Game changer: Battery trial to shave hundreds off power bills
Electricity distributor Ausgrid has unveiled a community battery at Beacon Hill that allows locals — who have solar panels — to store their excess energy.
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Eshays targeted in police youth crime blitz
Teenagers labelled ‘delinquents’ by the NSW Police commissioner will be the target of a month-long crackdown after more than 130 reports of misbehaviour in one weekend.
‘Nightmare’: Olympian speaks out after hit-and-run charge dropped
The elite rowing coach now cleared of Tony Plati’s death says he was arrested and handcuffed in front of his wife, three children and a pre-organised media pack.
Sicko Sydney flasher appeals jail term
A sick perv, who stalked and flashed dozens of Sydney women is behind bars, but has now appealed his jail sentence.
Hospital worker charged with sex attack on elderly patient
A wardsman at an exclusive Sydney private hospital has been charged with sexually assaulting an elderly female patient.
New twist in delayed town centre plan
There is more frustration for residents, who are still awaiting a decision on when rezoning plans for the Frenchs Forest town centre will be released. Now they’ve been hit with a new twist.
Shock twist in plans for 55-room boarding house
It’s taken more than three years, but plans for a 55-room boarding house in a northern beaches residential street have just been given the go ahead by a court.
New help for northern beaches businesses
New funds have been made available for businesses struggling through the pandemic, as a hold up with the hardship grants continues.
Hoon driver ‘could have ended up in morgue’
A hoon, 18, who did a 10-second burnout in front of cops and then crashed into parked cars before running away from angry locals has been sentenced in Manly court.
Medal for super hero Sammy who took snip for a friend
A schoolgirl who raised $5300 for Bear Cottage — in memory of her best buddy — has been named a Super Hero by NSW Fire and Rescue brigades on the northern beaches.
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