Local News
Little Wings air service is keen to help more local families
Undergoing regular medical treatment in Sydney is pretty daunting for a young child however if you get to fly there in a Little Wings plane, then that can make the experi-ence a whole lot better. Three year old Hudson Simon has been a regular visitor to The Children’s Hospital at […]
Praise for Aged Care workers
The Lilliane Brady Village staff were treated to a delicious afternoon tea on Friday in acknowledgement of Aged Care Employee Day 2021. An initiative of Leading Age Services Australia, the annual day recognises each and every team member involved in caring for the 13 million older Australians receiving home care […]
CPS’s Dreaming Day celebrated country and culture
Cobar Public School celebrated their annual Dreaming Day at the school last week and, while COVID restrictions meant that some of the activities ran a little bit differently this year, it certainly didn’t dampen the excitement the school community has for country and culture. Dreaming or Dreamtime represents the time […]
Mixed reactions to decision to divert Pfizer vaccinations
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s an-nouncement that Pfizer vaccines would be redirected from rural areas to the city has been met with a mixed reaction locally. The Premier announced last week that Pfizer vaccines would be redirected from the alloca-tions to rural areas to support Year 12 students in the Greater […]
Lotto division one prize goes to a local
Cobar’s mystery TattsLotto division one winner has been found but it’s taken a while for Carl Young to let that all sink in. The local farmer had gone about his week as usual, without realising he had a division one winning Saturday Lotto ticket stuffed in his wallet. After reading […]
Bucket fillers
St John’s School students and staff have become “bucket fillers” after being inspired by early childhood specialist, Carol McCloud’s book, ‘Have You Filled a Bucket Today: A Guide to Daily Happiness’. Each classroom has a bucket they can fill with tokens that represent acts of kindness, love, helping or being […]
Principal’s Awards
Earning Cobar High School Principal’s Awards during Term 2 were Year 7 student Sarah Nicholson, Macee Brown (Year 9), Jayden Greenwood (Year 10) and Braydee Mackay (Year 11) who are pictured above with school principal Shane Carter. Due to Covid restrictions regarding visitors to the school, the Term 2 awards […]
Division one ticket sold in Cobar
One of the seven division one winners of the TattsLotto draw 4175 on Saturday night, bought their winning entry at the Cobar Newsagency but as yet hasn’t come forward to claim their $834,643.56 prize. The Cobar Newsagency team of Oscar Punzet, Andre Van Wyk, Anni van der Westhuizen and Stephanie […]