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The final skate: End of an era as Penrith Ice Palace closes for good
After 22 years, Penrith has lost its one and only palace.
A fresh perspective: Journo completes Ration Challenge
Going days, weeks, or even years on end eating only rice and beans may seem like a nightmare to some, but this is the reality for refugees around the world.
Local lunch aims to raise money for Ukraine
A charity lunch is being held at Lakeside Restaurant within Sydney International Regatta Centre on Sunday, July 31.
Non-commuters to pay up for using train station car parks
Commuters should have more places to park with a change coming to how Penrith and St Marys train station car parks operate.
Flu season to peak within weeks, as doctors urge extra precautions
While the height of the COVID-19 pandemic is seemingly over, the common cold and influenza are hitting people hard.
We’ll drink to that! Local bartender’s cocktail featured in new book
While the Fourth of July is not an occasion widely honoured in Australia, it is a chance to celebrate with a drink made with well-known American spirits.
Students celebrate Aboriginal culture ahead of NAIDOC Week
Ahead of NAIDOC Week, Oxley Park Public School welcomed staff, students and members of the community to an assembly celebrating and recognising the history and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Council commits to innovative road reconstruction plan
Penrith City Council is breaking new ground with a commitment to use recycled glass in all future road works.
Business is a beauty: High-end Medi spa and salon to open in South Penrith
A high-end Medi spa, laser clinic and beauty salon will soon be added to the changing face of Smith Street in South Penrith.
South Penrith play space to be transformed into ‘Trike Village’
The wheels are moving on a unique upgrade of the Penrose Crescent play space in South Penrith.
Council bombshell: Jonathan Pullen quits Labor
First-term Penrith Councillor Jonathan Pullen has confirmed he has resigned from the Labor Party.
The Weekender has been aware of growing tensions involving Cr Pullen...
Podcast: On The Record – Terry Gallaway
Terry Gallaway started working as a journalist in 1955. Across an extraordinary career, he's broken and worked on some of the biggest stories in our nation's history.
For the love of reptiles: Popularity grows in Penrith
Though we won’t see a decline in having dogs and cats as pets any time soon, it appears that a new front runner is on the incline, in the form of reptiles.
Penrith teen wows the judges on America’s Got Talent
Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School alumni, Max Ostler, has taken his talents abroad, earning four yeses on ‘America’s Got Talent’ last week, and wowing audiences around the world.
A fine mess: Drivers plea for leniency over St Marys train station changes
Local motorists say they deserve a fairer go after changes to long-standing traffic conditions near St Marys train station.
Sport meets culture at NAIDOC Cup event in Emu Plains
1300 Aboriginal kids from primary schools all over the local area descended on Hunter Fields in Emu Plains on Tuesday for the 12th annual NAIDOC Cup.
Minimum wage increase could have a “domino effect” across local area
Local businesses may hit clients with revised and increased costings as they work to deal with a rise in the national minimum wage.
WIN a stay at Terminus Apartment Hotel Newcastle
Courtesy of Choice Hotels Asia Pac, win a two night stay at a heritage-listed hotel in the heart of Newcastle.
Man stabbed during road rage incident at Cambridge Gardens
A man has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in an apparent road rage incident at Cambridge Gardens this evening.
School teachers set to walk off the job on June 30
Public and private school teachers will stage a joint strike on June 30 as tensions mount over the teaching crisis in New South Wales schools.
