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Celebrating 33 years
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GOVT’S BUDGET SNUB
CONCERN NARRABEEN LAND IS ‘FALLING INTO LAGOON’
AVALON’S RUSKIN ‘ROW’ OVER TREES / PUBLIC ALCOHOL BAN
THE WAY WE WERE / ARTISTS TRAIL / SEEN... HEARD... ABSURD...
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INSIDE: Residents are concerned about the erosion of public
land into Narrabeen Lagoon (p6); the stand-off remains
between locals and Council over the felling of trees at
Ruskin Rowe, Avalon Beach (p9); the NSW Government has
launched an inquiry into e-bike use (p10); work on the Mona
Vale Place Plan has been suspended (p14); meet our local
baseball whizz kids (p15); boating taxes are set to soar (p18);
and we interview Archibald Prize finallist, North Narrabeen
artist Stephanie Galloway Brown (p42).
COVER: Reach for the Sky / Sharon Green
also this month
Editorial 3
Pittwater Local News & Features 6-41
The Way We Were 308
Seen... Heard... Absurd... 34
Community News 36-41
Life Story: Stephanie Galloway Brown 42-43
Author Q&A + Art 44
Art 45
Hot Property 46
Health & Wellbeing; Hair & Beauty 48-53
Money 54-55
Food & Tasty Morsels 60-62
Crossword 63
Gardening 64-66
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