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More sporting legends honoured on Esplanade walk

Avi Vince -
Nine more local Olympians and Paralympians have been honoured by Northern Beaches Council with new brass plaques along Manly's foreshore. Established in 2000 to acknowledge...
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Music to our ears as Manly Warringah Choir celebrates 50 not out

Rod Bennett -
Manly Warringah Choir member Naomi Roseth says there’s more to the Northern Beaches than sun, surf and swimming - there’s also been a rich tradition...
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Felons open microbrewery and Barrel Room at Manly Wharf – What it means for the Beaches

Elliot Nash -
After more than a year of construction, anticipation and quiet talk along the foreshore, Felons Brewing Co. is set to launch its next chapter...
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Ten years in the making: Construction on Manly Warringah Gymnastic Club’s Centre for Excellence begins

Avi Vince -
This week sees the start of the construction of Manly Warringah Gymnastic Club’s (MWGC) $10 million dollar Centre of Excellence which is set to...
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He’s no flake! Manly fishmonger hangs up tongs after 61 years

Rod Bennett -
He’s been the face of fish and chips in Manly for 61 years but Joe Alagich has wrapped and folded his last takeaway box...
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First food waste collection bin trialled for Northern Beaches

Harriet Thornton -
Northern Beaches Council has begun testing a new food waste collection service, with around 3,000 local households taking part in a two-phase pilot now...
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Swing and a miss? Freshie’s new playground hit by budget cuts

Avi Vince -
Northern Beaches Council has blamed budgetary constraints for its revised and reduced playground design at Freshwater Beach (near Pilu), which starts construction this week....
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Award-winning local photographer mixes art with citizen science

Avi Vince -
Northern Beaches local and award-winning photographer, Peter McGee, loves nothing more than the serenity, silence and meditative state diving can provide, but the reason...
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Changes afoot: Manly Wharf leg danglers told to take a seat.

Jack Kelly -
Gone are the days of rebellious wharf jumps and dangling our feet over the open wharf as we eat takeaway and watch the fish...

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