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Northern Beaches residents can soon join paid clinical trials

Northern Beaches residents will soon have a closer opportunity to take part in paid early-stage medical research, with Nucleus Network opening a new clinic...

Move over writers, it’s the readers’ turn for a festival!

“Without readers we are really just talking to ourselves - we create these stories but they can’t take flight until they’re in the reader’s...

Fun, floggings and Fozball: Manly’s roller-coaster season reviewed

Well, that was weird. After starting the season with three losses, at home at Four Pines Park, the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles shocked rugby league...

Crash or crash through: Rats brave in GF loss to Beasts

It was a story of fourth grade club rugby. It was a story of a much-admired and seriously injured hooker. It was a story...

Manly ferry memories help turn a family photo archive into a history of Sydney Harbour

Some of James Willson's earliest memories of Sydney Harbour involve the Manly ferry and the kind of crossing you don't easily forget. "As a very...

St Edmund’s Year 5/6 program gives students more time to find their feet before Year 7

For some Northern Beaches families, preparing a child with additional needs for high school starts well before Year 7. Students currently travel from Manly, Freshwater,...

Could your Northern Beaches block support a duplex? Here’s how to find out

For Northern Beaches homeowners who want more from their block of land, building a duplex can open the door to everything from multi-generational living...

Collaroy Cinema to close from tomorrow

It's curtains for the iconic Collaroy Cinema, with receivers confirming the closure with Manly Observer yesterday, adding that the last session is set for...

Boy & Bear: Still Good Mates, Still Chasing the Song, Ahead of Night at the Barracks

Night of the Barracks kicks off next month. In preparation we interviewed the Boy & Bear frontman, Dave Hosking, and guitarist and vocalist, Killian...