General News

2009 Ocean Care Day Festival – it’s out of this planet!

Date: 18/11/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: On Sunday 6 December 2009 from 11am to 5pm, The Manly Environment Centre will host the 16th Ocean Care Day Festival, a free community event by the sea with more than 50 exhibitors on display from the Manly Beachfront Promenade, opposite The Corso, all the way to Manly Life Saving Club on South Steyne...

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Northern Beaches Hospital still confined to the Waiting Room

Date: 17/11/2009 12:00:00 AM
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The Mayors of Manly, Mosman, Pittwater and Warringah are calling for the NSW Government to match an offer from the Opposition to commit to building a level 5 hospital on the Northern Beaches of Sydney...

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Robert McFarlane - Received Moments: Photography 1961-2009

Date: 16/11/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Manly Art Gallery & Museum is delighted to present a significant survey exhibition by acclaimed photographer, writer and critic Robert McFarlane...


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Gift the gift that gives twice - shop at Manly’s ‘Fair Trade Christmas Markets’!

Date: 13/11/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: There are not many more sleeps till Christmas now, so don’t miss the ‘Manly Fair Trade Christmas Markets’ on Manly Wharf and Manly Council Chambers Forecourt from 9am to 4pm on Saturday, 28 November, for a wide range of “fairly traded” products, including handicrafts, clothes, bags, blankets, coffee, tea and chocolate!...
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Crowds flock to ‘Manly World Food Market’ - ambience, taste treats and great family entertainment!

Date: 10/11/2009 12:00:00 AM
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Enticing taste treats, great music and near perfect weather saw hundreds of Manly locals and visitors roll up to Manly Council’s new ‘Manly World Food Market’ held for the first time on the grassed area outside Manly Council Chambers Forecourt (opposite Manly Wharf) on Friday evening, 6 November 2009...

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Judges praise ‘diversity and passion’ of Manly’s ‘Beautiful Blooming Gardens’ winners

Date: 9/11/2009 12:00:00 AM
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Manly Council has announced the six winners of its inaugural ‘Beautiful Blooming Gardens’ contest, the competition judges praising the diversity of gardens and the passion of the gardeners who created them...

 

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Share your love of Manly as a Volunteer Bus Tour Guide

Date: 22/10/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: If you love meeting people and enjoy the hustle and bustle of Manly and its famous natural attractions, then there’s a great opportunity for enthusiastic volunteers to share their passion for Manly while providing interesting information to visitors, travellers and residents as a Volunteer Bus Tour Guide...

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Council and Police speak with one voice on trading hours

Date: 22/10/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Manly Council welcomes this morning’s announcement from the State Government that a Community Safety Partnership  will be established to tackle the issue of alcohol-related violence in Manly...

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Focus exhibition on the highly respected regional Plein Air artist Allan Waite

Date: 14/10/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Manly Art Gallery & Museum is delighted to present a focus exhibition on the highly respected regional artist Allan Waite.

The exhibition will be launched by Deborah Beck, artist and lecturer at the National Art School, Sydney at 3pm on Sunday 15 November 2009 at Manly Art Gallery & Museum, followed by a meet the artist event at 3.30pm...

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Ken Done to launch exhibition by graduating students Northern Beaches College of TAFE

Date: 14/10/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description:

Manly Art Gallery & Museum proudly presents an exhibition of selected work by graduating students in Fine Arts & Design, Digital Arts & Media from Northern Beaches College of TAFE, Northern Sydney Institute...

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'Be Local Buy Local' free online business directory

Date: 8/10/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Local Businesses on the Northern Beaches of Sydney are being encouraged to sign up to a free online business directory being provided by the three local Councils...

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Manly primary schools clean up in Northern Sydney Region Rubbish Free Lunch Challenge

Date: 28/09/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Two Manly primary schools have blitzed the greater Northern Sydney area in a waste avoidance, reuse and recycling competition, taking out major places in the Northern Sydney Region Rubbish Free Lunch Challenge, beating 23 other schools from seven local government areas...

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Manly’s Diners embrace No Smoking Laws

Date: 22/09/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Most diners at restaurants and cafes in the area of Manly on Sydney’s Northern Beaches have welcomed the local Council’s prohibition of smoking in outdoor dining areas according to a recent survey of business operators...

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Manly Scenic Walkway upgrade will complement ‘bush track’ style

Date: 3/09/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Manly Council is to undertake essential repair work on a section of the Manly Scenic Walkway between Castle Rock and Clontarf Beach, temporarily closing sections of the walking track for public safety reasons...

