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Manly Council launches a handy, free guide to Sydney’s most spectacular playgrounds! |
| Date: | 3 Jul 2009 |
| 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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New Dawn for Kimbriki |
| Date: | 2 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Warringah, Pittwater, Manly and Mosman Councils have signed historic agreements to form a corporation to operate the Kimbriki Recycling and Waste Disposal Centre at Terrey Hills...
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Multiple Visions: an exhibition about the artist as Master Printer |
| Date: | 1 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Art Gallery & Museum is delighted to present the work of artists/custom printers Charles Arnot, Michael Kempson and Paul Smith in ‘Multiple Visions: An exhibition about the Artist as Master Printer’, investigating the special and interesting relationship that arises from collaborations between the artist and printer ‘giving their all’ to produce one work of art...
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Free, supervised school holiday fun for kids at Manly Library this July! |
| Date: | 1 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Library has put together a fun, challenging, action-packed, cost-free school holiday programme that will delight young people, and take some of that school holiday pressure off parents, too...
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The Incomplete Original: an exhibition of new work by Rhonda Dee |
| Date: | 1 Jul 2009 |
| Description: | An exhibition of new work by artist Rhonda Dee titled ‘The Incomplete Original’ opens in the Access Gallery of Manly Art Gallery & Museum (running concurrently with the ‘Multiple Visions’ exhibition of artists/custom printers Charles Arnot, Michael Kempson and Paul Smith)...
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Manly Library calls for JPs to join its vital volunteer team. |
| Date: | 29 Jun 2009 |
| 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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Douglas Fairbanks thrills as The Gaucho marks his man - and pampas a few señoritas, too! |
| Date: | 16 Jun 2009 |
| Description: | Douglas Fairbanks, the swashbuckling, energetic, ever-grinning silent-movie hero of The Mark of Zorro, The Three Musketeers, Robin Hood, The Thief of Baghdad, The Black Pirate and The Iron Mask will be seen at a special screening of The Gaucho (1927) at Manly Library at 6.30pm on Wednesday 8 July 2009...
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Record Manly Food & Wine Festival attendance saw record waste diversion, too! |
| Date: | 12 Jun 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council’s waste minimisation strategy for the 2009 Manly Food & Wine Festival has resulted in a record 12.51 tonnes of waste being diverted away from landfill to recycling, representing more than 85 per cent of the total waste generated by the more than 30,000 - 40,000 people who attended to two day event held over Saturday and Sunday, 6 and 7 June 2009...
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Manly Sustainability Fair – ‘Green Up Your Life!’ |
| Date: | 4 Jun 2009 |
| Description: | The 2009 Manly Sustainability Fair, featuring an extensive range of exhibits and workshops on sustainable living, shopping, gardening and building, will be held in conjunction with the 2009 Manly Food & Wine Festival over the weekend of Saturday 6 June & Sunday 7 June 2009 in the Manly Council Chambers Forecourt, opposite Manly Wharf...
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Catch Manly’s ‘Hop, Skip & Jump’ bus soon – and win a $500 Coles Group & Myer Gift Card! |
| Date: | 27 May 2009 |
| Description: | Passengers riding Manly’s free seven-day-a-week ‘Hop Skip and Jump Bus’ over the next few weeks are in the running for a $500 Coles Group & Myer Gift Card courtesy of NRMA Motoring & Services...
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Northern Beaches councils join forces to combat anti-social behaviour |
| Date: | 25 May 2009 |
| Description: | Manly, Pittwater and Warringah Councils are joining forces with their counterparts at Randwick, Sutherland and Waverley to take a coordinated stand against alcohol-related violence and anti-social behaviour in seaside hotspots and have developed a proposal seeking changes by the State Government to combat the problem...
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Leading Aboriginal chef, Mark Olive, at free Guringai Festival cooking event |
| Date: | 25 May 2009 |
| Description: | Aboriginal artists and crafts-persons of every kind, including painters, musicians, storytellers and singers, performance and multi-media artists, indeed a whole range of creative spirits committed to contemporary indigenous Australian culture have joined together to present the most fun-filled and friendly event of 2009, The Guringai Festival, celebrating Aboriginal culture and heritage...
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Treasure Hunt Pyjama Party will be a kids reading adventure at Manly Library! |
| Date: | 19 May 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Library and Humphreys Newsagency are teaming up with Fairlight-based author Karen Robertson to present an exciting, free children’s Treasure Hunt Pyjama Party and Family Evening on Monday, May 25 (6:30pm - 7.30pm) at Manly Library, 1 Market Place, Manly |
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IDAHO comes to Manly – fighting homophobia with cupcakes and facts |
| Date: | 11 May 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council, Manly Youth Council and GL@M (Gays and Lesbians at Manly) are hosting a ‘Rainbow Morning Tea’ to mark International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) and to celebrate diversity within the Manly Community, from 11am 1pm on Sunday 17 May 2009 on the forecourt of Manly Council Chambers (opposite Manly Ferry Wharf), 1 Belgrave Street...
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Volunteers needed to help ‘Grease at the beach’ show organisers |
| Date: | 6 May 2009 |
| Description: | The producers of the ‘Grease at the Beach’ fund-raising spectacular are looking for volunteers to help supervise the show’s important audience park-and-ride service from Balgowlah Boys High School on Maretimo Street - and to then watch the show for free...
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Manly’s 23rd annual Food & Wine Festival celebrates our Ocean Beachfront lifestyle |
| Date: | 1 May 2009 |
| Description: | The 23rd annual Manly Food and Wine Festival, featuring stalls operated by 29 of Sydney’s top names in food and wine, will stretch along Manly’s incomparable Ocean Beachfront and then down The Corso with attractions as far as Manly Town Hall (opposite the Ferry Wharf) on the Saturday and Sunday, 6-7 June 2009 weekend between 11:30am and 5pm each day...
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‘Love in the Age of Drought’ – Author gives free talk about how romance changed life forever |
| Date: | 27 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | Despite her best efforts at not falling in love, a beautiful young woman focussed on climbing the corporate ladder in Sydney gets caught up in a whirlwind romance with a bluff, no-nonsense farmer from outback Queensland...
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Innovative playground concept caters to young people up to teenage years! |
| Date: | 27 Apr 2009 |
| 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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Leading RAN counter terrorism and mine warfare expert to address Manly Anzac Day ceremony |
| Date: | 21 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | One of the most distinguished officers of the Royal Australian Navy serving recently in the Middle East, Lieutenant Commander Ashley Shanks, Officer in Command of the Royal Australian Navy Diving School at HMAS Penguin on Middle Head in Sydney Harbour, will be special guest speaker at Manly Council’s 2009 Anzac Day Commemoration & Wreath Laying Ceremony...
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Renowned expert on water recycling to speak in Manly |
| Date: | 21 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | One of Australia’s most active, informed and widely acknowledged advocates for water recycling, Jennifer Simpson, will give her award winning presentation on water management issues and how they affect our lives in a free event hosted by the Manly Environment Centre at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, on West Esplanade near Manly Ocean World on Saturday 2nd May between 2.00pm and 4.00pm...
