With road fatalities rising for the young, education is crucial Young people are increasingly dying on our roads. In 2023, the number of road accident fatalities for youth aged 17 to 25 reached 71 in NSW. This is a trend that...

Jett Rocker-Graham, Killian Donovan, and Adam Fejes have been selected to represent Australia in the U19 Asian Championships held in Thailand from 1 to 5 May. These three athletes are all part of their Junior Development Program from the Northern Beaches...

Forestville’s Umbrella School of Music offers inclusive programs for people of all ages, abilities, and disabilities and will present a production of the Disney musical Camp Rock at the Zenith Theatre in Chatswood in March 2025. Founder Ingrid Bass (pictured fourth from the...

From farm to race track to drive-in, this Frenchs Forest property has great history While perhaps hard to imagine, in the early 1950s Frenchs Forest was still semi-rural. The area where the Forest Hotel is today was the 30-acre Boomerang Farm,...

The inaugural Manly Writers’ Festival was held in Manly from 14 to 16 March at the Darley Smith Centre on The Corso. The festival included one-on-one conversations, Q&A panel discussions, presentations and book launches across many genres. It was officially opened...

Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, officially opened a new specialist disability accommodation (SDA) facility on the site of the former Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Beacon Hill on 28 March. The new build, which consists of three specially designed homes...

The Balmoral Swim celebrated its 33rd anniversary with more than 1,000 swimmers and a successful fundraising effort that raised over $100,000 for the Children’s Cancer Institute. On 24 March, the shores of Balmoral shimmered with excitement as swimmers, families, and community...

The organisation is changing lives one meal at a time In Christmas 2014, a group of friends came together to give back to the community with a one-off dinner service at Green Park in Sydney, with the idea of providing a...

The Humpty Dumpty Balmoral Burn family came together on 21 March at Bathers Pavilion’s Balmoral Room to welcome new and returning corporate sponsors to one of Australia’s premier outdoor charity events. Corporate Australia’s finest came together for this unique race that...

Described as a ‘godsend,’ Manly hospice turns one When the Manly Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice (AYAH) opened on 15 February last year, it made a huge difference to Heike Fabig. Her son Bodhi Boele is 17 and lives with an...