Friday, 9th October
NBS, PW
National Carers Week, which runs from 11 to 19 October, will recognise and celebrate the contribution of informal carers. With the theme this year of ‘Care for a carer: Making carers visible,’ the week aims to spotlight the contribution of...
Thursday, 8th October
NS
Willoughby City Council is commencing a project that will engage local women, girls and gender diverse people to make Chatswood South CBD safer and easier to move around. This comes after a $1 million grant from the NSW Government through...
Our community
NS, NB
Cricket superstar Alyssa Healy is enjoying life after retirement as a Fox Sports host, Adam Lucius discovers. In what other job do you get a front row seat to critique your partner’s work to an audience in the millions, and then...
NB
Nominations for the annual Australia Day Awards are open until 27 October. The awards acknowledge outstanding contributions, specific to Northern Beaches residents, events or groups. The nomination process involves filling out a form from council’s website and stating why the person...
NS
Clinician researcher Brendon Neuen is transforming kidney disease treatment In a rare achievement, clinician researcher Brendon Neuen had three major studies published on the same day, across the three most prestigious medical journals globally. Led by Brendon, an associate professor, the studies...
PW
Adam Lynch raises awareness of this disease in honour of his late wife Inspired by his late wife Anna who passed away after a battle with bladder cancer in 2017, Adam Lynch is helping others touched by the disease. Living in Elanora...
NS
A place where locals were once prepared for burial is now a hub for those seeking their family roots. Sexton’s Cottage sits in St Thomas’ Rest Park, the oldest European burial ground on the North Shore. From around 1850, the church...
NBS
Celie Gannon shares her journey caring for her rocker husband, Jim Celie Gannon published Jimmy Gannon’s Dangerous Dementia, a Carers Story at the end of 2025. The book documents her experience of caring for her English rocker husband Jim Gannon who...
PW
Getting the tram across Middle Harbour took some engineering The tram system that operated on the southern portion of the Northern Beaches prior to 1940 was isolated from the rest of the Sydney tram network. Bringing new rolling stock in or...
NBS
Firefighter Peta Miller is committed to helping people Firefighter and Manly Station Officer Peta Miller was recently awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal in honour of her distinguished service to Fire and Rescue NSW and the community. For Peta, the honour extends...
PW
Avalon Surf Life Saver Mark Head defies the odds after a life-changing accident Avalon’s Mark Head won the 2026 Surf Life Saving Sydney Northern Beaches Award of Excellence for Patrol Member of the Year. “To be honest, I’m a little embarrassed,” Mark...
NS, NB
From TV screens to TikTok, Nine presenter and Beaches local Belinda Russell is bringing a smile to viewers across the nation – and gaining a few celebrity followers along the way. Tamara Spray reports. It may be a cold winter’s day...