Thursday, 23rd October
NB
Northern Beaches Greens will host a forum to discuss The Myths vs Reality of Synthetic Turf at Mona Vale Memorial Hall from 7pm to 9pm on 30 October. Pittwater Greens Councillor Miranda Korzy said Northern Beaches Council already has synthetic turf...
Wednesday, 22nd October
NS
Marine Rescue Middle Harbour has played a role in the record 141 missions completed by units across Greater Sydney in September. Across NSW, the volunteer-based organisation found it was the busiest September on record. Todd Andrews, Marine Rescue NSW acting commissioner said...
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PW
An innovative charity outlet, Resilience Circle, was opened by the not-for-profit Women’s Resilience Centre (WRC) at 1761 Pittwater Road, Mona Vale, at a special VIP event on 23 November. Beaches Mayor Sue Heins cut the ribbon and celebrated the opening with...
NS
The earliest schools in NSW were based on European models of formal education, aiming to foster morality as much as to impart knowledge. The first three schools in present-day North Sydney all had religious affiliation. By 1852, Anglican and Presbyterian...
NB
Local MPs were put to work at Oxford Falls Grammar (OFG) on 25 November, when they joined Bushlink employees and school students for some early morning gardening on the school grounds as part of Bushlink’s School Inclusion Program. Wakehurst Independent Michael...
NS
Meet the principal shaping the next generation of female leaders at Loreto Kirribilli Instilling self-belief in girls needs to happen at school so they can break the glass ceiling, says Loreto Kirribilli principal Nicole Archard. Nicole took up the top job at...
NS, NB
No one expected Australia’s women’s water polo team to win a medal at the Paris Olympics – except the Stingers themselves. Centre forward Tilly Kearns tells Editor in Chief Michelle Giglio about her journey to the podium. Tilly Kearns is on...
PW
After a gruelling by-election campaign, the new member for Pittwater Jacqui Scruby is hitting the ground running Jacqui Scruby admits she’s not one to rest. Two days after an ‘exhausting’ by-election campaign for the seat of Pittwater, Jacqui was on a...
NBS
Having kids doesn’t mean giving up the waves There was one thing that Aoife O’Sullivan loved to do when she was pregnant with her first child, and that was to surf. “I surfed the whole way up until I was about...
NBS
Northern Beaches Parks and Recreation | Manly Vale The Manly Dam mountain bike track was developed in the 1990s and volunteers are now needed to maintain and improve the 11km loop, which provides riders with the opportunities to suit all levels...
NS
Cremorne’s Ruby Lafferty shares a special connection with US superstar Adam Lambert When Ruby took to the national stage for her blind audition on Channel 7 show The Voice, she was nervous and excited. Yet she hoped at least one of...
NBS
Following a successful first year, the annual Manly Spin-a-thon is back for another fun day out on 7 December, with music and entertainment, overtaking a section just off The Corso near Sydney Road in Manly. Organised by Proveda Foundation in collaboration...