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Baby shark footage raises ire but nothing suss, says DPI

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Video footage circulating across social media showing a fisherman posing with an endangered juvenile shark on the Northern Beaches last week will not lead...
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Local fundraiser key to success of Australian Doctors International

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Did you know that Seaforth is home to our very own 'doctors without borders?' Formerly based in Manly, Australian Doctors International (ADI) has a...
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Callout for rescue wildlife hotline volunteers

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Volunteering with Sydney Wildlife Rescue can be a little heartbreaking, but also intensely rewarding and at times a little amusing, long-time rescuer and Freshwater...
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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 - singing continues to signal our determination to persevere in...
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Up to $5k cash for lockdown-hit Beaches businesses

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UPDATED: One off payments of between $3,000-$5,000 – known as ‘hardship grants’ –  were announced for lockdown-affected Northern Beaches businesses  on Thursday 4 February. The...
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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, Aurora was diagnosed with a rare type of congenital heart...
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Submarine stalks Ferry through Sydney Harbour

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Call us paranoid but even with 20,000 petitioners calling for their retention, the Freshwater ferries still better watch their backs. Manly resident Jenny Ingham spotted...
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More bus route outrage as drivers forced to “face off” in narrow back streets

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Transport for NSW is reviewing a decision to increase peak services in narrow Balgowlah backstreets after video evidence emerged showing the buses in a...
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Sitting down for the skinny on our flabbiest furry friend, Reg

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Reg the Australian fur seal has left the Northern Beaches this week for more southern shores, after almost four months frequenting Manly, Dee Why,...
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Local indigenous healing ceremony plans for national rollout

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It wasn’t all party boats and excitable teens in Manly on Australia Day, beachgoers down at Collins Flat Beach were instead witness to an...
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Fond Farewell Reg

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Seal to the stars, local Northern Beaches celeb Reg the Australian Fur Seal has left us at last for more southern shores. Manly Observer sat...
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Balgowlah bus fury after school kids left stranded; Transport issues apology

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Many Balgowlah residents are today furious as major bus network changes affecting school runs in particular caused confusion and disruption. It is claimed that...
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