05 Mar 10 | Years of embarrasing guest complaints, drastic understaffing and unnacceptable standards at the once renowned Fairmont Resort in Leura could finally be put to bed following the appointment last Monday of Deloitte as receivers and managers of Brighten Pty Ltd, which owns the iconic property.
03 Mar 10 | Blue Mountains City Council has endorsed the establishment of a relationship declaration service aimed at improving legal rights for unmarried couples.
03 Mar 10 | Blackheath residents may be left high and dry after a surprise decision made at the last council meeting that could see the local pool not open in time for the next swimming season.
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03 Mar 10 | It was a tragic day on Blue Mountains roads on Wednesday, February 24 when two people died in separate accidents on the Great Western Highway.
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03 Mar 10 | Blue Mountains City Council will ask for permission to raise rates by more than 10 per cent in 2010/11, way above the State Government’s recently announced cap of 2.6 per cent.
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03 Mar 10 | A slow start to the season has not jolted 400m runner Joel Milburn’s determination to book a spot on the Australian team for this year’s Commonwealth Games.
03 Mar 10 | Senior students from the three high schools in the Springwood area will take centre stage at this year’s Foundation Day on March 27.
03 Mar 10 | A childhood obsession with redesigning her family’s Mount Victoria home has led Chontelle Samios to a successful career and thrown her into the spotlight of television.
03 Mar 10 | The Blue Mountains tourism region shone at the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards in Hobart last Friday night, punching above its weight with six finalists and one winner.
03 Mar 10 | The debate over the decision to wait on repairs to Blackheath Pool will be reopened at the next council meeting after a rescission motion was lodged against the February 23 resolution.
03 Mar 10 | A Faulconbridge inventor always has a few ideas on the boil but it is his latest venture that is set to revolutionise the world of tea and coffee.
03 Mar 10 | The Labor Party will hold a rank and file ballot to choose its candidate for the Federal seat of Macquarie, effectively ending Blue Mountains mayor Adam Searle’s chances of winning the spot to replace retiring MP Bob Debus.
03 Mar 10 | Katoomba’s circus supplies shop The Weirder The Better arranged for Gibbon Slacklines to put on the free demonstration featuring world junior slacklining champion Felix Hachfeld and other talented competitors from Germany.
24 Feb 10 | Two people have died in separate accidents on the Great Western Highway in the Blue Mountains.
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24 Feb 10 | When Anthony Gunn’s daughter became scared of imagined spiders under her bed sheets he knew there was only one thing to do, and it was not going to be easy — for him at least.
24 Feb 10 | Train travel times from Springwood will be slashed by the $4.5 billion Western Express CityRail service announced by NSW Premier Kristina Keneally on Sunday.
24 Feb 10 | Blaxland resident Carly Champion had the experience of a lifetime earlier this month when she sang the national anthem for the Australian team at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
24 Feb 10 | Ward 3 Councillor Brendan Luchetti has weighed into the debate over the provision of downhill mountain bike tracks by saying council has a fantastic opportunity to construct a world-class sporting facility with the potential to benefit local riders as well as attract domestic and international tourists.
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24 Feb 10 | Sixteen-year-old Louis Brandt knew he had to “step up” if he was going to gain selection to compete in the under-18 national basketball championships in Terrigal this April.
24 Feb 10 | A lengthy battle between North Leura residents and the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) appears to be over, with the neglected entranceway to Leura’s north about to get a much-needed facelift.