Welcome to our week in review.
Lane Cove Rocks at the Canopy
On Saturday Night FABBA (an ABBA Tribute band) rocked The Canopy. The Canopy green was packed with locals enjoying the music and the restaurants around The Canopy were also packed.
It’s a good time to reflect that without the actions of concerned residents, this area could have been apartments – read about the history of The Canopy here.
Get ready to really rock it out on 5th May 2023 when The Canopy will host the AC/DC Show with Dirty Deeds. Book here.
House Fire in Lane Cove West
At 10.20 pm on Monday 13 March 2023, Fire and Rescue NSW were called to a house fire in Banksia Close Lane Cove West (not far from the school). Six fire trucks attended and the blaze was extinguished in two hours. There were no injuries. The Police Media Unit advised the following:
“Just before 10.30pm last night (Monday 13 March 2023), emergency services were called to a house in Banksia Close, Lane Cove, following reports of a fire.
Fire and Rescue NSW extinguished the blaze. No injuries were reported.
A go fund me account has been set up to help the family – https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-karl-get-back-to-normal-after-the-house-fire?
Bus Delays Still Happening
A few years ago (before COVID) ITC ran a campaign to have more buses servicing the Lane Cove area and to reduce the queues. For a while more buses were scheduled starting form Lane Cove West Business Park and this helped to reduce queues. Now the bus queues are back again, notwithstanding that Busways promised to reduce cancellations the queues are growing. You can register your delays here.
NSW Election
The draw for positions on the Ballet Paper for the Lane Cove Electorate in the March 2023 State Election took place on Thursday 9 March 2023. The positions are below.
In the Cove hosted an online Meet the Candidates Forum on 7th March 2023. All four candidates participated. The format was a five minuted presentation and then a Q and A session.
In alphabetical order, the Lane Cove State Electorate Candidates are:
Heather Armstrong (Greens)
Victoria Davidson (Indpendent)
Penny Pederson (Labor)
Anthony Roberts (Liberal)
You can view the online forum here.
NSW Women of the Year Awards
On 9 March 2023, ITC was honoured to attend the NSW Women of the Year Award. ITC was honoured to be chosen as Lane Cove’s Woman of the Year. It is great to see local news being recognized. The North Shore Woman of the year for North Shore electorate was Anna Usher from Mosman Collective. This shows that local news is so important.
Lane Cove Sport
The Lane Cove Cricket Club has again been incredibly successful in the Girl’s cricket competition.
Lane Cove Perry are the Minor Premiers in the Under 17 Age Group. They won their semi-final last weekend convincingly (0/92 vs 8/90) against Leichhardt and will be playing North Sydney in the final this Saturday at 1pm at Blackman Park.
Lane Cove Haynes U13 team finished 2nd in their competition at the end of the home and away season. They also had a convincing win against St Ives last weekend (4/173 vs 5/126) in their semifinal and will be playing North Sydney at 1pm in the final at Blackman Park.
All five Lane Coves girls’ sides finished in one of the top 4 spots in their competitions and made the Championship semifinals, which is the first time in the 5 years of LC Girls cricket they have achieved that feat.
In addition, two Lane Cove girls topped the batting awards for all the players in the U17 competition. Eliza McLeod (from LC Lanning) has scored the most runs in the competition with 334 and Jhansika Peddada (LC Perry) has the highest batting average with 132.
Pop down to Blackman Park this Saturday to see the girls in action. Below is a picture of the Lane Cove Perry team and Lane Cove Lanning team.
Residents Association
Longueville Residents Association
On Wednesday 8 March 2023, the Longueville Residents Association met to discuss items relevant to the Longueville area. It was a packed house, and items on the agenda were:
- The future of Lucretia Baths
- Lights at Longueville Tennis Club
- Update on the Sports and Rec facility
- Update on 266 Longueville Road. The owners now want to change the development from a mixed aged care and seniors living to senior living apartments.
Stringybark Creek Residents Association
On 7 March 2023, the Stringybark Creek Residents Association held an election forum.
Greenwich Community Association
The Greenwich Community Association is holding their election forum tonight (Wednesday, 15 March 2023).
Being part of a residents’ association means you find out what is happening in your part of Lane Cove – find out more about residents’ associations here and join your local group.
Win Tickets to the 2023 Royal Easter Show
The 2023 Sydney Royal Easter Show is fast approaching. The Royal Easter Show runs from Thursday 6 April 2023 to Monday 17 April 2023. The Royal Easter Show offers the best value day out in Sydney with 12 hours of free entertainment every day. In the Cove is giving you a chance to win a Family Pass (2 Adults and 2 children tickets). Find out more here.
ITC Loves a Comp
ITC loves a comp and you or your child could have their artwork on the shoulders of Lane Cove residents @harrisfarmmarkets has a colouring comp to celebrate their new coloured by nature programme (the removal of artificial colours from their products). You can have your design on their Tote Bags.
Find out more here.
Harris Farm is an ITC Business Supporter
Lane Cove Events
Arnies Recon. pick up e-waste, small appliances and stand alone musical instruments. They accept a wider range of e-waste than the community recycling centre.
Next Pick Up – Riverview 16 March – Details here
Lane Cove West – 21 March – Details here
You can read more about Arnies recon here.
Crime Report
We have been advised of two attempted car break in this week. On Saturday night a car was broken into on Little Street and one on Austin Street Lane Cove.
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