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2016

Second week of hot days forecast

Cobar residents can expect the hot temperatures to continue as a second week of 35 degrees plus weather is forecast. The late February heatwave will see temperatures up to nine degrees above average this week. Today is expected to reach 40 degrees while a top of 42 degrees is forecast […]

2016

Businesses sock it to mental health

Two local businesses, Stationery Essentials and Gumnuts Gifts & Homewares, are getting behind Batyr with their ‘One Sock Wednesday’ Cobar campaign. Stationery Essentials’ manager Wendy Robinson said all money raised in Cobar for Batyr, a social enterprise that focuses on preventative education in the area of young people’s mental health, […]

2016

Lady bowlers return to the Golfie greens

The Cobar Bowling & Golf Club lady bowlers had their opening day of the new 2016 season last Tuesday with players competing for the Broome and Dale Trophy. Marlene Wynd and Sandra Zazoniuk won the event with Joy Josephson and ‘Shine’ McIver finishing as the runners-up. It was reported a […]

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2016

Gold wins St John’s swimming carnival

St John’s held their annual swimming club carnival last Wednesday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool. The winning house was Gold on 1,463 points out doing Green by 316 points. The junior girl champion was Mia Zannes and runner-up was Sophie Clark and the champion junior boy was Reef Martin […]

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2016

Streetlight maintenance completed

Essential Energy has recently completed a major streetlight maintenance program in the Cobar Shire Council area to help ensure the ongoing performance and reliability of local public lighting. Regional manager Northern, Mark Summers, said Essential Energy’s bulk lamp replacement program was undertaken on a cyclical basis across each local government […]

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2016

Council to apply for innovation funding

Cobar Shire Council is looking to apply for one-off grant funding from the NSW Government’s $4 million Innovation Fund to install an electronic document management system. The electronic system will help council to deliver better services and better infrastructure in the local community. Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries said small […]

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2016

Workers supported

Workers retrenched last week from Endeavor Mine and their partners will be able to access a range of information and advice today at a Redundancy Support Session. Coordinated by the Cobar Business Association, the session today at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club will be attended by training providers, counsellors […]