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Community rush to give Beaches Link Tunnel input as deadline looms

Dried up local creeks, ecological destruction, disturbance of toxic sludge and six years of high impact construction noise were just some the major concerns addressed during a community webinar...

Office booze ban fails but taskforce will tackle troublemakers

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A hundred bucks says we’re back in biz: Dine & Discover launches locally today

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Gas exploration off Manly to Central Coast hits snag

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Northern Beaches Monopoly Board Game released

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HOUSING STRATEGY Check out this Northern Beaches Advocate story summarising what’s planned for the Northern Beaches Housing Strategy. 

COVID UPDATES View NSW Health update alerts here.  

SHARED SPACES A plan to turn half of lower Darley Road into a cycle path has been scrapped New plans here

SPORTS NEWS Want sports news? Check out Northern Beaches Sports Tribune

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Free cash for heritage home owners

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If you live in a heritage listed property on the Northern Beaches you could receive up to $3,000 toward preservation and...
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Curl Curl public school now something to crow about

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Primary school has changed a lot since the late eighties and early nineties. I mean, I knew it would be different. But...
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‘It’s a picnic area not a beer garden’: battle over Manly’s ‘Office’ drinks resumes

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A notice of motion is once again before Northern Beaches Council this evening (23 February) to put in place a 24...
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Covid creativity captures kids in their element

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A photographic celebration of our talented local kids doing what they love most,  using the Beaches as a backdrop, launched at...
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World Surfing League defects to Northern Beaches

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“I got this distressed phone call from Andrew Stark saying, ‘I need your permission to put an event on’. I...
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Beaches to host first community battery for excess solar power

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Ausgrid unveiled a community battery in Beacon Hill, which will harness and store solar power from local homes today, 15 February. The...

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Covid creativity captures kids in their element

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A photographic celebration of our talented local kids doing what they love most,  using...
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Book art turns heads, not pages

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Lovers of art and lovers of books, and especially lovers of both, are in...
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Julia Baird on her connection to Cabbage Tree Bay

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Australian journalist Julia Baird shares her personal connection with the water at Cabbage Tree...
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‘People think because you deal with shit, you are shit’: KENNY theatre review

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Sure, 2020 was a crap year. So why invite more crap into our lives?...
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Seven month old toddler from Balgowlah Heights overcomes rare type of congenital heart disease

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Little Aurora Caroll has had a rough start in life. Born in June 2020,...
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Choir in a carpark  

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Italy had its balcony operas and now Australia has its choir in a carpark...
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