Get Ready For Roadworks
Get ready for the Centennial Avenue/Epping Road roadworks which start on 21 Jan 2019. A dedicated left hand turn lane from Centennial Avenue onto Epping Road will be constructed. There will be traffic delays and night works which will impact Lane Cove West residents. Read more here.
Lane Cove Council in undertaking roadworks on Longueville Road between St Michaels Church and 266 Longueville Road site. Expect traffic delays. This area has also been dedicated as a works zone so make sure you don’t park your car on this section of Longueville Road, or you will be booked. The road works start from 21st January to 24th January 2019 ( but someone forgot it was 2019 – check out our cover photo).
Macquarie Ice Rink
This week Northern Sydney residents were shocked to hear the Olympic sized Macquarie Ice Rink will be demolished. Several petitions were launched asking for the owners, AMP Capital, to review their decision. Yesterday, an AMP Spokesperson said they only had plans for a recreational ice rink (how big would that be?). Pressure needs to be kept on the owners to change their plans. Read more here.
Power Outages
On Saturday night about 1500 houses in Lane Cove, Riverview, Lane Cove West, Hunters Hill and Gladesville lost power. One resident reported hearing a loud bang and then the lights dimmed with some lights remaining at low output levels. Ausgrid advised ITC
“At this stage we do not have a known cause for the outage you experienced last night in Lane Cove, Riverview and Gladesville.”
Attempted Break Ins
More attempted break ins were reported this week on both ITC and ITC Lane Cove Chat.
Carranya Road Riverview
Early in the morning (just after one occupant had left for work) the next door neighbour’s dog started barking which prompted the resident to look out of their window. The resident saw an intruder approaching their front door. The sensor light was on, but this did not seem to concern the intruder The resident scared off the intruder and notified the police who arrived with the dog squad.
Riverview Street Riverview (near Coonah Parade)
A resident reported 3 males wearing hoodies, gloves and holding torches entered the front of their property at 3.40 am. CCTV footage captured the intruders looking through their garage window. The intruders then walked down the side of the house and opened the backyard gate. This prompted their dog to started barking. The intruders fled when the owner called out to the dog. The police were notified.
Epping Road Apartments
A resident reported, a suspicious looking man of Asian appearance (well dressed in a blue business shirt and beige pants) snooping around their apartment complex and car park. The man was taking photos, peering through front doors and windows. The man was checking if doors were unlocked. No reports of anything stolen.
Defibrillator in the Lane Cove Plaza
A roving reporter spotted a new defibrillator in the Lane Cove plaza near NAB. Well done to the Lane Cove Council for installing more defibrillators around Lane Cove – we need defibrillators at every sports ground, major parks and reserves. Last year a local doctor saved a man’s life by using the Lane Cove Council installed defibrillators during a sports match. Read more here.
Got a Pen Working Bee
Thank you to the Lane Cove residents who came out today to help with the Got a Pen working bee. There are two more working bees, Sunday 27th Feb and Sunday 3rd Feb 2019. Got a Pen distributes stationery kits to students in lower socio economic areas that attend school without pens and pencils. The charity was started in Lane Cove. Read More here
School Holiday Activities
Numerous school holiday camps and activities start on Monday 21st January 2019 from martial arts, art workshops, tennis, music, dance, adventure camps and more. Read more here.
Girls League Tag Comp in North Sydney District Announced
Lane Cove Tigers Junior Rugby League Club are currently looking for expressions of interest from girls aged 11 – 13 to play in a fun, inclusive, fast paced, highly skilled ball game, based on rugby league rules, across the lower and upper North Shore area.
Games will be held on Saturdays between 1pm – 3pm. The competition will begin 6th April 2019 and training starts in March.
Click here to register now: https://bit.ly/2AzHvL4 or for more information email [email protected]
New Business Alert
The new Red Cross charity store has opened in Lane Cove. The store is located next to the Commonwealth Bank and their first sale was a Zimmerman dress.
Thank You from Delvena Women’s Refuge Lane Cove
The Manly Warringah Women’s Resource Centre (which runs Delvena Women’s Refuge in Lane Cove) would like to thank everyone who kindly donated supermarket gift vouchers, gifts and toys and much more at Christmas time. Before Christmas ITC received numerous requests from locals asking how they could to donate to Delvena. If you would like to fundraise for Delvena or donate to Delvena the number one item they’re always looking for is Supermarket gift vouchers. These vouchers are given to families relocating from Delvena to new homes and it assists the family with the initial set up (many of these homes are in the Lane Cove Council area). Many women arrive at Delvena with nothing but the clothes they are wearing. Vouchers can be dropped off to another hard working charity in Lane Cove – Sydney Community Services (in the Little Street Car Park building).
Trolleys
Last week we reported the number of supermarket trolleys scattered around Lane Cove had increased. Several residents noted they have not seen a Coles Trolley Vehicle for many weeks. ITC contacted Coles, Woolworths and the Lane Cove Council to discuss the increased number of trolleys. Lane Cove Council rangers spoke to their Coles contact and Woolworths new store manager said he would arrange for more pick-ups. If you see a trolley lying around use Snap Send Solve to report the issue.
Upcoming Events
There will be plenty of fun things to do on Australia Day in Lane Cove. The Lane Cove Plaza is looking very patriotic with Aussie Flags already in place. We will soon publish our list of things to do on Australia Day and an article on special Australia Day food (Tim Tam crepes anyone?? at Four Frogs Crêperie)
Traffic Incidents
This week there was another motor vehicle collision at the corner of Barwon Road and Centennial Avenue Lane Cove West.
Sarah Folwell Massage
This week’s Lane Cove News Week in Review is sponsored by Sarah Folwell Massage Therapist.
Sarah’s career in massage began in 2000. Although using a combination of massage techniques tailored to the specific needs of each client, she predominantly utilizes Remedial Massage techniques such as Trigger Point therapy. Also specializing in Pregnancy Massage, she has many years experience in that area. The pregnancy massage is performed sidelying, often incorporating appropriate acupressure points.Massage can be combined with Acupuncture (TCM) in a one and a half hour Acu-Massage combo treatment. This can be an extremely effective approach to Musculo-skeletal dysfunction, including but not limited to:
- Rotator Cuff injuries, Frozen Shoulder and Impingement syndromes
- Tendonitis (Achilles Tendonitis, Tennis Elbow)
- Knee injuries
- Lower Back pain
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