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Stephanie and Blake to lead CHS cast in Annie the musical
Stephanie Cartner is to play the lead role in Cobar High School’s production of ‘Annie’ which opens this Friday. “Stephanie fits perfect into this role and her beautiful voice really carries the show,” the show’s director Amie Hill said. Annie is a tough streetwise urchin who is nevertheless vulnerable when […]
Community rallies after house fire
A fire destroyed a family home in Brough Street on Friday morning. The fire brigade was alerted to the fire by a passer-by who noticed smoke coming from the roof of the house at 7.10am. There was no one home at the time. The passer-by called 000 to raise the […]
Bravery medals presented to locals by NSW Governor
A Cobar man along with two former Cobar residents were presented with bravery awards in a ceremony at Government House Sydney last Wednesday. His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retired), Governor of […]
Local election results to be finalised today
Janine Lea-Barrett is currently the front runner after the first preference votes were counted on Saturday for Cobar’s 2016 local government election. As of yesterday and before the second count of preferences was finalised, Mrs Lea-Barrett looked certain of gaining one of the 12 positions on Cobar Shire Council having […]
Community groups share in funds from local bank program
They may have recently changed their name but there’s one thing that hasn’t changed and that’s the Regional Australia Bank’s continued support for the Cobar community. Last week the local branch handed out $24,522.51 to 36 local groups through its Community Partnership Program. Regional Australia Bank’s CEO Kevin Dupé, said […]