Friday, 7th August
NS
The winners of Australia’s longest running municipal art award, the Mosman Art Prize, are set to be announced on 20 August. The Prize, which is now in it’s 79th year, has become a platform for contemporary Australian painting, with this year’s...
Thursday, 6th August
NBS
A Northern Beaches Little League baseball team has been crowned national champions after an outstanding performance at the 2026 Little League National Invitational Tournament in Redcliffe, Queensland. Representing NSW as the state’s only team at the tournament, the Manly Little League...
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NBS
Briony Scott returns to Manly as the new CEO of Royal Far West For Briony Scott, taking up the position of chief executive officer at Royal Far West (RFW) in Manly is a full-circle moment. While growing up in Seaforth, Briony...
PW
Drought led to Narrabeen Lagoon being used as an airstrip in the 1920s In 1910 a requirement was imposed on Warringah Council – as a precondition to the NSW Government agreeing to fund the extension of the tram from Brookvale –...
PW
Neil Diamond tribute performer Peter Byrne Shakes It Up for charity Neil Diamond’s classic hit Sweet Caroline has recently found a new generation of fans, and singer Peter Byrne, who performs a tribute show to the US superstar, says it’s a...
NB
Year 12 student Hannes Ennemann recently represented Northern Beaches Christian School (NBCS) as a featured speaker at the Entrepreneurial Educators Exchange Unconference in Sydney. Hannes shared his insights into the evolving challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI in education. As...
PW
Being a good sport comes naturally to Narrabeen Lakes teacher Nathan Casey Narrabeen Lakes Public School teacher Nathan Casey doesn’t like to blow his own trumpet. He was surprised and humbled when he was presented with a School Sporting Excellence Association...
NS, NB
Mitch Wynter says you will fall in love with his Cirque du Soleil character Trickster from Kooza, back in Sydney after 10 years. Editor in Chief Michelle Giglio discovers the Cirque magic in person. To journey into a world far away...
NS
Dr Benita Tse is leading research into colorectal cancer There’s mystery surrounding the increase in diagnoses of colorectal cancer in young people, and Dr Benita Tse is hard at work at the Kolling Institute in St Leonards, leading research into the...
NS
Absconding from servant’s duties landed one North Shore convict on the iron gang Two hundred years ago, in 1826, the newly arrived Governor Ralph Darling introduced the first formal guidelines for convict ‘assignment’. The bureaucracy of convict management was tightened and,...
PW
Sailors Eva and Darcy have their eyes on the 2032 Brisbane Olympics Northern Beaches sailors Darcy Robbins, 19, and Eva Attwood, 20, are aiming to one day compete at the Olympic Games. The 49er FX sailing pair joined together as a...
NBS
Scott Murphy is running an ‘ocean’ marathon for childhood brain cancer research Scott Murphy is about to head on a world ‘bucket list’ cruise for 114 days with wife Lauren, but he won’t be chilling on a sun lounger every day...