhaven RFS brigade has returned to face-to-face training sessions. You may see us back in Glenhaven streets and parks refreshing our skills and local knowledge. Recent training topics have included chainsaw use, village incidents and basic bush firefighting skills. All training is conducted in a covid-safe manner. We have also welcomed 5 new members to […]