Four families bid for $2.2m Sydney home with playground off the backyard

Four families bid for $2.2m Sydney home with playground off the backyard

In a battle of the parents,a family upsizing from a unit won the keys to a cottage with a back gate that opened directly to a large playground.

  • byCarmen Forward

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City of Ryde Council:What your candidates said

City of Ryde Council:What your candidates said

Voters will elect a mayor as well as councillors across three wards.

‘Nothing dictatorial about it’:Field closed in fresh clash over 132 townhouses in rugby heartland

‘Nothing dictatorial about it’:Field closed in fresh clash over 132 townhouses in rugby heartland

T.G. Millner sports fields at Marsfield will cease to operate as a community asset after a bid by Ryde Council to rezone it as open space left the owners furious.

  • byChris O'Keefe
Bodies of mother and teenage daughter found in Sydney home

Bodies of mother and teenage daughter found in Sydney home

Police were called to the home in Sydney’s north-west on Thursday morning,responding to reports of a concern for welfare.

  • byClare Sibthorpe andAnthony Segaert
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Council wanted to save this field from being turned into townhouses. It just lost
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Council wanted to save this field from being turned into townhouses. It just lost

T.G. Millner Field in Sydney’s northern suburbs was the centre of a years-long campaign for green space in the area.

  • byAnthony Segaert
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‘Rats in the camp’:Fury as mayor replaced amid fight over $20 million crater

‘Rats in the camp’:Fury as mayor replaced amid fight over $20 million crater

Liberals have been accused of abusing the system by installing a new mayor of Ryde overnight,ahead of elections in September.

  • byMichael Koziol
Meadowbank’s density alarmed north shore residents,but locals say ‘it’s lovely’

Meadowbank’s density alarmed north shore residents,but locals say ‘it’s lovely’

Ku-ring-gai Council used images of Meadowbank to warn residents about additional housing density. But when the mayor went there,he liked what he found.

  • byMichael Koziol
Cracks starting to show in Minns’ housing density mission

Cracks starting to show in Minns’ housing density mission

Premier Chris Minns is trying to sell Sydney on accepting greater housing density. He needs to convince us we’re not buying a pup.

  • byMichael McGowan
Councils ask to repurpose golf courses,share school ovals for public sports

Councils ask to repurpose golf courses,share school ovals for public sports

The future of sprawling golf clubs is once again under the microscope as mayors in Sydney’s northern suburbs look for more open space.

  • byMichael Koziol
D-Day for Ryde’s hole in the ground as dispute flares over finances

D-Day for Ryde’s hole in the ground as dispute flares over finances

While Ryde Council says it is in a “precarious” position and wants a quick sale of public land,former NSW auditor-general Tony Harris said it was in an “exceptionally strong financial position”.

  • byBen Cubby andAnthony Segaert