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Penrith's first five-star hotel was officially unveiled last Friday, and it's set to bring a new era to the west. The new $10 million precinct at Panthers is also home to the Western Sydney Conference Centre (WSCC), combining business, entertainment and leisure in one destination.

Penrith has been named as one of the state's drink driving hotspots, with 339 motorists caught over the limit this year. The Bust the Boozers report, which was released by the NRMA last week, ranked local Government Areas by the highest recorded numbers of drivers who were caught drink-driving.

Article about registered local charity, The Haven - Nepean Women's Shelter and the work they do with the community. Since opening in 2018, The Haven has provided over 17,000 safe bed nights to the Penrith community and surrounding areas, and has assisted more than 330 women and children. In May o...

After a fabulous debut in 2022, the Nepean Festival of Art and Design will be returning to Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School next month, with new ways to celebrate art and culture.

Oxley Park Public are preparing a fundraising event for brave Xaviah who is suffering from brain cancer that has metastasized in his spine.

A St Marys nun was one of the keynote speakers at the Women for Peace Rally last month. About 500 women braved the rain to march from Hyde Park to State Parliament House, where Sister Susan Connelly from the Mary Mackillop Institute addressed the group, along with writer and film maker Anne Deves...

A development application worth more than one million dollars has been approved for four solar car park canopies at Lenox Village Shopping Centre at Emu Plains. It was given the go ahead after it was determined that the development will have no significant adverse environmental impacts.

Glenmore Park's Asian Pearl Chinese restaurant will close on Sunday 13 August. Owner Lam Tang is preparing for his final week of trade at the popular eatery.

Leo Irvine is searching for stoneware bottles of cordial manufacturers of the Penrith area. H G Coombs' bottle had the image of an Emu, and the Bronger Brothers had a shaking hand as their trademarks. Article contains image of the brand from a bottle of H G Coombs

On June 13, 1938 three spectators were killed at Penrith Speedway when a driver lost control and ploughed into the crowds. The track opened in 1924, however, in 1941 it closed permanently when the Army acquired the lands for the war effort.