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Manly Fair Trade Markets: celebrating the bounty of the Pacific - and Mothers’ Day! |
| Date: | 20 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | Gorgeous last-minute Mothers’ Day gift opportunities ranging from jewellery and fashion items to chocolate and delectable organic foods and lots of other exciting goodies will be on offer at Manly Council’s next Fair Trade Market at Manly Council Chambers Forecourt on Saturday 9 May 2009, which is also World Fair Trade Day...
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Food & Wine Festival volunteers wanted to help reduce waste to landfill by 80 percent |
| Date: | 20 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council is recruiting environmentally concerned volunteers to assist in reducing the amount of waste to landfill generated by the hugely popular Manly Food & Wine Festival, held this year over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, 6-7 June 2009...
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Manly Council and RTA crack down on speeding in Manly |
| Date: | 14 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council and the NSW Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA) are combining forces for a road safety campaign to reduce speeding in the local streets in the Manly area...
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Wallet sized information card will help Manly revellers and entertainment patrons home safely |
| Date: | 3 Apr 2009 |
| Description: | A business-card sized, concertina-fold ‘Late Night Transport Wallet Card’ designed to discourage drink driving, to encourage hotel and entertainment venue patrons plan their night out safely, and to assist them travel safely home from Manly on all evenings of the week is to be launched by Manly Council on Thursday, 9 April, 2009...
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The feuding restaurants on Manly's public Corso strip have officially been told to pack up |
| Date: | 31 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | The feuding restaurants on Manly’s Public Corso strip have officially been told to pack up their things with Manly Council issuing both establishments with a notice which revokes their approvals for outdoor dining...
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Calling all young people in Manly to make a real difference! Join the Manly Youth Council |
| Date: | 30 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Youth Council, which provides a voice for young people in our community, involving them in decision making and in vital community consultation, is seeking Expressions of Interest from young people aged 14 to 21 living in the Manly area who would like to become Youth Council Members and assist in making activities and services in Manly relevant and accessible for young people.
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Surf, Skate & Slam - celebrate National Youth Week! |
| Date: | 26 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council in conjunction with Manly Youth Council will be celebrating National Youth Week by hosting a combined surf competition, skate competition and an “after event” band night at Manly Youth Centre...
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Selfless volunteer and Community Aid Group honoured with 2009 Frank McAskill awards |
| Date: | 23 Mar 2009 |
| 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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Manly Council urges community to support ‘Earth Hour’ |
| Date: | 23 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | In celebration of Earth Hour 2009, Manly Council will again be urging Manly residents and businesses to ‘cast their vote for the Earth’ by turning off their lights for an hour (8.30pm – 9.30pm, 28 March 2009)...
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New Ivanhoe Park Fragrant Garden will delight vision impaired nature lovers |
| Date: | 10 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | People with vision impairment will be among those benefiting most from Manly Council’s delightful new Ivanhoe Park Fragrant Garden (accessible from Sydney Road, Raglan Street or Park Avenue), to be formally opened by the Mayor of Manly, Councillor Jean Hay, and Convenor of the Manly Warringah Visually Impaired Support Group, Mr Robert Hinds, at 2.30pm Tuesday 17 March 2009...
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Interactive demographic research tools at Manly website will delight students, businesses |
| Date: | 9 Mar 2009 |
| Description: | Members of the public will now have easy access to two new online Manly Community Profile and Manly Community Atlas tools research tools that will provide accurate socio-demographic information about the Manly area. The tools are sure to delight demographers, social researchers, businesses, investors, students and members of the public who are interested in the diverse make up of the Manly community...
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Manly Council gives the youth of East Timor a Sporting Chance |
| Date: | 27 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | It’s not quite the equivalent of running on to the field of the Olympic Games but for the young people in the region of Oecusse in East Timor, it’s the next best thing. The Youth in Action Green Games 2009 will see more than 800 young people take part in six weeks of sporting competition across five sports and this year, there will be a distinctly Northern Beaches presence....
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International Women’s Day speaker triumphed over daunting obstacles despite blindness |
| Date: | 24 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | One of Australia’s most inspiring women, Paralympic and world champion tandem cyclist Ms Lindy Hou OAM, will be guest speaker at Manly Council’s 2009 International Women’s Day breakfast event on Friday 6 March 2009, being held at Manly Golf Club.
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Manly’s new Famers Market an immediate success, adding to value and ambience |
| Date: | 19 Feb 2009 |
| 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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Do you know how to protect your home during a bush fire? |
| Date: | 18 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | Hot, dry winds may be the first sign that the bush fire season is returning. Your ability to protect your home during a bush fire will depend strongly on preparation before the event...
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$16,500 raised for Victoria Bushfire victims |
| Date: | 18 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | The generosity and compassion of Manly residents was on display on Saturday (14 February) as Manly Council Councillors, Council staff and volunteers took up a ‘bucket collection’ to raise thousands of dollars in support of the Salvation Army’s national Victorian bushfire appeal from among patrons...
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2009 Retirement Housing Guide Now Available |
| Date: | 18 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | Manly, Warringah and Pittwater Councils today 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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Manly Community Prayer Gathering for Communities of the Victorian bushfires |
| Date: | 18 Feb 2009 |
| Description: | A special Manly Community Prayer Gathering will be held in the Manly Council Chambers forecourt on Saturday, 21 February, 2009, from 7.00pm to about 7:45 pm, after Council’s regular Saturday at Sunset free entertainment program...
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Manly Council cuts water consumption by 55 per cent – two years ahead of schedule |
| Date: | 27 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Manly Council successfully reduced its total annual organisational water consumption by 55 per cent between 2000/01 and 2007/08, based on figures released from Sydney Water. ..
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Community high achievers honoured in Manly’s 2009 Australia Day awards |
| Date: | 26 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Bob Smith, former President of the Manly Chamber of Commerce and widely respected local business and civic leader and philanthropist, is to be officially named Manly Council’s 2009 ‘Citizen of the Year’ at Manly’s Australia Day Celebrations being held this year on the beautiful, recently upgraded Manly Town Hall forecourt area at the corner of Belgrave Street and The Corso, opposite Manly Ferry Wharf, from 8.00am to 11.00am, Monday 26 January 2009.
The Mayor of Manly, Councillor Jean Hay, will present Manly Council’s 2009 ‘Young Citizen of the Year’ award to 18-year-old Mitchell Garth, out-going College Captain at St Paul’s College; and the ‘Community Event of the Year’ award to the 2008 Manly Sea Eagles Victory Parade, presented to Sea Eagles Captain and Dally M medallist Matt Orford representing the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles NRL Rugby League club...
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Website launch ensures legendary Australian art teacher and artist to get worldwide exposure at last! |
| Date: | 14 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo (1870 -1955), one of Australia’s most important art educators and a major Australian artist in his own right will now receive the greater public acknowledgement he so richly deserves thanks to a new website at www.antoniodattilorubbo.com.au detailing the story of his life, his career, his art and displaying previously unknown photographic material.
