Members of the Treatt family from Sydney visited the Great Cobar Heritage Centre recently to make a special donation in honour of their ancestor, Frank Treatt, who lived and worked in Cobar in the early 1900s. The family presented museum curator Kay Stingemore with a beautiful silver tray, engraved with […]
The Cobar Mermaids women’s swimming club has decided to trial a new meeting time this season which seems to be working well if their first swim on Sunday morning is anything to go by. The club welcomed three new swimmers with Michelle Deppeler, Ellen Davidson and Ella Moratti taking their […]
After a very successful year for the Cobar Senior Rugby League Club both on and off the field, Chris Deighton has been returned to lead the Roosters heading into their next season. Deighton was re-elected unopposed to the president’s position at the club’s well attended annual general meeting on Sunday […]
A Local Drug Action Team (LDAT) will be set up to service Cobar in an effort to prevent harm from alcohol and other drugs, including crystal methamphetamine (‘ice’). The Federal Government and the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) have come together on this community partnership which is one of 40 […]
The 2017/18 Cobar & District Senior Cricket season starts this weekend. A packed season is scheduled with Twenty/20 (T20), 40 Overs and Representative competitions running from October through to March next year. The T20 competition gets underway this Friday night and is looking strong with eight teams nominated. Defending champions […]
Cobar Arts Council’s 2017 Art and Photography Exhibition is now open for entries. The exhibition runs in conjunction with the Festival of the Miner’s Ghost from October 23 to 28 and entry forms are now available from various locations across town. Cobar Arts Council secretary Sue Singleton said sections for […]
The Cobar, Nyngan and surrounding rural communities, who have shared a Uniting Church minister for the past three and a half years, farewelled her over the weekend. Reverend Jo-anne Smalbil and her husband Lou, were given a send-off in Cobar on Saturday and then another in Nyngan on Sunday. Rev […]
Local landholder and Cobar Shire Councillor Peter Yench last week took part in an Emissions Reduction Fund Roundtable discussion in Dubbo. Mr Yench was invited to attend the meeting which was part of the Climate Change Authority’s consultation on its review of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) legislation which governs […]
NSW Senator Brian Burston has heard that a declining population and a loss of important medical services are high on the list of concerns for Cobar residents. Senator Burston visited Cobar on Monday as part of a western area tour. “I’m in Cobar getting feedback as to what the issues […]
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