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A nutritious and delicious workshop
Cancer Council NSW, in partnership with regional waste and resource management group NetWaste, conducted a free ‘Pantry to Plate’ cooking workshop in Cobar last week. Funded by NSW Environment Authority’s (EPA) Love Food Hate Waste Food Smart program, 2011 MasterChef Australia winner and mother of three, Kate Bracks, shared her […]
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Paramedics praise Tilpa hosts for their kind hospitality
Local paramedics have shown their appreciation to the staff of the Tilpa Hotel who had been of great assistance to them during a rescue incident in Tilpa earlier this year. Acting Station Officer David Truscott said the assistance given by Tilpa Hotel licensee Phil Mahoney and his staff was very […]
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Macquarie Home Stay will be a game changer for the west
Work is progressing well on the $4.5 million first stage of the Macquarie Home Stay facility in Dubbo according to Nationals candidate for Barwon Andrew Schier. It’s set to be finished in the next couple of months, with the first guests expected to be in December. Mr Schier recently visited […]
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Cobar staff redeployed as part of SES amalgamation project
The staff at the State Emergency Services (SES) Far West Region Cobar office have been redeployed following an amalgamation of the Far West Region into the Western Zone. Region Controller for the Far West Region Graeme Craig, who’s spent the past 11 years working with the SES in Cobar, said […]
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Schier has been pushing on doors
Nationals candidate for the Barwon State election Andrew Schier was in Cobar last week talking to locals. Mr Schier said while he did get a few comments that things were “a bit quiet with the drought” he was pleased to hear a number of retailers saying they were keeping busy […]
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Deighton prepares to run the distance for local charity
It’s fair to say that Chris Deighton is a bit of a larrikin however he wasn’t joking when he vowed last year that he would run from Nyngan to Cobar, all in the name of charity. In an interview with The Cobar Weekly last December Deighton said he decided to […]
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Mayor Brady’s re-election confirms a record breaking reign
It’s official—following her re-election last week for her 17th year in office, Cobar’s mayor Lilliane Brady OAM is now the longest serving female mayor in New South Wales. Cr Brady was re-elected to the top job at Cobar Shire Council’s extraordinary meeting last Thursday with Cr Peter Abbott also re-elected […]
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Fun at the fair
See more photos from the Spring Fair in our photo gallery