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New pharmacist keen to help with Cobar’s health needs
Cobar welcomed a new permanent Pharmacist, Reshma Joseph, who started at the Cobar Pharmacy last Monday. Ms Joseph has been working in pharmacies in Sydney for almost five years and graduated a year ago from the University of Sydney. She said she was looking for something different and when the […]
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Yench has plenty of plans for Cobar
Cr Peter Yench has put forward four notices of motion for discussion at tomorrow’s Ordinary Council Meeting. In one motion, Cr Yench is once again calling on councillors to support his idea of combining the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool, Cobar Youth & Fitness Centre and Cobar Shire & TAFE Library […]
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Funding to help make local history more accessible
Two projects in the Cobar Shire that will help to preserve our history are set to benefit from over $180,000 in grant funding. State Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries announced last week that the historical Booberoi Station Woolshed near Euabalong will received $100,000 while $80,390 is to go to the […]
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Local business success story supports race club
Wells Ventilation Australia (formerly Wells Construction) has been the major sponsor of the Cobar Miners Race Club’s Spring Races since they first commenced three years ago. Proprietor Darran Wells, who’s worked in the family business for 29 years and took over from his father Allan 10 years ago, was pleased […]
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Big box office movie is coming to the high school stage
Cobar High School students will bring the massive hit movie Legally Blonde to the stage next month. The 2001 film grossed more than US$140million at the box office and has since been made into a musical. Year 11 students Angela Shepherd and Laine Ellicott lead the cast with Angela playing […]
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Thousands of car movie enthusiasts gear up to visit Cobar
Cobar is gearing up for the Running On Empty Festival in October, with event co-organiser Ben Hewlett estimating around 2,000 visitors are coming for the weekend. Running On Empty, filmed in 1982, is described as one of the most iconic Australian car movies ever made. It features Mike, played by […]
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Newey desilting plans prove a costly exercise for council
In the current dry times there have been several calls for the Newey and the Old Res to be cleaned out and deepened before the next lot of rain comes. It appears however that deepening the Newey is not feasible for a number of reasons. Cobar Shire Council’s manager of […]
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‘Intense’ drought declared for Cobar
The Cobar area has now been declared as being in ‘intense drought’ according to the NSW Department of Primary Industries latest seasonal report. With limited rainfall recorded last month, 100 per cent of the state has been drought declared with 15 per cent of it now in ‘intense drought’. And […]