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Finally, World War Two ends for Japanese sailor Tsuzuku Maruyama and his family

Date: 1/09/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: The World War II diary of a Japanese Navy conscript, Tsuzuku Maruyama, who died while on active duty in New Guinea in 1942, has finally returned home to his native district of Azumino, being handed to surviving members of his family on 12 August 2009 -  64 years after the war ended...

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Low cost Community Lunches for seniors in the Seaforth / North Balgowlah area

Date: 24/07/2009 12:00:00 AM
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Manly Meals on Wheels is offering senior citizens nourishing three-course Community Lunches, including soup, barbecue with salad and dessert, for just six dollars at Manly Council’s smart, new Seaforth Oval Community Pavilion in Seaforth Oval on the first Monday of each month...

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$3,000,000 project to bring Manly’s decade-long ocean-side vision to fruition

Date: 13/07/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Manly Council has commenced more than $3,000,000 worth of new work on the final, fourth stage of a ten-year program of landscape improvements alongside Sydney’s famous Manly Beach to complete the first comprehensive upgrade of the iconic beachfront recreation zone since the 1930s, as well as providing vital, long term coastal protection for local property owners by stabilising Manly’s century-old sea wall...

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1,000,000 ‘Hop, Skip & Jump’ bus passengers – 30 times Manly’s population in three years!

Date: 6/07/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Manly Council and NRMA Motoring & Services are proud to announce the one millionth passenger to ride Manly’s free seven-day-a- week ‘Hop Skip and Jump Community Bus’ service. Mother-of-three Melissa Mills received a $500 Coles Group & Myer Gift Card courtesy of NRMA Motoring & Services at a special presentation at Manly Town Hall on Monday 6 July 2009...

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Manly Council launches a handy, free guide to Sydney’s most spectacular playgrounds!

Date: 2/07/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Parents, grand-parents and others caring for children ranging in age from toddlers to teenagers will delight in Manly Council’s nifty new, free, fold-out map and guide to the 31 Council-owned children’s playgrounds dotting the seaside municipality, including playgrounds with some of the most spectacular ocean and harbour views in the Sydney metropolitan area...

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Manly Library calls for JPs to join its vital volunteer team.

Date: 29/06/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Manly Library, situated in Market Place behind The Corso, is hoping to recruit volunteer Justices of the Peace to help deal with an increasing number of community requests for the services of a Justice of the Peace (JP)...
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North Steyne named Australia’s Cleanest Beach for 2009

Date: 25/05/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: North Steyne Beach was declared Australia’s Cleanest Beach for 2009 at the annual Keep Australia Beautiful Australian Clean Beaches Awards, held in Townsville on Monday (25 May 2009).
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Innovative playground concept caters to young people up to teenage years!

Date: 27/04/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: In a first for the Northern Beaches, Manly Council is to launch an imaginative new playground mainly suited to older children aged from eight up to 15 years, one of a series of creative Council projects bringing major improvements to the popular Seaforth Oval recreation grounds...

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Selfless volunteer and Community Aid Group honoured with 2009 Frank McAskill awards

Date: 23/03/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Mona Vale resident Mrs Edna Todd, a former supporter of the African National Congress and a tireless volunteer on behalf of the Northern Beaches’ elderly, has been presented with the Frank McAskill Awards’ individual trophy for 2008/2009...

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Public Notice - Manly Andrew Boy Charlton Swim Centre

Date: 3/03/2009 12:00:00 AM
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The Public Health Unit of the NSW Department of Health informed Manly Council at 4:45pm on Thursday 19 February 2009 that it had received details of three cryptosporidiosis cases in the Manly Local Government Area and that the Andrew 'Boy' Charlton Swim Centre in Fairlight was a possible link between the cases...

 

 

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Manly Farmers’ Market in the Short Street Plaza

Date: 19/02/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Manly Council is proclaiming the new Manly Farmers’ Market in the Short Street Plaza an immediate success after its first day’s trading last Saturday, 14 February 2009...

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2009 Retirement Housing Guide Now Available

Date: 18/02/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Manly, Warringah and Pittwater Councils have released an updated 2009 Retirement Housing Guide for Older Residents. The Guide contains information about local retirement villages and aged care facilities, plus details about alternative accommodation options and services...

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Worried about power bills? Time to hand in your old, second fridge to Santa!

Date: 8/01/2009 12:00:00 AM
Description: Manly Council is calling on residents to take advantage of the NSW Government Energy Savings Fund’s popular ‘Fridge Buy Back’ program to get rid of old, inefficient and environmentally damaging second fridges...

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