As the Judge’s Choice winners, the Pumpettes were presented with the Cobar Netball Association’s Lip Sync trophy at their fundraiser at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. The event raised almost $8,000 to help with the construction of new netball courts. The Pumpettes girls were popular with […]
Changes to funding for the Cobar Mobile Children’s Services (CMCS) will see some of their services lost to families in the Cobar district. CMCS staff provide a mobile children’s service for families living on geographically isolated properties within the Cobar Shire and has been operating since 1982. Since that time […]
A piece of our local history is to be included in the construction of the Miners Memorial with a church bell to form part of the historical display. The old bell comes from the Anglican Church of the Resurrection at Nymagee which was founded in 1959, and was recently donated […]
Cobar’s mayor, Lilliane Brady OAM, has been honoured with Life Membership of the Association of Mining and Energy Related Councils (AMERC) group. The motion for Life Membership for Cr Brady was put to last week’s AMERC conference in Sydney and accepted unanimously. Cobar Shire’s Cr Jarrod Marsden attended last week’s […]
Three more road trains of much needed fodder have been delivered to Cobar farmers in the past two weeks thanks to a combined effort by the Rotary Club of Cobar and Victorian Rotary Clubs of Eaglehawk and Castlemaine. Cobar club president Tony Punzet said funding made available by the Victorian […]
Rural kids who’d like to dance or learn to swim but are missing out because their families just can’t afford the lessons with the drought, will now be offered the chance. Cobar Shire Council is partnering up with dance studios, Western Studio of Performing Arts (WSPA) and Copper City Dance […]
A storm which dumped nearly an inch of rain on Cobar’s CBD in around an hour has helped provide some temporary relief from the ongoing drought. While the Cobar Meteorological Office on Louth Road officially measured 13mm of rain from Thursday’s storm, there was 20mm recorded by the Cobar Airport […]
After serving for almost 26 years as Cobar Shire Council’s tourism officer, John Martin retired from the role on Friday. And while he may have officially retired from working life, John will continue to be an “unofficial” ambassador for Cobar. “I’m staying in town. I’m not going anywhere,” he said. […]
The Cobar Weekly newspaper is celebrating its 33rd birthday today and we’re celebrating! The Cobar Weekly (TCW) was conceived in October 1985 at a public meeting that was held to gauge community interest for Cobar to have its own independent, local paper. The idea was met with enthusiastic response with […]
Impediments for growth in Cobar were discussed at the Regional Development Australia (RDA) Orana’s Inland Growth Summit in Dubbo last Thursday. Cobar Shire Council’s general manager, Peter Vlatko was one of 10 guest speakers from different levels of government and industry groups invited to speak at the summit. Mr Vlatko […]
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