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Jim O’Rourke is a journalist with more than 35 years’ experience writing for major metropolitan newspapers as well as community and regional mastheads. He has covered politics, local government, industrial relations, transport, courts and crime.

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Jim O'Rourke

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NSW Cricket

Sydney University keeper Tim Cummins scores a century against Northern Districts in Sydney Premier cricket on Saturday., supplied Images

Cummins family can’t keep out of the limelight

With his famous brother Pat watching on a livestream in isolation after returning from the Indian Premier League, Tim Cummins scored a century in Sydney Premier Cricket.

Manly

Ausgrid delivering a generator to The Basin. Picture: Ausgrid

Damaged vital underwater cable cuts power

Remote communities are relying on a temporary solution after an underwater power cable was damaged.

Manly

Blaze at abandoned library site on the northern beaches

Dozens of firefighters had to battle a fire which broke out at an abandoned library site on Friday evening.

Manly

THIS COULD BE YOU: Surf Life Saving NSW is offering free drone pilot training.

Drones used to stop COVID spread on Sydney beaches

Eye-in-the-sky surveillance drones will be used to cut the risk of catching COVID-19 on the northern beaches this summer. Check out the 25 drone-operating areas here.

Manly

The Basin Beach House at Mona Vale, the joint winner of the best new house in the 2020 National Architecture Awards. Picure: Michael Nicholson

‘Low slung tent’ wins top house design award

A beautiful wooden house, which looks like a ‘low slung tent’ nestled in the sand dunes of Sydney’s northern beaches, has taken out the nation’s top home architecture prize.

Manly

A man, 33, has been taken to hospital in a stable condition after he was injured when his motorcycle and a car collided on Wakehurst Parkway at Oxford Falls.

Shocking crash stats show need for road improvement

Shocking road safety stats show that there were 2600 crashes on the northern beaches in just five years, resulting in more than 2100 injuries and 17 deaths.

Manly

Jake Caldwell, 27, of Seaforth, is arrested by Australian Federal Police attached to Operation Arkstone. Picture: Australian Federal Police

Man, 27, charged with child exploitation offences

The Australian Federal Police have smashed a massive alleged child sex abuse network — and a northern beaches’ man is one of those charged.

Manly

GENERIC Frenchs Forest Cemetery.Frenchs Forest, NSW, Australia, 3 October 2017. (AAP Image/Annika Enderborg)

Revealed: New plan to solve burial plot shortages

Graveyards in Sydney are running out of space, but Northern Beaches Council has revealed plans to accommodate the remains of hundreds more of its residents in a cemetery that’s been full for 50 years.

Manly

Gun Emplacement 2, at North Fort, in Sydney's North Head Sanctuary. Rangers stopped a rave at the North Head Gun Emplacements. Picture: Braden Fastier.

$40m funding boost for Harbour heritage sites

In next week’s federal budget more than $40 million will be set aside for heritage sites around Sydney Harbour. READ WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT

Manly

Soccer Football Training for Children. Kids Playing Soccer on Training Football Pitch. Beginner Soccer Drills for Kids. Coach in the Background Coaching Youth Soccer

Two junior soccer teams kicked out for ‘unsavoury’ incidents

Bad behaviour by parents, players and officials at a junior boys’ soccer match on the northern beaches has ended up with the teams being booted from this year’s competition.

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