Pickleball popularity soars on the Beaches What is the appeal of pickleball, and why is everyone suddenly talking about it? One of the fastest-growing sports in Australia, pickleball combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong. It is played with a perforated plastic...

Smooth sailing for apprentice of the year Newport local Michaela Douglas, 22, grew up around boats and spent a lot of time with her parents, Shane and Felicity Douglas, at Douglas Marine in Newport, established by her grandparents in 1972. She has...

One Meal | Brookvale One Meal is a fully volunteer-run organisation that relies heavily on the dedication and generosity of its volunteers. Individuals can contribute in various ways, such as cooking, serving food, collecting donations, or offering friendly engagement with...

Aussies owe their lives to his inflatable rescue boat Ken Brown, who was instrumental in the development of the Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB), known as the ‘rubber duckie’, died on 22 October, aged 92, from prostate cancer. More than 200,000 lives have...

Chatswood’s Jacqueline Close has been awarded for her work preventing falls in the elderly Jacqueline Close was sitting in an airport in Singapore when she received an email she instantly thought was spam. “It was from the Governor General of Australia’s...

Lavender Bay escalators were an exciting novelty One hundred years ago this year, train and ferry passengers had the novel experience of being conveyed between the Lavender Bay foreshore and Glen Street at Milsons Point by escalator. The device wasn’t quite a...

Australia’s first stereo radio station celebrates For 50 years Sydney has been listening to the tunes and chat of 2MBS Fine Music Sydney, broadcast from its St Leonards studio. The popular radio station is powered predominantly by volunteers, and is known...

New Mosman mayor and basketball centre Ann Marie Kimber says there is a lot to be excited about in her role Ann Marie Kimber is not afraid of pulling her sleeves up for a good cause. The mayor, who was popularly...

ACVVS | Frenchs Forest The aged care volunteer visitor scheme (ACVVS) offers a free service for aged care residents or home care package recipients who are socially isolated. Volunteers are needed to visit individuals from diverse backgrounds or cultural groups who lack...

Tune in and celebrate the volunteer-run FM station Radio Northern Beaches (RNB) has been entertaining the community since 1984, when Radio Manly-Warringah (as it was then known) first went to air. RNB’s first studios were in Narrabeen, then Belrose in 2003,...