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Life Membership for loyalty

The Cobar Services Club bestowed Life Membership on five hard working members at the club’s annual general meeting on Monday night. Chris Boucher, Julie Claus, Diane Slater, Colleen Boucher OAM and Susie Loughran (pictured above) were presented with Life Membership cards by the club’s secretary/manager Linda Carter. Claud Parisi was […]

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An early Christmas present

MAC Copper Limited (formerly Metals Acquisition Corp) CSA Mine have donated $10,000 worth of new educational toys, play equipment and resources to the Cobar Mobile Children’s Service. Service coordinator Bridget Brookman said they were very grateful to receive the donation as their budget hadn’t allowed them to replenish their toy […]

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Improvements to water reliability

Cobar will soon enjoy improved water reliability thanks to two new high-tech pump stations soon to be delivered at Nyngan and Hermidale, ensuring water is pumped more efficiently to the town.  The contract for the $45.5 million infrastructure project has been awarded to construction company Diona. Work will begin in […]

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Decking the halls, walls, roofs and more

Bob and Wendy Maher (at centre) created a whimsical Santa’s Toyshop Christmas lights display at 9 Denman Street which was voted by our judges as the winner of the 2024 Cobar Weekly’s Christmas Cheer competition. Sponsored by Aurelia Metals/Peak Gold Mines and Cobar Powerhouse, Bob and Wendy collected $500 worth […]

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CSA keen to help local groups

Cobar Brennan Centre committee’s secretary, Samantha Smith, was over the moon on Monday after receiving a $7,920 donation from MAC Copper Limited (formerly Metals Acquisition Corp) CSA Mine general manager Robert Walker. The donation will cover the centre’s grounds maintenance and landscaping costs for the coming year. MAC Copper has […]

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Christmas carols fun

The Thompson family (Caroline, James, Claire, Charlie and Henry) caught up with friends, Pearl Toomey and Nestor Linn, at the Churches of Cobar Carols in the Park (which was moved to the Cobar Youth & Community Centre) on Sunday. This year’s event attracted a big crowd to hear the Carols’ […]

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Cobar wraps up the year with big parade

Cobar Business Association’s Christmas Street Parade on Friday night has been labelled by locals as Cobar’s best parade ever! At an estimated 1.5km in length, with more than 50 vehicles and approximately 240 people on floats, in vehicles and on foot, we’d have to agree that it was indeed Cobar’s […]