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Jobless jump hurts families

18 Nov 09 | Blue Mountains families have been hit hard by a recent jump in unemployment and local welfare organisations are struggling to keep up with demands.

Teenagers arrested over Lawson spray paint theft

18 Nov 09 | Police arrested two teenagers last week after a search of a Lawson home allegedly uncovered more than 750 cans of spray paint and 90 marker pens.

Lapstone Hill archway gets the chop

18 Nov 09 | Motorists coming and going from the Lower Mountains have been saved from a garish advertising structure that would have spanned the Great Western Highway at the bottom of Lapstone Hill.

Riot squad called to Warrimoo

Forgotten no longer

Double honour for Mountains men

Mustard gas men gain recognition

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SLIDESHOW: Glenbrook Spring Festival and Lawson Festival 2009

18 Nov 09 | Photos by Damien Madigan and Kat Mullard.

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Winmalee team wins snowboarding bronze

18 Nov 09 | Brothers Nathan and Cameron Spriggs helped lead Winmalee High School to its best snow sports result in 22 years recently, claiming a third-place finish at the Falls Creek national championships along with team-mate Sam Walton.

Our league players on the prowl

11 Nov 09 | Lower Mountains Junior Rugby League Club players have made their presence felt all the way across the Tasman Sea after joining a Panthers junior tour last month.

Leura's cricketers pretty in pink

Porter is Scorchers' player of the year

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