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Australia Day returns to the heart of Manly |
| Date: | 8 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Sea Eagles Captain and Dally M medallist Matt Orford will be a special guest , and popular radio presenter, journalist and author, Tim Shaw, will be the official Australia Day Ambassador appearing at Manly’s Australia Day Celebrations being held this year on the beautiful, recently upgraded Manly Town Hall forecourt area at the corner of Belgrave Street and The Corso, opposite Manly Ferry Wharf, from 8.00am to 11.00am, Monday 26 January 2009...
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Seeing red over litter, Manly’s ‘LitterGuard’ beach patrols recommence |
| Date: | 8 Jan 2009 |
| Description: | Litterbugs will be on ‘red alert’ this summer as Manly Council’s bright red-uniformed volunteer ‘LitterGuard’ beach patrol officers re-commence duty for the season...
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Worried about power bills? Time to hand in your old, second fridge to Santa! |
| Date: | 8 Jan 2009 |
| 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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Free family entertainment every ‘Saturday at Sunset’ in Manly |
| Date: | 30 Dec 2008 |
| Description: | ‘Saturdays at Sunset’, evenings of free public entertainment including live bands, dancing, interactive disco, a celebrity chef, community karaoke and a ‘meet and greet’ with Dora the Explorer will be presented between 5pm and 8pm on Saturdays commencing on 3rd January to the end of April 2009 in a variety of community engaging programs...
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The Beach: beautiful one moment, deadly the next |
| Date: | 22 Dec 2008 |
| Description: | Too often, Australians’ love affair with the surf and the beach can turn quickly to tragedy. In the summer months, for example, somebody in Australia drowns in an ocean rip every 2-3 days.
To help keep people safe on its beaches this summer, Manly Council is hosting an informative and entertaining free public presentation titled ‘Science of the Surf’ from 6.00pm - 7.30pm on Wednesday 28th January 2009 at Manly-Fairlight Scout Hall, Ivanhoe Park, Manly (entrance off Park Avenue)...
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Revel without a pause - at Manly’s New Year family fireworks fun and frolic |
| Date: | 16 Dec 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council will present family fun New Year’s Eve celebrations between 6.00pm and 9.00pm on 31 December 2008...
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North Steyne and Little Manly Beaches sweep ‘Clean Beach Challenge’ awards |
| Date: | 5 Dec 2008 |
| Description: | North Steyne Beach has been judged the best overall beach in New South Wales as well as winning three other awards at the Keep Australia Beautiful NSW ‘Clean Beach Challenge’ awards ceremony held on Friday 5th December at the Taronga Centre in Mosman...
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Nici Andronicus ‘Fair Trade Fashion Show’ will be Christmas gift-hunters life saver |
| Date: | 2 Dec 2008 |
| Description: | Eye-popping international modern-pentathlon sensation Nici Andronicus will host a free-to-the-public fashion show modelled by Manly Surf Life Savers this Saturday 6 December on Manly Wharf forecourt, the show kicking off at 12.30pm promptly, as just one highlight of Manly Council’s latest Fair Trade Market...
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Bringing a fairer Christmas to Manly. Gift ideas that bring pleasure, fun - and hope. |
| Date: | 28 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Just in time for Christmas shopping, Manly Council’s next Fair Trade Market at Manly Wharf (9am - 4pm on Saturday 6 December) will likely be the biggest, most exciting to date with 40 Fair Trade stallholders featuring loads of beautiful, highly distinctive gift ideas...
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The Manly Christmas Choral Concert |
| Date: | 27 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council invites you to join us at our spectacular and joyous 2008 Manly Christmas Choral Concert with free entry to our community at Manly Oval on Sydney Road on Thursday 11 December with the gates opening at 5:00pm and the concert from 6:30pm until 8:30pm...
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Free workshop on sustainable, healthy, organic eating |
| Date: | 27 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council and the prize-winning Manly Food Coop are teaming up to present a free ‘Sustainable & Healthy Eating Workshop’ on Monday, 1st December at 9.45am for 10am - 12pm at the Manly Food Coop located at 21B Whistler Street, Manly NSW 2095.
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‘Stuart Somerville Bridge’ will commemorate much-loved sporting and community figure |
| Date: | 25 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | A ceremony to officially re-name the former Queenscliff Bridge (which crosses Manly Lagoon linking Manly and Warringah municipalities at North Steyne) as the ‘Stuart Somerville Bridge’ in honour of a much-loved and sadly missed Northern Beaches humanitarian, environmentalist and sporting identity, will take place on the Manly side of the bridge (corner of Cameron Avenue & Bridge Road) at 10.00am of Friday 28 November, 2008...
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Manly restaurants and food businesses go to top of the class for hygiene and safety |
| Date: | 25 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council environmental health officers have been delighted by the positive response of Manly food businesses to an innovative food safety awareness program that has resulted in a:
· 73 percent increase in knowledge by food service providers regarding important food safety laws and food standards codes, and a
· 20 percent increase in the number of food shops passing routine food safety inspections....
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Watch your ‘Waste-Line’ at National Recycling Week celebrations at Manly Beach! |
| Date: | 18 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council’s 2008 National Recycling Week ‘Sea ‘n’ Summer’ celebrations got underway on Sunday 16 November with a fun filled Northern Beaches Junior Surf Carnival at Manly Beach (directly opposite The Corso)...
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‘You will be stopped for a Random Breath Test’ – Police, Councils warn. |
| Date: | 17 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly, Warringah and Pittwater Councils are joining with local pubs, the NSW Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA), Northern Beaches Highway Patrol and local Police in a new campaign warning pub patrons that they will be stopped for a Police Random Breath Test...
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Young people in Manly were hungry for change in 1968 - and ‘Yes, they did!’ |
| Date: | 17 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | It was November, 1968. The world was hungry for change. Political upheaval was sweeping America, Europe and Australia. And a world-wide revolution in social consciousness saw young people in vast numbers speaking their minds like never before. Sound familiar?...
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Sydney’s Northern Beaches are outraged at the State Government’s announcement that JetCat is scrapped |
| Date: | 12 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Political leaders and commuters on Sydney’s Northern Beaches are outraged at the State Government’s announcement that the high speed ferry service between Manly and the Circular Quay is to be scrapped.
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Manly community condemns State Labour sell-off of Seaforth TAFE site |
| Date: | 12 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council has roundly condemned the NSW State Government’s announcement that it intends to sell off the valuable Seaforth TAFE college site to property developers...
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Hundreds of commuters join the fight to save Manly’s high speed JetCat service |
| Date: | 7 Nov 2008 |
| Description: | Hundreds of commuters from the Northern Beaches have already joined the fight to save Manly’s high speed JetCat service...
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Manly kids blitz ‘2008 Kool Skools’ music and multi-media awards |
| Date: | 30 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Youth Council members have taken out five music awards, including the overall award as New South Wales’s “Koolest Skool” at the 2008 NSW Kool Skools Awards, competing against some 40 bands from schools and youth services across NSW.
