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Consistency pays off for swimmer

Consistency paid off for swimmer Anita Hodgkinson at the Mermaids senior women’s competition swim on Sunday night. Hodgkinson finished second in all three of the events contested to finish the night with 15 championship points. She ran second to Zoë Harland in the 30m handicapped Freestyle event with Harland finishing […]

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NSWODGP petitions council for medical centre extensions

The NSW Outback Division of General Practice (NSWODGP), which operates the Cobar Primary Health Care Centre (CPHCC) in Harcourt Street, has petitioned Cobar Shire Council for a $300,000 extension to the centre. NSWODGP Interim CEO, Peter Spence made a presentation to Cobar Shire councillors at an extraordinary meeting of council […]

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Local business helps out as ROAR gains momentum

The Rural Outback Animal Respite/Rescue (ROAR) donation box at Stationary Essentials is helping to bring much needed assistance to rescued dogs. Stationary Essentials’ Wendy Robinson said she decided to put a box in her store for people to donate items for ROAR after speaking to ROAR founding member, Leah Josephson. […]

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Ann Dunn was in the golf mix all week

Fay Hardwick was the winner of last Wednesday’s women’s golf Stableford game inching out Ann Dunn by one point. Hardwick scored 27 points while Dunn recorded 26. Geraldine Francisco was next on 24. Hardwick also picked up a Nearest the Pin win on the 3rd hole and Robynne Morton collected the […]

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Cobar rep junior team records two state wins

Two Cobar Blues representative netball teams competed at the Regional State League carnival in Orange on Sunday. The Cobar Juniors side competed in Division 4 winning two out of their three games, while the Cobar Opens side went down to their Orange and Bathurst oppositions in Division 3. “The Junior […]

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Uncertainty over Far West Initiative

The eight Far West councils who were earmarked to be included in the Far West Initiative (FWI) are unsure where they now stand on the matter. Conflicting statements made about the FWI by various State Government politicians during and after last week’s Western Division Council Conference at Wentworth have confused […]

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Cobar Yabbies get better with age

There are some things that get better with age and it seems that Cobar Yabbies are among those things. (We mean the members of the Cobar Senior Men’s Swimming Club Yabbies, not the ones you catch and eat which don’t keep very long in the fridge after you’ve caught them!) […]

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Record summer heat

Cobar has officially broken three temperature records over summer while NSW experienced its warmest summer on record. Nigel Smedley, technical officer from Wagga Wagga Weather Bureau of Meteorology said Cobar Airport weather station recorded a maximum temperature of 47.3 degrees on February 11. The previous record was set on January […]