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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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Manly

El Jannah chicken and chips 50Under50. Picture: Supplied.

‘Spreading the legend’: Chicken institution set for beaches debut

A western Sydney casual dining institution is set to open its first charcoal chicken outlet in a beachside Sydney community. Digest all the succulent details here.

Manly

An artist's impression of a proposed shop-top apartment development at 10-28 Lawrence St, Freshwater. The DA was lodged in January, 2025.

Developer reveals $34m northern beaches shop-top apartment plan

A strip of shops in the main street of a Sydney beachside suburb is the target of a $34m apartment proposal by one of the city’s biggest developers. Take a look.

Manly

Ciao bella! ‘Beautiful’ Italian eatery arrives at beachfront hotel

Flocking to the northern beaches for a frolic in the surf? Food lovers might take a detour to a new eatery inspired by an Italian piazza serving up a scope of fare, from spaghetti to straccetti.

Manly

Commuters Wearing Masks pictured at Milsons Point train St on Thursday, 24 June 2021. Picture / Monique Harmer

Hunt for man who attacked rail workers, bit and threatened cops

Police are hunting a criminal who failed to turn up at court to answer charges of attacking workers at a Sydney train station and then biting a police officer sent to arrest him.

Manly

Drunk P-plater’s car stuck above freeway in boozy drive

A drunk P-plater was three times over the limit when he wedged his sedan on a narrow pedestrian overpass above some of Sydney’s busiest expressways. See what happened in court.

Manly

A Mercedes sedan allegedly involved in a police pursuit that ended in Consul Rd, at Narraweena after it was stolen from a home at Killara on Friday, January 31, 2025.

Dramatic arrest when car crashes after alleged police chase

A man has been hit with a string of charges after allegedly taking police on a chase in a stolen Mercedes before it was involved in a crash on the northern beaches.

Manly

Rhyanwen Horne, 24, who grew up in Fairlight, has been missing since February 1, 1975.

Inquest call 50 years after mystery disappearance of Sydney woman

A tormented family is calling for an inquest into the mystery disappearance of a young Sydney woman 50 years ago — they believe she may have been murdered.

Manly

Child sex offender found hiding in boys’ toilets at Sydney school

A notorious child sex offender — with a string of convictions for flashing kids — was found hiding in the boys’ toilets at a Sydney school, a court has heard.

Manly

Teen faces riot charge after wild Sydney wharf brawl

A teenager allegedly involved in a wild “riot” involving a mob of up to 40 brawling youths at Manly Wharf has faced court.

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Rate payers at Northern Beaches Council protest over proposed rate increases. Picture: SUpplied.

‘Sack them all’: Outrage as council endorses 40pc rate hike

The Northern Beaches Council has voted to seek permission to slug residents with a 40 per cent rates rise, hours after about 200 furious locals rallied outside its chambers to voice their disgust at the proposal.

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