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 […]
Cobar joined the national push to eliminate violence against women and girls during a light lunch held at Drummond Park last week as part of the annual White Ribbon Australia campaign. White Ribbon claims its campaign is one of Australia’s biggest movements that en-gages men and boys to end violence […]
Cobar High School students have gotten a timely reminder to take care of their personal well-being and give a voice to the ‘blue elephant’ in the room with representatives from youth based mental health organisation Batyr making the trip from Sydney to hold sessions last week. Batyr was specifically created […]
Despite the Kubby House Child Care Centre receiving a raft of community sup-port to help keep Cobar’s long daycare centre open for business, their situation this week is “very desperate”. The 29-place centre, which is the main provider of childcare in Cobar, has been struggling to continue to operate following […]
The Cobar Girl Guides are on track to enjoy their new digs by early next year with building works scheduled to be completed by mid-next month, with some landscaping to follow. The conversion of the Council-owned former gatekeepers’ three bedroom house on Maiden Avenue into the Guides’ future base includes […]
Cobar VIEW Club hosted an Oaks Day luncheon fundraiser for the Smith Family on Thursday at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. Pictured are Best Dressed Eva Halliger, club president Margaret Potter and Best Hat Dianne Whiteman.
Cobar Shire Council’s new Director of Infrastructure Services Scott Casey started his position last week with firm ambitions to immerse himself into the local community. “Everyone I’ve spoken to says Cobar is a great place to live and has an excellent com-munity spirit,” Mr Casey said. “I very much look […]
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 […]
In addition to providing snake handling courses for their own Peak Gold Mines personnel last week, Aurelia Metals also held a ‘Things that Bite ‘n’ Sting’ community information session at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Thursday night. Experienced herpetologist Julian Craig hosted the two and a half hour […]
Staff from the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) joined Cobar kids and parents for a barbecue in Drummond Park last Wednesday. The casual setting gave locals an opportunity to find out more about the impacts and effects of drugs and alcohol, the risks factors associated with drinking alcohol and taking […]
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