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The Cobar Cemetery is looking a picture thanks to plenty of rain in the past few months and a hell of a lot of work over the past 16 years by caretaker, Bruce Shuttle. Bruce, a former truck driver and butcher, started helping out 16 years ago as part of […]
Council pay rise not enough: Yench
Cobar Shire councillors and the mayor will receive a 2.5 per cent increase in their annual payment fee, however Cr Peter Yench believes that increase should be much higher. Councillors discussed a proposed wage increase at last Thursday’s council meeting with Cr Yench suggesting the mayor’s fee should increase to […]
Locals sickened by senseless vandalism at cemetery
Cobar residents were sickened last week to hear of a senseless act of vandalism at the Cobar Cemetery. Local resident Rebecca Dowling alerted the community via social media last week of the incident after she and her son Darcy had visit-ed the cemetery on Thursday morning and found graffiti on […]