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Manly’s Remembrance Day ceremony will commemorate another twelve lives lost |
| Date: | 30 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | The blessing and dedication of the twelve names of airmen, soldiers and sailors newly inscribed on The Manly Anzac Memorial will remind us again of the frightful human cost of war at this year’s Manly Council Remembrance Day ceremony being held at the Manly Cenotaph, corner of Belgrave Street and The Corso, from 10.50am on Tuesday 11 November, 2008...
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Prize money and prestige up for grabs in 2008 Manly Sustainable Business Awards program |
| Date: | 30 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council is inviting nominations for its 2008 Manly Sustainable Business Awards to promote corporate responsibility within the local business sector and provide community recognition for outstanding social, environmental and economically sustainable business practices...
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Local Government Conference backs Manly proposals on climate change and kids road safety |
| Date: | 28 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | The 2008 Local Government Association of NSW Annual Conference underway in Broken Hill until 29 October has adopted two resolutions drafted by Manly Council, dealing separately with the effects of carbon emissions on climate change (submitted by Councillor Cathy Griffin); and improving road conditions near childcare centres and kindergartens (submitted by Manly Deputy Mayor, Councillor Adele Heasman). |
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Kids will hold ‘reverse trick-or-treat’ to help stamp out child labour horror |
| Date: | 27 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | Students from schools in the Manly area will be taking part in a special ‘Reverse Trick-Or-Treat’ with a sobering purpose, to expose the brutality of child labour in the cocoa industry, between 12.30pm - 1.30pm this Thursday 30 October on The Corso.
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Join ‘Dancing with the Stars’ celebrities on The Corso in free Sunday floor shows! |
| Date: | 24 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | The excitement, glamour, glitz and fun of television’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ will be on display in two spectacular floor shows, featuring Latin, Salsa and Ballroom dancing styles performed by Australia's slickest professional dancers, free to the public on Manly’s Corso piazza between 11.00am and 2.00pm on Sunday 9 November 2008...
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Library Halloween street party and Manly CBD stores ‘trick or treat’ – spooky but safe |
| Date: | 20 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | A singing skeleton, a fortune-teller, a magician, a haunted ‘photo booth’, the chance to dress up in weird costumes, really scary songs, a juke-box, lots of dancing and more Halloween fun than you can poke a witch’s broom-stick at feature in Manly Library’s annual Halloween Street Party which will get underway from 5.00pm on Friday 31 October 2008, in Market Place, Manly...
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Living with Bandicoots – free teaching resources and talk by leading university expert |
| Date: | 16 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | Manly residents and school teachers interested in helping protect Manly’s endangered population of Longnosed Bandicoots will benefit from a free talk by leading ecology expert, Dr Peter Banks of the University of New South Wales, to be held on Saturday 18 October between 2 and 4 pm at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade Reserve (near OceanWorld)...
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Sustainable living expert to feature in free ‘Eco Living & Eco Gardening’’ workshop |
| Date: | 9 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | A free workshop at Kimbriki Recycling & Waste Disposal Centre titled ‘Intro to Eco Living & Eco Gardening’ is being offered to members of the community interested in learning about environmentally sustainable living practices....
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Do you love to sing? How about performing before a major Symphony Orchestra, then? |
| Date: | 3 Oct 2008 |
| Description: | Men and women, and boys and girls who love singing in choirs have a unique opportunity to perform with the combined Wollongong Symphony Orchestra and the Northern Beaches Youth Orchestra as part of Manly Council’s 2008 ‘Christmas Choral Concert’ spectacular to be held this year at Manly Oval.
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Manly Jazz Festival seeks volunteer helpers for exciting show business gig! |
| Date: | 16 Sep 2008 |
| Description: | If you love jazz and the excitement of show business, you’ll need to move quick to be one of 50 volunteers being recruited by Manly Council to support the 2008 Manly Jazz Festival...
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Manly Council grants give valuable assistance to local community and cultural groups. |
| Date: | 16 Sep 2008 |
| Description: | From chamber music to sailing and creative workshops for people with a disability – Manly Council has announced 23 separate grants of amounts up to $1,500 to support local community and cultural groups...
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Quarantine Conundrums, Controversies and Cases: Linking Manly to the World. |
| Date: | 9 Sep 2008 |
| Description: | In association with the Manly Arts Festival, medical historian Professor Alison Bashford will present a fascinating free public lecture exploring the way Manly’s iconic Quarantine Station has linked Manly to the rest of the world through its role as a gateway to Sydney.
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Manly Council’s information evening on award winning Climate Change Plan |
| Date: | 1 Sep 2008 |
| Description: | A plan for the future aimed at safeguarding Manly residents from the physical and financial impacts of climate change has snared one of the top honours at the Stormwater Industry Association of NSW Awards.
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2008 Manly Jazz Festival will feature jazz legends from near and far, most free of charge |
| Date: | 1 Sep 2008 |
| Description: | One of America’s most respected and admired jazz musicians and music educators, the great Wycliffe Gordon, will be a special guest performer at the 2008 Manly Jazz Festival which gets underway this coming October 4-6 long-weekend, featuring dozens of Australian and international jazz acts, most performing free to the public. |
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Worried about global warming and power bills? Then hand in your old, second fridge! |
| Date: | 20 Aug 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council has announced the return of the NSW Government Energy Savings Fund’s popular ‘Fridge Buy Back’ program in Manly to get old, inefficient and environmentally damaging second fridges out of local residences in the Manly Council area.
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Mayor Macdonald has a Farm at Manly’s Fair Trade Markets! |
| Date: | 14 Aug 2008 |
| Description: | Manly is well on its way to becoming officially the first Fair Trade Community in NSW, and to celebrate, Manly Council is hosting a Fair Trade Market from 10am to 4pm on Sunday 24 August, 2008...
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Illegal dumping costly to ratepayers and the environment |
| Date: | 12 Aug 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council is calling on residents to help make illegal dumping a thing of the past by dobbing in a dumper...
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Taps turned on for free filtered water in Manly |
| Date: | 7 Aug 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council will be turning on the taps this Friday August 8th, to provide free filtered water to the general public in the iconic seaside suburb. The Council will provide six custom made, wheelchair accessible filtered water bubblers in high use areas in Manly, such as the beachfront and The Corso...
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Manly Council to host Vietnam Veteran’s Day commemoration on Monday 18 August 2008 |
| Date: | 5 Aug 2008 |
| Description: | The Mayor of Manly, Dr Peter Macdonald will lead the wreath laying ceremony before members of the Northern Beaches National Servicemen’s Association at Manly Council’s 2008 Vietnam Veteran’s Day commemoration to be held at 11.00am on Monday 18 August 2008 at the Manly Cenotaph, corner of The Corso and Belgrave Street, Manly, directly opposite Manly Ferry Wharf.
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Press image: Bruce Goold, Bogong Moth |
| Date: | 4 Aug 2008 |
| Description: | Bruce Goold, Bogong Moth (detail), linocut screenprint. Photography: Geoff Hirst. |
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Press image: Bruce Goold, Gulls & Waves |
| Date: | 4 Aug 2008 |
| Description: | Bruce Goold, Gulls and Waves, 2008. Image courtesy of the artist
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Press image: Australian composer Andrew Ford. |
| Date: | 4 Aug 2008 |
| Description: | Image of Australian composer Andrew Ford.....
