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FORMER Northern Beaches Council Mayor, Michael Regan, has been recognised with the NSW Local Government Association Emeritus Mayor Award.  The award recognises the service of local councillors during their tenure as mayor. Cr Regan served on both the Warringah and Northern Beaches Council for over a decade, popularly elected as...

The 2024 Young Writers’ Competition winners have been announced. At the Northern Beaches Council Chambers, Council revealed the student winners. The youngsters were asked to submit a short story featuring the word “crystal”. With over 400 entries, guest author judges sifted through to find the stories with originality, a talented...

ARTARMON Streetscape Upgrade is in practical completion.  With the planting of the final tree on the 16th of August, Willoughby City Council gathered at the site of Hampden Road to revel in the long-awaited completion. For the Streetscape project, enhancements were made, widening the pedestrian footpaths, improving and adding new...

The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Ecumenical Choir are calling for choristers. Every year at Hornsby’s Cathedral Church, Our Lady of the Rosary, the Choir holds a local annual performance of Handel’s Messiah. This year, the performance is to be held on the 12th of December. To boost the success of the event,...

A bronze, two-metre-tall honour roll plaque has been stolen from the entrance gate into Turramurra Memorial Park. The theft is believed to have taken place on late Sunday, 21st of July, or early Monday morning on the 22nd of July. Scribed onto the honour roll were the names of 67...

FUNDING for a two-way cycle connection between Chatswood and St Leonards, via Artarmon through Hampden Road and Herbert Street, has been secured. Willoughby City Council will receive $6 million in funding to construct the cycle network, afforded by a grant from the NSW State Government’s Get NSW Active Program. Member...

For those not completely devoid of interest in the continued saga between Ku-ring-gai Council, the NSW State Government, and the Transport Oriented Development (TOD) Policy, Ku-ring-gai Council are seeking Interim Heritage Orders (IHOs) around the affected LGA stations. In the July 2024 Ordinary Meeting, Council resolved to attempt installing IHOs...

Balls Head Reserve in Waverton will be closed for New Year’s Eve. North Sydney Council decided in a recent meeting that the bushland is too fragile to support crowds of visitors on a rowdy night such as NYE. In previous years, the bushland has been trampled, branches snapped to make...

UPGRADES to West Head Lookout in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park won the top Award of Excellence in Tourism at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects NSW State Awards. Winners were announced at Chatswood’s Zenith Theatre. Over 15 categories saw 34 winners for the 2024 State Awards, with the jury noting...

Paul Fletcher MP has been a stalwart representative for Bradfield since 2009, steering one of New South Wales' most affluent constituencies through fifteen years of change and growth.  As electoral boundaries are imminent to evolve, Paul bids farewell to familiar areas like Asquith, Normanhurst, Hornsby, and Waitara, anticipating a keen...