Five new Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) staff members, who have come to Australia from India, Papua New Guinea and Nepal to work, have enabled the aged care facility to now claim a ‘fully staffed’ status. Council’s HR manager Summer Patterson said the LBV has long had to rely on agency […]
After serving as The Cobar Weekly newspaper’s president for 20 years, David Snelson will now be taking a back seat on its voluntary advisory committee. Since its inception in 1986, Cobar’s not-for-profit, community newspaper has been overseen by a committee. David’s father, Peter Snelson, was one of the paper’s founding […]
After 13 years of running Cobar Thai, owner Nandar (Amm) Soe Sein and her husband Nay Linn are now looking for a new business venture in Western Australia. It’s a bittersweet move for the pair and their two young sons because, despite having loved living in Cobar, the family feels […]
Cobar Bowling & Golf Club has distributed over $40,000 to 14 local community and sporting groups as part of it’s 2024 ClubGrants program. Pictured above is the club’s secretary/manager Jason Howell (at far left) with representatives of the recipient groups. Among the community group beneficiaries were the Brennan Centre, Cobar […]
Cobar Shire Council has recently released its State of Our Region Report which outlines council’s activities over the past four years. Commenting on the report, Mayor Jarrod Marsden said the past four years had been “a significant period for Cobar Shire and contained a raft of highs and lows”. Cr […]
A variety of projects and new innovative ideas were discussed at Cobar Shire Council’s Tourism Advisory Committee’s meeting last week. The volunteer committee meets monthly and is made up of local residents representing various community groups, sporting bodies and businesses as well as Cobar Shire councillors who all have the […]
Cobar High School Year 12 student Tiana Jones, who has aspirations of pursuing a career in the health sector, has spent her final two years of school getting a head-start on her future profession. Tiana recently completed a School Based Apprentice Traineeship which required her to do 100 days (700 […]
With the Christmas season fast approaching now is the time to be planning your festive display for this year’s Cobar Weekly Christmas Cheer competition. Aurelia Metals, along with Cobar Powerhouse, are once again joining forces with The Cobar Weekly to offer $1,250 in prizemoney for this year’s competition winners. Perhaps […]
Local teachers, parents and interested members of the public were briefed last week about the lack of public school funding forthcoming from the Federal Government. The NSW Federation of Parents and Citizens (P&C) Association and NSW Teachers Federation are working with parents, carers, teachers, principals, school support personnel and community […]
Cobar Shire Council’s Airport Master Plan is currently on public exhibition with council inviting written comments and feedback. This is the second Master Plan for the airport prepared by JJ Ryan Consulting P/L for council and provides a comprehensive review and update of their first plan prepared in 2018. This […]
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