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…and it’s ‘Action!’ as movie-star, producer Rachel Ward launches 2008 Manly Arts Festival |
| Date: | 4 Aug 2008 |
| Description: | Internationally acclaimed actor and film-maker Rachel Ward will take time out from the production of her latest film, ‘Beautiful Kate’, to officially launch the 2008 Manly Arts Festival, at 6:00pm on Friday 12 September 2008 at the harbour-side Manly Art Gallery & Museum, on West Esplanade, Manly....
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Manly Andrew ‘Boy’ Charlton Swim Centre re-opens for fun! |
| Date: | 31 Jul 2008 |
| Description: | With winter almost behind us and summer just around the corner, it’s time to get fit and have fun as the Manly Andrew ‘Boy’ Charlton Swim Centre, re-opens on Saturday 2nd August at 6.00am after its 2008 winter recess...
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Manly Council scoops Local Government awards for pioneering anti-smoking initiatives |
| Date: | 31 Jul 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council has been presented with three separate awards, including an overall state award, acknowledging its leadership in health promotion specifically targeting tobacco and cigarette smoking at the 2008 NSW Local Government Week Awards ceremony held on Wednesday 30 July 2008 at Parramatta Park Events Centre, Parramatta...
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Manly’s canine residents will be wagging it for our Manly Dogs Day Out event! |
| Date: | 30 Jul 2008 |
| Description: | Manly’s four-legged residents are already wagging their tails in anticipation of the 2008 Manly Dogs Day Out pet information and family fun event, being held this year on Sunday 10 August 2008 from 10.30am to 2.30pm at the beautiful water side location of Manly Lagoon Reserve, Queenscliff.
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Manly Council car-pooling scheme website could save the earth – and make you more friends! |
| Date: | 23 Jul 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council has launched a new on-line service to promote car-pooling by local residents an.jpg) d businesses as a step toward reducing green-house gas emissions and to help Northern Beaches commuters beat the soaring cost of petrol, save travel time, minimise road stress and reduce car maintenance costs. It may even improve your social life! |
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National Tree Day events in Manly |
| Date: | 23 Jul 2008 |
| Description: | The Mayor of Manly, Dr Peter Macdonald, is encouraging local residents to join with thousands of other Australian volunteers nationwide by taking part locally in National Tree Day planting activities at Tania Park, Balgowlah Heights between 9am-12pm on Sunday 27th July 2008...
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School Kids Get Dirty for National Tree Day |
| Date: | 23 Jul 2008 |
| Description: | Manly West Primary School is joining forces with Manly Council to green up their local environment for this year’s Schools Tree Day.
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Visitor from sinking island nation of Kiribati among those at climate change discussion panel |
| Date: | 21 Jul 2008 |
| Description: | With many coastal community residents feeling overwhelmed by the possible future impacts of climate change, ordinary people might well wonder how they can help prevent the potential disastrous impacts of a looming environmental catastrophe.
Surprisingly, the answer is we can do a lot, as will be revealed at a special Manly Council presentation to be held on Tuesday 29th July from 6.30pm at the Manly Youth Centre, Kangaroo Street, Manly.
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President of East Timor to visit Manly this Friday July 18th |
| Date: | 17 Jul 2008 |
| Description: | The President of East Timor, His Excellency Dr Jose Ramos Horta will be visiting the Sydney suburb of Manly this Friday, July 18th 2008.
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Kia Ora! Happy new year Maori style … |
| Date: | 15 Jul 2008 |
| Description: | A traditional Maori Haka will be performed in Manly next Tuesday, July 15th 2008 as part of local celebrations to mark Matariki – the Maori New Year.... |
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$15,000 in grant funding for ideas to improve local environment |
| Date: | 14 Jul 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council is calling on local community groups or individuals with good ideas for improving our local environment to apply for grant funding up to $15,000 under the Grass Roots Sponsorship Program, initiated and sponsored by WSN Environmental Solutions.
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Cat owners will lap up free pet care advice from leading animal welfare expert |
| Date: | 27 Jun 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council is hosting a free community talk and workshop for Manly cat owners to be presented by Ms Peggy Brown, director of the Manly Warringah Pittwater branch of the Animal Welfare League NSW, between 7.00pm and 8.30pm on Tuesday 8 July 2008 in the Manly Library Meeting Room, Market Place (behind Whistler Street Car Park)...
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Free food safety workshop will ensure Manly’s café managers and staff remain Sydney’s best! |
| Date: | 20 Jun 2008 |
| Description: | Hot on the heels of its new, ground-breaking Food Safety Awareness Program, Manly Council is presenting a free Café Food Safety Awareness Workshop for Manly area café staff and management on Wednesday 16 July 2008, providing vital tips on café cleanliness, hygiene and temperature-control as well as outlining essential legal information for local food service businesses.
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Manly heading towards first NSW “Fair Trade Community” status – information session |
| Date: | 13 Jun 2008 |
| Description: | Manly is on its way to becoming the first Fair Trade Community in New South Wales, and the second in all of Australia, so Manly Council is offering a Fair Trade Information Session to the general public on Saturday 28th June from 2.30 – 3.30pm at Manly Town Hall, 1 Belgrave Street.
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Free training offered to share knowledge about protecting Manly’s environment and heritage |
| Date: | 13 Jun 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council is calling for volunteer ‘Manly Ambassadors’ to undergo free training in raising community and visitor awareness of crucial environmental and Aboriginal heritage issues....
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Native plant give-away and free wild-life display will be weekend fun |
| Date: | 4 Jun 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council's popular annual free Native Plant Give-away will get under way again from 9.00am to 12 noon on Saturday and Sunday (14-15 June 2008) at Seaforth Community Centre, Baringa Avenue (corner of Koobilya Street), Seaforth.
Manly residents and ratepayers will be able collect three free native tube-stock plants, with additional plants available for sale.
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Carbon-neutral 2008 Manly Sustainability Fair – ‘Solar and water against climate change’ |
| Date: | 23 May 2008 |
| Description: | The carbon-neutral 2008 Manly Sustainability Fair will be held over the weekend of Saturday 31st May & Sunday 1st June 2008 in conjunction with ‘The Taste of Manly’, the 2008 Manly Food & Wine Festival, along Manly Ocean Beach Promenade, North Steyne.
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Special exhibition celebrates and thanks Manly’s 700 volunteer helpers |
| Date: | 9 May 2008 |
| Description: | In celebration and thanks for the efforts of more than 700 Manly volunteers, ranging from teenagers to seniors in their nineties supporting a vast array of community needs, including out of school hours childcare; bush care; justices of the peace with Manly Library; the Manly Art Gallery & Museum; the Manly Visitor Information Centre, the Manly Environment Centre, the Manly Fair Trade Working Party and dozens of other vital activities, Manly Council will be showcasing the work of its volunteers with a special, free display at Manly Library (Market Place) throughout National Volunteer Week (12 – 18 May).
