Issue 500

This is the 500th issue of Peninsula News.It started 21 years ago in April 1999. The front page of the first issue is reproduced on this page.The longevity and success of Peninsula News has been…

Peninsula News was started as a voluntary non-profit community service to the residents of the Peninsula in 1999.It has continued to operate in that spirit over the past 21 years.Its success has relied heavily on…

Peninsula News focuses on reporting the decisions being made that will affect the lives of our readers on the Peninsula, and the local activities they can be part of. We report what is happening locally…

The idea of starting a newspaper just for the Peninsula arose from a meeting of the Peninsula Community Forum in 1998.The meeting was a unique gathering of a broad cross-section of groups from across the…

Peninsula News may never have started had it not been for Cec Bucello.Soon after the Peninsula Newspaper association formed, it was looking for a commercial operator for the paper.This would be a business that would…

Who would have thought that 21 years ago, a 12-page newsletter produced once a month would become the Peninsula’s only newspaper, outlasting many other local publications from major local, national and international organisations?Right from the…

Justin Stanley has been involved with Peninsula News as graphic designer for 16 years.He joined Ducks Crossing Publications in 2004 at the age of 22, initially as a volunteer in the Work for the Dole…

Honorary editor and founder of Peninsula News, Mark Snell, shares some of his thoughts about life on the Woy Woy Peninsula and the first 21 years of the community newspaper.Here he answers a selection of…