Beecroft Village Green: Community Building Partnership Grant Awarded for Exercise Stations
CLLR DR VERITY GREENWOOD Wonderful news! Our Hornsby Council has been advised that its Community Building Partnership grant application, to install two further exercise stations as part of the Beecroft Village Green Park Renewal works, has been successfully awarded $40,000. The Beecroft Village Masterplan included four exercise stations, but funding for the Village Green only […]
Clr Mitchell Blue Deputy Mayor – The Hills Shire Council
Thanks for the residents’ comments on traffic management issues during roadworks on Old Northern and Wiseman’s Ferry Roads. I was glad to liaise to find a better outcome. I am also glad the big pothole on Old Northern Rd has now been repaired. Council recently approved its Hills Shire Plan for 2024/2025 which outlines councils’ […]
Celebrating the Local Sporting Champions in our Hills Community
If you’re a family with a child who is a gifted sportsperson, it can be a great joy. However, I know that it can also place a great financial strain on your family, especially when they are called upon to represent their club, state, or country at major competitions. One of the great grant programs […]
Rural Roundup: Hornsby Councillor Warren Waddell
NSW News Update: June is always the time that we take stock of our finances. I am pleased to report that Hornsby Shire Council continues to track well in balancing the books. We carry no debt and the budget for the year ahead contains a modest 1.9 million surplus. Given an overall annual budget of $200 million containing capital […]
Wesley Uniting Church Candlelight Vigil
On May 31, 2024 the Wesley Uniting Church in Castle Hill hosted a Candlelight Vigil, marking the conclusion of a series of Domestic and Family Violence events in The Hills for Domestic and Family Violence Awareness Month. A safe, quiet space was provided for members of the community to come together to reflect and to […]
Box Hill’s First Sports Fields Are Now Open
Residents of The Hills Shire celebrated the grand opening of Box Hill’s first sports fields on Saturday with a fun and free family event on Saturday, 15 June 2024. The milestone was marked with a plaque unveiling by the Mayor of The Hills Shire Council Dr Peter Gangemi, alongside the President of the Box Hill […]
An Update on Kenthurst Road and Annangrove Road
By Dr Peter Gangemi – Mayor of The Hills Shire Council Last night at Council, an important Notice of Motion on Kenthurst and Annangrove Roads by Councillor Mitchell Blue and myself was unanimously supported by Councillors. The motion calls for a report to come to Council outlining options to ease traffic congestion in the area, […]
Why We Need our Councils to be Climate Warriors
Clr Dr Mila Kasby – Greens Councillor For The Hills Shire I grew up hearing the catchphrase “roads, rates and rubbish” but now realise it’s a seriously outdated description of the vast number of facilities and services that councils actually deliver. Our parks and sports grounds, pools, libraries, childcare facilities, footpaths and cycleways, community venues […]
Clr Mitchell Blue Deputy Mayor – The Hills Shire Council
North Ward News Good news! It is with excitement that the NSW Government has announcement that it will accept the management of the Lower Portland Ferry, with the transfer anticipated to occur later this year. The announcement follows years of advocacy work by both The Hills and Hawkesbury councils and the Member for Hawkesbury, Robyn […]
Rural Roundup: Hornsby Councillor Warren Waddell
Community News: During May I had the pleasure of attending the Eastbend Rural Communications Inc. meeting. I was joined by my Hills Council colleagues, Mayor Peter Gangemi and his Deputy Mitchell Blue. Together we were presented with a list of concerns facing the local rural community. These issues included: Speed and road user conduct on main roads […]
