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Local resident comes to the aid of Vinnie’s foodbank
When local resident Molly Patton recently found out that the Vinnies food bank was running low, she went out and did something to ensure this very important community service was not lost. “I took it upon myself to raise funds to purchase food to fill it back up,” Molly said. […]
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Peak donates to help get a new local event off the ground
A $4,000 donation from Peak Gold Mines (PGM) will help the Cobar Pony Club to put on their first Cobar Family Muster Day. The club has set up a sub-committee to organise and run the Cobar Family Muster team penning and gymkhana event. Club secretary and sub-committee member Kylie Trethowan […]
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Firefighters step up to the challenge to climb for MND
Four members of Station 256 Cobar are teaming up to climb 1,504 stairs in full fire fighting gear in the name of motor neuron disease (MND). Alex Lennon, Jamie Peters, Pete Vardanega and Khan Fugar have signed up as team ‘4 Howie’ to take on the 1,504 steps of the […]
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Plenty of junior league action at home over the weekend
The Cobar Junior Rugby League Club hosted Wellington and Dubbo St John’s teams at Ailsa Fitzsimmons Memorial Oval on Saturday for Round 14 of the Dubbo & District Junior Rugby League competition. The teams weren’t able to play at their usual Tom Knight Memorial Oval home ground due to a […]
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Award recognises council’s disability inclusion efforts
Cobar Shire Council is among a number of regional councils to sweep the field at a special awards ceremony to mark Local Government Week 2017 held last week. Regional councils took out all seven of the RH Dougherty Awards handed out by Local Government NSW (LGNSW) in Sydney last Thursday […]
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State award honours a local volunteer
Local resident Gordon Hill was honoured with a NSW Emergency Services Award at the Rotary Districts & Clubs dinner on Friday night at Bankstown Sports Club. The Rotary New South Wales Emergency Services Community Awards are an initiative of the Rotary Districts & Clubs of NSW. The objectives of the […]
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Many items on the economic taskforce agenda
Cobar Shire Council’s Economic Taskforce Committee met recently to develop several key points to present at last Thursday’s Ordinary Council Meeting. At the July 18 meeting members were provided with an update on the truck wash bay, the Regional Marketing and Promotion project, the development of the Destination Cobar website […]
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Free campers can stay at the Newey
Cobar Shire Council will work towards a plan of management for the Newey Reserve that will include a section to facilitate the use by campers. There was much discussion about free camping at the Newey during last week’s Cobar Shire Council Ordinary Meeting. Councillors expressed support for free camping in […]