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Trees for Mum offers people of all ages a chance to honour and remember… |
| Date: | 7 May 2008 |
| Description: | Trees for Mum will be held for the seventh consecutive year this Mother’s Day, Sunday 11 May.
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2008 Guringai Festival springs into life on 11 May |
| Date: | 5 May 2008 |
| Description: | The 2008 Guringai Festival, which celebrates the vibrant culture, achievements, heritage and diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the Northern Sydney region, springs into life with Manly Council’s official launch at 11.00am, Sunday 11 May 2008, on The John Speight Stage, in The Corso, Manly.
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Manly’s 22nd annual Food & Wine Festival celebrates total Ocean Beachfront lifestyle |
| Date: | 1 May 2008 |
| Description: | The 22nd annual Manly Food & Wine Festival featuring stalls operated by 31 of Sydney’s top names in food and wine, will stretch along Manly’s incomparable Ocean Beachfront and then down The Corso as far as St Matthews Church on the Saturday 31 May - Sunday 1 June 2008 weekend between 11:30am and 5pm each day.
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Free composting workshops and Kimbriki tour in International Compost Awareness Week |
| Date: | 1 May 2008 |
| Description: | To help celebrate this year’s compost awareness week theme - Compost to combat climate change, Manly Council is inviting residents to a free compost workshop and tour of Kimbriki Recycling and Waste disposal centre on Wednesday 7 May from 12.30 – 4.30. Transport will be provided from Manly Council Chambers and the tour will include afternoon tea in the Kimbriki Eco garden.
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Innovative program aimed at increasing food safety, cleanliness and hygiene within food service businesses within Manly |
| Date: | 23 Apr 2008 |
| Description: | To ensure dining is a safe and enjoyable experience for residents and visitors Manly Council has developed the Manly Food Safety Awareness program as food poisoning remains one of the highest non-communicable and preventable illnesses prevalent in the Western world today. |
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Environmental Visionary awarded Manly Environment Centre’s Eco Award |
| Date: | 17 Apr 2008 |
| Description: | Keelah Lam, a local pioneer of sustainable living, is the third winner of the Manly Environment Centre’s Eco Award. Previous winners were conservationist and politician Peter Garrett and penguin warden Angelika Treichler.
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Food & Wine Festival Volunteers Help Reduce Waste to Landfill by 65% |
| Date: | 16 Apr 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council is currently recruiting environmentally concerned volunteers to assist in reducing the amount of waste to landfill generated by the hugely popular Manly Food & Wine Festival, held this year over the weekend of Saturday 31 May and 1 June 2008.
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Join ‘Dancing with the Stars’ celebrities on The Corso in free Sunday floor shows! |
| Date: | 15 Apr 2008 |
| Description: | The excitement, glamour, glitz and fun of television’s ‘Dancing With The Stars’ and ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ will be on display in two spectacular floor shows, featuring Latin, Salsa and Ballroom dancing styles performed by Australia's slickest professional dancers, free to the public on Manly’s Corso piazza between 12 noon and 2.00pm on Sunday 20 April 2008.
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Maximise your driving skills as a mature motorist - and set the standard for younger drivers. |
| Date: | 15 Apr 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council is hoping to improve the overall safety of Manly's streets and roads by enhancing the driving skills of its most experienced drivers with a free driver-refresher program specially designed for motorists 60 years of age or older. The free, three-hour course (complete with morning tea) will be held at the Manly Senior Citizens Centre at the corner of Pittwater and Balgowlah Roads, on Wednesday 28 May 2008, from 9.30am to 12.30pm...
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Have your say on the future of Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve |
| Date: | 11 Apr 2008 |
| Description: | The NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) and Manly Council are jointly hosting a “community feedback field day” for people who use Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve and wish to express their views on the continuing protection of species and habitats within the Reserve and on the future management and use of Cabbage Tree Bay. |
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Leading woman RAN legal advocate to address Manly Anzac ceremony |
| Date: | 7 Apr 2008 |
| Description: | One of the most distinguished officers of the Royal Australian Navy serving recently in Iraq, Commodore Vicki McConachie CSC, will be special guest speaker at Manly Council’s 2008 Anzac Day Commemoration & Wreath Laying Ceremony.
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‘The Nature of Manly’ exhibition highlights human impacts on a natural marvel |
| Date: | 25 Mar 2008 |
| Description: | Television’s Johanna Griggs, presenter of the Seven Network’s popular ‘Better Homes and Gardens’ show, is to launch a new Manly Art Gallery & Museum exhibition exploring Manly’s natural environment, including its landscape, water, plants and animals.
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Drums, didgeridoos and fire dancers will energise Manly for Earth Hour |
| Date: | 20 Mar 2008 |
| Description: | A free community celebration in support of ‘Earth Hour’ featuring an upbeat drum and didgeridoo performance complemented by exciting fire-dancers will get underway on Saturday 29 March 2008 from 8.00pm to 9.00pm at Manly Cove next to Manly Wharf.
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Professionally Managed Group to empower young women in their lives |
| Date: | 18 Mar 2008 |
| Description: | Young women wanting to develop their individual potential using symbols and rituals will delight in a series of six free group-meetings being organised by Manly Council’s Adolescent and Family Counselling Service on consecutive Wednesdays from 6:30pm - 8:30pm from 26th March to 30th of April 2008. |
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Grants up to $2,000 to assist Manly heritage home owners |
| Date: | 18 Mar 2008 |
| Description: | Owners of heritage buildings in the Manly Area are being invited to apply to Manly Council for Local Heritage Assistance Grants worth up to $2000.00 to carry out conservation works that will add to the heritage value of buildings listed as items of heritage significance.
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Manly’s ‘Clean Up Australia Day 2008’ will tap into community spirit |
| Date: | 27 Feb 2008 |
| Description: | With a special focus this year on ridding the environment of plastic bottles, Manly residents are being asked to don their rubber gloves to help clean up the environment on Sunday 2nd March 2007 – Clean Up Australia Day.
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Help our Next Generation ‘Sea Wonders’ |
| Date: | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Description: | Ever wondered about the magical undersea world that lives on your doorstep? The ‘Sea Wonders’ Marine Education event can help you find out more.
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Exciting free surfing lessons for adult women to celebrate International Women’s Day |
| Date: | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Description: | As part of their 2008 International Women’s Day celebrations, Manly, Pittwater and Warringah Councils are joining forces with the Manly Surf School to present women with free tuition and tips from surfing legend Matt Grainger and his team of experts.
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International Women’s Day speaker helps ‘wild women’ achieve the extraordinary |
| Date: | 25 Feb 2008 |
| Description: | One of Australia’s most motivated (and motivating) women, Di Westaway, the Managing Director of the women’s adventure and training organisation ‘Wild Women on Top’, will be the special guest speaker at Manly Council’s 2008 International Women’s Day breakfast event being held on Thursday 6 March 2008, at the Garfish Manly restaurant (arrive 7.30am for 7.45am breakfast).
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Signs of a healthier future - Manly wins Cancer Council matching grant |
| Date: | 18 Feb 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council will be presented with a grant cheque for $2,500 by the Cancer Council NSW to erect signs at local playgrounds, declaring them Smoke-Free areas.
