Regulator gives green light to special variation Willoughby City Council will soon vote to raise rates by 15 per cent, following approval from the regulator for a special rate variation. IPART, which sets the maximum yearly amount by which councils can raise...

Police are investigating after a building in North Sydney was vandalised on the 10 June early morning. Officers attached to North Shore Police Area Command were called to Miller Street after a person damaged nine windows of the United States consulate...

The NSW Government has given a reprieve to Willoughby, Mosman, North Sydney and 11 coastal councils and will keep funding the long-running Beachwatch water testing programs for another 12 months. The government had told councils it would cease funding the Beachwatch...

E-bikes have pedestrians pumped up Reports of e-bike near-misses and reckless riding on the Lower North Shore are rapidly rising, with food delivery drivers on footpaths appearing to be the main issue. Neutral Bay resident John Kouvelis contacted North Shore Living as...

A man, 24, has been charged after two cyclists were seriously injured in Sydney’s Northern Beaches on 4 June. The man was charged with negligent driving (occasions grievous bodily harm) and cause bodily harm by misconduct in charge of motor vehicle. The...

Two cyclists have been seriously injured following a crash in Belrose on 4 June early morning. About 6am, emergency services were called to Forest Way, after reports of a crash involving two cyclists and a car. Officers attached to Northern Beaches Police...

Increase in ‘non-target’ deaths A total of 46 non-target animals were caught in shark nets on the Beaches from 1 September 2023 to 30 April 2024, an increase from 34 last season. The data was supplied to Peninsula Living Pittwater (PL) by...

Community anger sparks change Coles has had to resubmit plans to use public parking spaces for its $169 million Neutral Bay development following a decision by council to protect its parking lot at Grosvenor Lane. At its meeting on 13 May, North...

A driver has been convicted after a road rage incident in the Northern Beaches during traffic peak hours in June last year. Allegedly, a 32-year-old male driver got out twice of his vehicle on Forest Way at Belrose and Frenchs Forest...

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man missing from Avalon Beach. Richard Paton, 55, was last seen at a home on Palmgrove Road, Avalon Beach, in early April this year. He has not been seen or heard from...