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Pork and fennel sausage with fior di latte, zuni pickle and confit garlic.
14.5/20

This neighbourhood gem captures the seasons with its vivid pizza toppings

With a former Pizza Madre chef, 72-hour-fermented dough and smoked mozzarella, it’s easy to see why the community has embraced this tiny pizza shop.

  • Lee Tran Lam

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Northern Beaches councillor Ethan Hrnjak.

The Northern Beaches councillor who’s racked up $31,866 in expenses

Councillors spent more than $200,000 on expenses and $150,000 sending staff to conferences even as ratepayers faced big hikes in rates.

  • Cindy Yin and Max Maddison
An aerial view of the Forestville home at the centre of the NSW Court of Appeal’s decision.

The $2.85m Sydney home and one family’s legal saga

A granddaughter fought for a greater share of the sale proceeds of the family home. But NSW’s top appeal court found a major hitch.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Students (from left) Isabelle Piesse, Tess Familton, Lila Lawrence, Georgie Young and Sienna Shelton.

It’s approaching midnight, and this 24-hour venue is full of unsupervised teens

By 10.30pm the car park is overflowing with P-plates and there is a strict security system at the door of Sydney’s HSC study hot spot.

  • Emily Kowal
Police are still on the scene at the Forestville home.

Two bodies with ‘lacerations’ found on northern beaches, police suspect domestic violence

Police made the grim discovery in a granny flat behind a Forestville mansion after being called to a welfare check.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Josefine Ganko
The Sydney property at the centre of the NSW Supreme Court case was sold in February for $2.85 million.

‘Unconscionable conduct’: The $2.8 million Sydney home and a grandmother’s gift

A granddaughter improperly obtained a $200,000 gift from her grandmother shortly before the 93-year-old’s death, a court has ruled.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
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Forestville library.

In this sleepy Sydney suburb, a 24-hour venue is thriving

Forestville has become an unlikely champion for a 24-hour economy, as the home of Sydney’s first library that never sleeps. 

  • Mary Ward
Police at Forestville Memorial Hall during the operation.

Police stage dramatic rescue after alleged abduction attempt in Manly

Neighbours raised the alarm after a man was allegedly set upon in Manly on Sunday morning.

  • Carrie Fellner
The Mounties Care CareFlight Helicopter was tasked to the incident around 1.30pm on Friday. 

Teenager in induced coma after falling from boat on Sydney’s northern beaches

The 15-year-old girl suffered serious head injuries when she was struck by the runabout’s propeller at Narrabeen Lakes.

  • Sarah McPhee
Following the death of a fourth construction worker in two days, unions are calling for greater regulation.

Fourth construction injury in two days prompts calls for sector reform

"Employers are putting profit ahead of safety," the union has said in response to a string of construction worker injuries across Sydney this week.

  • Laura Chung