2009 BM Business Advantage Awards

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:43:09 +0000

From left: Local editor: Jeanie, Graphics: Jodie, Accounts: Linda, Managing editor: Margaret

The Echo has been awarded a ‘Highly Commended’ in the Blue Mountains Gazette Innovation Award.
Spa Sublime in Katoomba won the Beauty, Health & Fitness category as well as the Customer Service and the Harry Hammon Golden Business Award for the best winning entry.
Liberty Conveyancing from Katoomba won the Blue Mountains Gazette sponsored Innovation Award, with The Echo awarded a Highly Commended.
The Integral Energy sponsored Community Contribution Award was won by Bygone Beautys of Leura with The Echo as a Finalist.
Bygone Beautys also won The Tourism Business of the Year (and will now go on to the State awards) and the BlueMountainsAustralia.com People’s Choice Award.
Bikeminded of Wentworth Falls won Highly Commended in the People’s Choice category. Century 21 Wentworth Falls won a Highly Commended in the Business Services award. The Employee of the Year was Maria Vergotis of Allure Hair Designs in Leura.
Well done to all winning businesses.

History of local papers in the Blue Mountains

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:04:30 +0000

The Local Studies section in Springwood library has a fascinating history of local papers in the Blue
Mountains starting with The Mountain Advertiser in the mid 1870’s, followed by another 42 individual papers since then, and that is not counting the publications produced mainly for visitors!

The Echo is a very traditional name for a newspaper but is especially appropriate for this area with
Echo Point in Katoomba. The first Blue Mountains Echo circulated from 1909 to 1928. The second
Blue Mountains Echo ran from1939 for a very short time and the third one was published from1981 until
1989.

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2009 BM Business Advantage Awards

History of local papers in the Blue Mountains