CatholicCare (previously CentaCare) held a barbecue outside the Library last Wednesday to raise awareness of National Homelessness Week. Homelessness Week is held annually and is coordinated by Homelessness Australia to raise awareness of people experiencing homelessness, the issues they face and the action needed to achieve enduring solutions. Local CatholicCare […]
Cobar Junior Rugby League Club has won the 2018 Country Rugby League (CRL) Western Region Grassroots Club of the Year award. Club president Simone Knight was also named the CRL Western Region Volunteer of the Year with Mrs Knight collecting the two awards at a CRL awards dinner in Sydney […]
A quick ‘true or false’ quiz about technology offered to parents and carers at a cyber safety seminar in Cobar last week revealed that there’s plenty to learn about keeping our kids safe in the cyber world. NSW Police Liaison Officer Senior Constable Marty Paice, who presented to the Think […]
Local woman Sheena Geppert, who’s a farmer and knows first hand about the hardships of this drought, is working with the Cobar Mental Health Network to hold A Night for Our Farmers. Sheena was recently invited to go along to one of the Mental Health Network’s meetings by her friend, […]
The Generocity Church has come up with a “small idea” that might go a long way to helping farmers in drought. The Cobar Campus of the Generocity Church has joined with its fellow 13 campuses around NSW asking for donations of $100 supermarket vouchers. Pastor Matt Rendell from Narromine said […]
“The Next Crop” forum held in Cobar last Thursday may not have had a large turnout, however the organisers were pleased with the “quality” feedback they received. Facilitated by The Land newspaper, ‘The Next Crop’ forums are described as “a growing conversation where good ideas are gathered and shared about […]
Cobar Memorial Services Club board president Brian Sylvester said he was pleased with the turn out to last Tuesday night’s public meeting which was called to appraise members of the club’s current financial situation. However Mr Sylvester said was not happy with a rumour circulating around town that the club […]
A lot of old farming families in the Cobar district have seen too many droughts in their lifetimes like the current one that’s gripping most of southern Australia. Tom Mitchell, a second generation grazier at Gambolalley north of Cobar, has experienced his share of droughts (he’s also lived through the […]
Local resident Jill Weaving put a number of questions to Cobar Shire Council last Thursday night about the progress of the Newey Management Plan as part of the public address section of the Ordinary Council Meeting. Mrs Weaving asked for an update and implored council to have the issue of […]
Local Norm Martin has recently received his service medals recognising his National Service in the army to our country in 1951. National Service in the 1950s was compulsory military training for the nation’s young men with many local men, including Norm, called up to serve. It was a standardised form […]
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