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A scenic wedding in Manly can be a romantic masterpiece |
| Date: | 12 Feb 2008 |
| Description: | A scenic wedding venue will charm your guests by creating a delightful canvas for your picture perfect union. Either chic or casual-relaxed, and providing a naturally beautiful backdrop to any wedding, outdoor venues in Manly can be surprisingly affordable...
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Statement of Apology to Indigenous Australians – join with us in Manly |
| Date: | 11 Feb 2008 |
| Description: | Manly Council invites the local community to an event being held at 8.30am in Manly Council Chambers forecourt, 1 Belgrave Street, on Wednesday 13 February 2008 to witness the historic Statement of Apology to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people by the Federal Parliament....
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Nominate a Community Environmental Champion |
| Date: | 1 Feb 2008 |
| Description: | Do you know of someone who deserves acknowledgment for their inspiring efforts to protect Manly’s breathtaking natural surrounds? Then nominate them for this year’s Manly Environment Centre Eco-Award!
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Celebrate Australia Day in the heart of Manly |
| Date: | 21 Jan 2008 |
| Description: | Dual Olympian, World Champion, and Australian Representative in Three Sports Ms Shelley Oates-Wilding, will be the official Australia Day Ambassador appearing at Manly’s Australia Day Celebrations being held this year on the John Speight Stage on The Corso, from 8.00am to 11.00am, Saturday 26 January 2007. |
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500,000th passenger rides Freebie the ‘Hop, Skip & Jump’ community bus |
| Date: | 18 Jan 2008 |
| Description: | On Friday 18 January 2008 the 500,000th passenger, Mrs Rose Horlyck, stepped aboard and rode Manly’s free seven-day-a- week ‘Hop Skip and Jump Bus’ community bus service - Freebie. |
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Come and learn about the science of the surf for free. It could save your life. |
| Date: | 15 Jan 2008 |
| Description: | What: SOS – The Science of the Surf
Where: Manly Library ground floor meeting room
When: Wednesday 23rd January 2008, 6pm – 7:30pm
Manly Council in partnership with the Sydney Coastal Councils group will be conducting free presentation called SOS – The Science of the Surf on Wednesday 23 January 2008 from 6pm in the Manly Library Meeting room, Market Lane, Manly. |
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Return of All Outdoor Dining on The Corso, Manly |
| Date: | 11 Jan 2008 |
| Description: | Following discussions with representatives of Watervue Restaurant and in order to enable Watervue Restaurant to recommence outdoor dining on The Corso, Council has over the past week been in engaged in discussions with Watervue Restaurant and their representatives to reach a suitable agreement to see the return of all outdoor dining on The Corso. |
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Outdoor dining on The Corso at Manly |
| Date: | 7 Jan 2008 |
| Description: | Outdoor dining has for many years been an important characteristic of the main thoroughfare of Manly - The Corso. However, due to the development of unpleasant personal conflicts between the two operators currently occupying this area (Watervue and Cristals Restaurants) and after many unsuccessful attempts by Council to mediate their conflicts and resolve their continuing breaches of licensing conditions, Council decided by resolution (2 October 2007) to take the difficult but necessary decision of officially revoking all existing outdoor dining licenses in this area. |
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Spectacular Christmas fun at Manly will help less fortunate, too! |
| Date: | 7 Dec 2007 |
| Description: | Single mums, elderly people living alone, young people without families and struggling workers in third world countries - these will be just some of the people to benefit from Manly Council’s fun-packed Christmas celebration activities in 2007!
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Manly’s business community are winners in saving the environment |
| Date: | 27 Nov 2007 |
| Description: | An internationally respected hotel, a neighbourhood food cooperative, a local boating and kayaking centre, an ‘Earth Friendly’ bed and bath supply retailer, and one of Manly’s most popular cafes are all setting the pace for best practice sustainable business management by winning Manly Council’s inaugural Manly Sustainable Business Awards.
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Learn climate change leadership skills from Al Gore |
| Date: | 27 Nov 2007 |
| Description: | Manly area residents have the opportunity to hear Al Gore’s ‘Climate Project’ presentation, as featured in his Oscar-winning documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’.
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Grants available to assist Manly heritage home owners |
| Date: | 14 Nov 2007 |
| Description: | Owners of heritage buildings in the Manly Area are being invited to apply for Local Heritage Assistance Grants of up to $1000.00 to carry out conservation works that add to the heritage value of buildings listed as items of heritage significance.
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Plan to establish closer links with Aboriginal community |
| Date: | 13 Nov 2007 |
| Description: | A plan that aims to establish closer links with the northern Sydney Aboriginal community will be launched on Tuesday November 13.
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Remembrance Day ceremony will evoke the full emotions of war |
| Date: | 5 Nov 2007 |
| Description: | When Reverend Rod Henderson steps forward to conduct the blessing and dedication of four names newly inscribed on The Manly Anzac Memorial at this year’s Remembrance Day ceremony, the occasion will carry powerful personal significance for the Padstow clergyman.
One of the four fallen serviceman being commemorated this year, 20-year-old Flight Sergeant Joslyn Henderson, is Rev. Henderson’s own brother....
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Share your love of Manly as a Volunteer Tourism Information Officer. |
| Date: | 5 Nov 2007 |
| Description: | If you love meeting people and enjoy the hustle and bustle of Manly, its famous Ferry Wharf and its adjacent beaches, parks, restaurants and shops, then there’s a great opportunity for enthusiastic volunteers to share their passion for Manly while providing practical information to visitors, travellers and residents as a Volunteer Tourism Information Officer.
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Councillor Jean Hay honoured by Local Government Association |
| Date: | 23 Oct 2007 |
| Description: | Long-standing Councillor and former Mayor of Manly, Jean Hay AM, has been presented with a NSW Local Government Association ‘Outstanding Service Award’ acknowledging over 20 years of service to the people of Manly through local government.
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Manly Sister Cities Committee scoops national cultural exchange and youth project awards |
| Date: | 23 Oct 2007 |
| Description: | The work of Manly Council’s long-running ‘Sister Cities Committee’ has been acknowledged by two major national awards presented at the 2007 Australian Sister Cities Conference held in Darwin this month, recognising the Manly committee’s efforts in stimulating local youth participation in sister cities programs and fostering cultural exchanges between Manly and sister city communities in Japan and outback New South Wales.
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Community volunteers to help monitor our vital seagrass: a grass too important to mow! |
| Date: | 22 Oct 2007 |
| Description: | A free community workshop will give Northern Beaches residents the chance to work alongside environmental scientists and other professionals preserving and protecting endangered seagrass colonies that provide vital shelter, breeding grounds, food and other resources for countless sea creatures living in Sydney Harbour and in local estuaries.
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Business awards program acknowledges social, economic and environmental responsibility |
| Date: | 19 Oct 2007 |
| Description: | Manly Council has announced a new business awards program to promote corporate responsibility within the local business sector and provide community recognition for outstanding social, environmental and economically sustainable business practices.
