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Community service recognised with awards
The Australia Day awards were held yesterday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool with this year’s Australia Day ambassador and charity worker Katryna Robinson helping to hand out the awards. The Rotary Club of Cobar was recognised with the Bossie Mitchell Service to the Community Australia Day award for their […]
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Kubby gets off to a positive start in new year
The Kubby House child care centre has gotten off to a positive start this year with a number of new staff coming on board under the direction of early childhood teacher, Tracey Bowman. Mrs Bowman, who joined the Kubby House staff at the end of last year on a casual […]
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Adding a bit of cheer this Christmas
Cobar Weekly’s 2020 Christmas Cheer competition, sponsored by Peak Gold Mines and Cobar Powerhouse, was expertly judged by the Cobar Girl Guides, Lilliane Brady Village residents and Cobar Weekly staff with five winners selected. Pictured above is Peak Gold Mines representative Laura Barnes with top scorer Robyn Floyd, whose display […]
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Santa arrives in time to lead street parade
A crisis was averted on Friday night thanks to some great driving by Mrs Claus who helped to deliver Santa just in time to lead this year’s Christmas Street Parade. There may have been less parade entrants this year than previous years, however it was the noisiest parade in history […]
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Wollongong couple bring a truckload of gifts
Wollongong-based Pat and Geoff Dryland brought a truckload of food, clothing and gifts to Cobar on Saturday to help brighten Christmas for a number of local farmers still doing it tough from the drought. The couple, who previously owned childcare centres in Wollongong and Sydney, decided to direct their benevolence […]
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NSW Premier pays a visit to Cobar
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was in Cobar yesterday to announce the NSW Government would be handing back more than 15,000 hectares of land to Aboriginal owners to form the new Mount Grenfell National Park and the Mount Grenfell State Conservation Area. The Premier paid a visit to the Mount Grenfell […]
25/11/20
$100,000 windfall for Services Club
After a year of mostly bad news, the Cobar Services Club is celebrating this week after receiving a grant of $100,000 to help upgrade the club’s facilities. Services Club secretary/manager Linda Carter said the grant from the Department of Regional NSW is very welcome but has been a long time […]
11/11/20
Community to pause for Remembrance Day
Cobar residents will pause for Remembrance Day this morning to reflect and pay respects to the armed forces personnel who lost their lives in war. While the usual formal public flag raising ceremony isn’t happening because of COVID-19 social distancing restrictions locals will still be able to lay wreaths throughout […]
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Police bros grow the Mos
The Cobar Police Whiskers, Lucas Hardy, Greg McKervey, Chris Power, Tony Martin and Dwayne De Vries, are taking part in Movember, that time of the year when men put their razors away for a month to see who can grow the most impressive facial hair for the purpose of increasing […]