A young family, who have only lived in Cobar for a short time, has been overwhelmed with the community support they have received following their baby daughter’s serious illness. Harvey Norman Cobar franchisee Tyler Wilde-Bird arrived in Cobar in February and his family—wife Savannah, their three-year-old son Myles and baby […]
Four-year-old Alastair Tatnell faces a long road to recovery after spending the past three-and-a-half months in Sydney undergoing aggressive treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, however his prognosis is good. Alastair and his parents, Pagan and Jesse, uprooted their lives and moved to Sydney in July so that Alastair could […]
Cobar will get a pickleball court as part of a multi-purpose sporting facility upgrade at the Cobar Youth and Community Centre. Cobar Shire Council has recently been awarded $310,010 through the NSW Government’s Active Regional Communities Package, Community Participation Stream, to upgrade the old outdoor basketball court at the centre. […]
Barry Knight will be sworn in as a Cobar Shire Councillor later this month after being elected unopposed last week. Barry was the only candidate remaining in the by-election to fill the vacancy left by the recent retirement of long-serving councillor Harley Toomey. The NSW Electoral Commission’s returning officer, Vanessa […]
The Rural Fire Service Far West Team has recently recognised the dedication and service of three of their long-serving members. Barry Betts, who has marked an incredible 70 years of service with the Nymagee Brigade, including more than 60 years as Deputy Captain, was presented with his Life Membership plaque […]
Nationals candidate for Barwon, Lucie Wightman, was in Cobar last week meeting with councillors, council staff and business owners ahead of the 2027 NSW State Election. A regional newspaper owner and editor, mother of two young boys and Life Member and immediate Past President of the Country Press Association, Lucie […]
A century of friendship, fundraising and community service was celebrated on Saturday when the Cobar branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) marked its 100th anniversary with a luncheon at the Cobar Services Club. Almost 60 people, including current and former members, representatives from other Far Western Group branches, family […]
Since its inception in 2017, A Night For Our Lost Miners has become an important event on Cobar’s annual calendar, providing an opportunity for the community to come together to remember and honour those who have lost their lives working in the mining industry. Over the years, the event has […]
Cobar Youth and Community Centre assistant Lucy Kilpatrick has been recognised as one of NSW’s rising stars in local government. Lucy was among 19 women honoured at the annual Ministers’ Awards for Women in Local Government, held at Parliament House in Sydney last week. She received the Rising Star Award […]
Joining Cobar Sound Chapel creator Georges Lentz for his annual concert in the Sound Chapel on Thursday night were musicians Dominic Azzi (violin), David Wicks (viola) and Andy Hines (cello), as well as Cobar’s Xander Jeffery on didgeridoo. They played Beethoven’s Op 74, as well premiering a short new work […]
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