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So, who cares about the environment in Manly? Survey presentation to show result. |
| Date: | 16 Oct 2007 |
| Description: | A public presentation of the results of Manly Council’s 2007 ‘Who Cares About the Environment in Manly’ environmental awareness survey of Manly residents will be held in the Ground Floor Meeting Room at Manly Library, Market Place at 1:00pm on Friday, 26 October, 2007.
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Do you love to sing? Experience your opportunity to sing at the 2007 Christmas Choral Concert join our massed Community Choir under the stars |
| Date: | 12 Oct 2007 |
| Description: | Men, women, boys and girls, families. schools and groups who love singing have a unique opportunity to join with us to perform with a full symphony orchestra alongside the Manly-Warringah Choir, one of Sydney’s most highly regarded choirs, as part of Manly Council’s 2007 ‘Christmas Choral Concert’ spectacular to be held this year at Manly Oval on Thursday December 13th at Manly Oval (corner Pittwater Road and Sydney Road, Manly).
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National Ride to Work Day, 17 October 2007 |
| Date: | 4 Oct 2007 |
| Description: | Be part of Australia’s biggest active workplace event on 17 October 2007. Thousands of regular and first-time riders from all states and territories will join the inaugural National Ride to Work Day. |
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Manly Council and Community Congratulate the efforts of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
| Date: | 1 Oct 2007 |
| Description: | The Mayor, Dr Peter Macdonald, Councillors of Manly and the Manly Community extend their congratulations to the 2007 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles for their gallant efforts in the 2007 NRL Football Season. |
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Bikes and the Manly Jazz Festival |
| Date: | 27 Sep 2007 |
| Description: | Cycling enthusiasts going to the Manly Jazz Festival over the coming long weekend (29 September – 1 October) have the chance of winning a Kona Smoke commuter bicycle valued at $549.00 from Manly Cycles.
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Footy on the big screen will jazz up Manly Music festival |
| Date: | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Description: | Manly Council is to provide free, live, big-screen, open air television coverage of the Manly Sea Eagles and Melbourne Storm rugby league grand final clash from early evening Sunday on Manly’s ocean beachfront.
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‘Meet Your Street’ parties will shake off the winter cobwebs |
| Date: | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Description: | Halloween fun and Australia Day Breakfast street parties are just two of the great ‘Meet Your Street’ ideas Manly Council’s Neighbourhood Renewal Committee is hoping people will adopt to shake off the winter cobwebs and have fun meeting the neighbours.
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Deni Hines kicks off Manly Jazz Festival celebrating 30 triumphant years of ‘hot jazz and cool surf’ |
| Date: | 14 Sep 2007 |
| Description: | Stunning award-winning rock, blues and jazz chanteuse Deni Hines will present the opening act of the 30th annual Manly Jazz Festival, blasting off this coming October long-weekend and featuring dozens of Australian and international jazz acts, most performing free to the public.
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Growing reports of violence against parents by young people prompts new local support group |
| Date: | 12 Sep 2007 |
| Description: | An increasing numbers of parents on Sydney’s Northern Beaches are subjected to violence from their own children. In fact, the problem is being reported with enough frequency that a new support group, called ‘Parents Facing Violence’, has been set up on the Northern Beaches for parents experiencing violence from a young person aged 12 to 21 years.... |
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Manly Library call for JPs results in six volunteers joining its volunteer team. |
| Date: | 10 Sep 2007 |
| Description: | A recent call by Manly Library to recruit Justices of the Peace (JPs) to help deal with increasing numbers of community requests for their services has resulted in six qualified local people coming forward to serve in the voluntary role.
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2007 Arts and Jazz Festival excitement in Manly |
| Date: | 30 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | Manly is set to come alive with festival excitement starting 6 September with the Manly Arts Festival through to the October long weekend culminating with the Manly Jazz Festival of 29 September to 1 October.
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HSC students will get ‘Inside Break’ from free tips by exam experts |
| Date: | 30 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | Local Year 12 students will get an ‘inside break’ as they prepare for their final exams by attending free lectures being given by Higher School Certificate curriculum writers, education consultants, subject coordinators, marking supervisors and other HSC teaching experts appearing at Mona Vale, Warringah Mall and Manly Libraries in coming weeks.
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Sister Cities: a winning concept for Manly, Odawara and Taito Ku |
| Date: | 30 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | The visit to Manly by high level dignitaries representing Manly’s Japanese ‘Friendship City’ of Odawara has provided an opportunity for the Mayor of Manly, Dr Peter Macdonald, to present them with Odawara City’s own copy of the national award won by Manly Council’s Sister Cities Committee in November 2006 acknowledging the success of its Sister Cities programs.
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4.8 percent of Manly’s investments in US residential mortgages – and they’re rated ‘Triple A’ |
| Date: | 24 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | The recent fluctuations in global investment markets has not impacted Manly Council's cash flow, with less than five percent of its current investment portfolio in the form of US residential mortgage securities which are ‘Triple A-rated’, according to the Council’s Chief Financial officer, Ross Fleming.
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Manly’s canine residents will be wagging it for our star-studded Manly Dogs Day Out event! |
| Date: | 16 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | Manly’s four-legged residents are gearing up for the first Manly Dogs Day Out pet information and family fun event in four years, being held this year on Sunday 26 August 2007 from 11am to 3pm at the beautiful water side location of Manly Lagoon Reserve, Queenscliff.
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Locally made rainwater tanks can help you save water, money and the planet! |
| Date: | 15 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | Since the start of the Sydney Water Rainwater Tank Rebate Program, Manly Council has become so inundated with requests from the public for assistance and information about the benefits of installing rainwater tanks that it has set up a special telephone hotline (9976 1660) and information service to advise home-owners.....
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Manly Jazz Festival seeks volunteer helpers for historic 30th Anniversary gig! |
| Date: | 14 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | If you love jazz and the excitement of show business, you’ll need to move quick to be one of 50 volunteers being recruited by Manly Council to support the 2007 Manly Jazz Festival.
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Time capsule represents young people’s hopes for our sustainable future |
| Date: | 14 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | The Manly 2027 Time Capsule Ceremony will be buried as part of a ceremony held at 2:30 pm, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 at Ocean Beach Reserve (near the junction of North Steyne and Denison Streets). |
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Sister Cities: a winning concept for Manly, Odawara and Taito Ku |
| Date: | 13 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | The visit to Manly by high level dignitaries representing Manly’s Japanese ‘Friendship City’ of Odawara has provided an opportunity for the Mayor of Manly, Dr Peter Macdonald, to present them with Odawara City’s own copy of the national award won by Manly Council’s Sister Cities Committee in November 2006 acknowledging the success of it Sister Cities programs.
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Manly Andrew ‘Boy’ Charlton Swim Centre re-opens for fun! |
| Date: | 10 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | With winter almost behind us and summer just around the corner, it’s time to get fit and have fun as the Manly Andrew Boy Charlton Swim Centre, Balgowlah Road, Manly, re-opens after its 2007 winter recess.
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Grant funding for ‘local heroes’ to help the environment |
| Date: | 6 Aug 2007 |
| Description: | Manly Council is calling on community groups or individual people with g |