May 23, 2013 WHEN he sets off to walk a massive 400,000 steps for charity from Canberra to Blaxland in August there will be one thing on David Archer’s mind — his late wife Danielle.  

May 22, 2013 Councillors are bracing themselves for a backlash after calling for a rethink of a long-held policy of banning advertising on Blue Mountains bus shelters.  

May 23, 2013 IVAN Thelander was only 16-years-old when he saw four of his mates perish in a bushfire in the Blue Gum Forest.  

May 23, 2013 Media personality Nick Bennett and author Mary Moody will be among the star attractions at Media personality Nick Bennett and author Mary Moody will be among the star attractions at Adam’s Shed Field Day at Hartley this Saturday, May 25.

May 22, 2013 A new Country Target department store is on track to open in Katoomba by the end of June, with Target Australia confirming last week that renovation work inside the Katoomba Fair building, formerly housing the Franklins supermarket, is on schedule.  

May 22, 2013 There is something very special about Faulconbridge according to the NSW Government’s Draft Metropolitan Strategy (DMS) that will guide planning for growth, jobs and housing until 2031 — and Blue Mountains City councillors are not amused.  

May 22, 2013 Some 202 new probationary constables were officially welcomed into the NSW Police Force on Friday May 3, the reward for the culmination of hours of study and countless exams for ‘Class 318’.  

May 22, 2013 It’s a dog’s kind of life, this Crossing lark.  

May 17, 2013 Fresh from taking out second place in a prestigious state-wide talent search, three Blue Mountains teenagers will tackle the inner city music scene in Petersham Bowling Club’s Battle of the Bands this Saturday, May 18.  

May 22, 2013 As council prepares to fire another shot at the Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) in a bid to restrict trucks using Hawkesbury Road’s hairpin bends, councillors have lashed out at truck drivers turning their nose at a ban already in place on Old Bathurst Road in East Blaxland.