Cobar Community Health staff held an information day and barbecue at Drummond Park on Friday to mark Women’s Health Week. Healthy women make for healthy families, and during Women’s Health Week, women were being reminded to make themselves and their health a priority. Women’s Health Nurse Rachael Slinger (pictured above […]
11 Cobar musicians from different eras gathered at the Services Club on Saturday night to pay tribute to one of Cobar’s finest musos, Keno Josephson, and his friends. Pictured are Sam ‘Keithy’ McBride, event organiser Gavin O’Donnell, Jamahl Hamilton, Garry ‘Blue Dog’ Josephson, Brad Wynd and Chic Simpson. As well […]
CatholicCare staff members Sharni Clark and Crystal Webster (with young Maybelle Hawkins) celebrated Child Protection Week last week. The staff cooked up a pancake feast, played hopscotch and did chalk drawings with children and spoke to members of the public about the ways to keep children in our community safe. […]
The Cobar community kicked up its heels last Thursday night to mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Cobar’s museum. “If this old building could talk, what a tale she’d tell!” deputy mayor Peter Abbott said of the Great Cobar Heritage Centre in his opening address. Cr Abbott and […]
Getting children interested and engaged in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), particularly girls, has become a priority for our local mining companies. In the past the national focus has been on creating an interest in STEM subjects with high school students and recent research has dictated that the focus needs […]
The Copper City Men’s Shed has been able to purchase new tools and equipment with a $2,000 grant from the Federal Coalition Government under Round 18 of the National Shed Development Programme. Member for Parkes Mark Coulton dropped in to the Men’s Shed while in Cobar last week to share […]
A series of heritage signs are being installed in the CBD this week which pay homage to past businesses and business people who have helped shape our town. The collaborative project between Cobar Business Association and Cobar Shire Council, under the Community Building Partnership Program, will see an initial six […]
Cobar Mobile Children’s Services has received $68,620 to continue their work helping isolated children experience the best possible start to their education. The grant has been awarded by the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) under its Tackling Tough Times Together initiative. Member for Parkes Mark Coulton visited Cobar […]
A group of 20 medical students were in town on Friday as part of an effort to encourage future doctors and health professionals to consider the benefits and rewards of a rural career. The students came to Cobar as part of a four-day ‘Go Rural’ road trip, funded by NSW […]
An astute businesswoman with 15 years business experience in both Australia and internationally is to be a guest speaker at this year’s Great Cobar Business Awards. Simone Fletcher, from Fletcher Consultancy in Narromine, will be the guest of the Cobar Business Association at this year’s business awards dinner. Simone will […]
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