A lower north shore “bolt hole” used as a city escape for a well-known NSW farming family is on the market for the first time in its history.

Our new weekly column from local journalist Kathryn Barton turns back time to meet the people and witness the events that shaped life on the lower north shore.

North Sydney’s historic MLC Building – the north shore’s first high-rise – has been saved from demolition after a NSW court rejected a developer’s plan to knock it down for a cutting edge new tower.

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 16-year-old boy was brutally attacked in Mosman last Thursday.

Lower north shore boys and girls will have the chance to meet a Fire Fighter and get behind the wheel of a fire engine this month.

A Mosman woman caught drink driving three times in four months was sentenced in Manly Court on Friday.