Join Proveda for an evening of Inspiring Stories on Life and Death: A special storytelling night to launch the Compassionate Connector program, a three-year translational pilot jointly funded by Sydney North Health Network and The Wicking Trust. Loneliness and social isolation...

Local doctors and members of Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) will be running a Health and Climate Community Forum at Avalon Surf Life Saving Club on 19 February at 7pm. DEA said they are seeing the impacts of our changing...

Helen Christensen is the NSW Scientist of the Year for 2024 Professor Helen Christensen from the University of NSW and the Black Dog Institute was recognised as the NSW Scientist of the Year in the Premier’s prizes for science and engineering...

BY ALEX DRISCOLL Turning food waste into compost earned David Lye the volunteer of the year Compost King is a name that has stuck with Newport resident David Lye rather unintentionally. The name arose when the Manchester-born import began volunteering at Brookvale’s...

BY ALEX DRISCOLL Ethan Hrnjak’s entry into council politics at just 21 proves age is no boundary when wanting to make a difference ‘Youthful energy’ might not be a term many associate with local council. However, since the elections, Frenchs Forest Ward...

The Boardriders Inclusive Classic is an event for every surfer’s diary, and it’s back again for 2025, taking place at Mona Vale Beach on 1 March, when adaptive surfers of all ages will unite for a day of competition and...

Donate swimwear for Fijian children Newport local Tilly Cooper may only be 13 years old, but she is on a mission to help those less fortunate than her. Following a trip to Fiji, the Brigidine Girls College Year 8 student decided to...

Australian ultra-endurance athlete Aaron Crook is gearing up for one of the toughest challenges on the planet — the 6633 Arctic Ultra in Canada’s Yukon this Feb. He’ll cover 610km over nine days in extreme arctic conditions. The only Australian among 11 global...

More than a century before COVID-19, the Bubonic plague threatened North Sydney Sydney’s first quarantine station was established in 1832 at North Head, well away from the growing town. By the end of the century, the Port of Sydney was one...

Calls for cabana-free zones on our beaches Tourism Australia’s Beach Ambassador, Brad Farmer, has challenged Northern Beaches Council to implement a cabana-free zone as the debate heats up around etiquette. Over the summer, beach goers have flooded radio stations complaining about the...