Community choirs across the country, including With One Voice in Chatswood, are throwing open their doors for Try a Choir Week. From today until the 22 August there’s an open invitation for people of all backgrounds and abilities to experience...

Computer Pals Narrabeen celebrates 30 year milestone Computer Pals for Seniors Northern Beaches (CPS) has empowered over 3,000 seniors to be tech savvy at the Tramshed Arts and Community Centre in Narrabeen for the last 30 years. Nan Bosler, of Collaroy Plateau,...

With one in four Australian school-aged kids experiencing bullying, the Bullying No Way: National Week of Action, which runs until 15 August, comes at a critical time. Parenting advocates Triple P − Positive Parenting Program revealed that according to a recent...

Panel deems restaurant ‘not in public interest’ There will be no Maccas in Balgowlah, after the Northern Beaches Local Planning Panel refused a $4 million proposal for a new restaurant and drive-through. Initially the proposal was for a 24- hour McDonalds on...

With trial HSC exams well underway across schools on the North Shore and Northern Beaches, Year 12 students are being encouraged to take advantage of study spaces at their local council libraries. Forestville Library offers members access to the premises 24...

Local Greens councillors are inviting the community to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings in Japan with a candlelight vigil at Oxford Falls Peace Park on 9 August. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese residents died and suffered lifelong injuries...

Children find fun, thrills and new skills at the 1st North Sydney Scout Group There is a group of young adventurers in McMahons Point, some as young as five, who can not only navigate their way through a park using just...

Six-a-side club tackles council but council has possession of the ball About 1,000 players in Pittwater will miss out on summer soccer this year as Northern Beaches Council has moved matches to the synthetic field at Narrabeen Sports High School. The FootballSSG...

Year 9 Redlands students have immersed themselves in country life, spending nine weeks living and learning at the school’s High Country Campus just outside Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains. It was the start of Redlands’ new residential learning program, Moonbah, a...

Newport Junior Rugby Club’s (NJRC) Under-14 boys and girls teams returned from a memorable week in Fiji’s Coral Coast on 13 July as part of the NJRC 2025 tour, where they delivered both on-field performances and off-field community support that...