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Lilliane Brady Village residents get a tech lesson from CPS
As part of their project based learning unit Make a Difference Cobar Public School’s 2P students recently visited the Lilliane Brady Village to show some of the residents how to use an iPad. CPS teacher Lane Poland said The Make a Difference project requires students to identify a problem in […]
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Landholder a finalist in the National Carbon Cocky Awards
Local landholder and passionate advocate for carbon farming, Peter Yench, was a finalist at this year’s Carbon Cocky Awards. Mr Yench, who has embraced carbon farming as a profitable alternate land use for his Bulgoo property south west of Cobar, was a finalist in the 2015 Outstanding Leadership category. The […]
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Physiotherapist to fly in and out of Cobar on a regular basis
The flying physiotherapist, Meredith Schwilk and Woofy (the dog with wings) intend to be regular visitors to Cobar over the next six months. The pair, who are based in Orange, started working at the Cobar Primary Health Care Centre (CPHCC) last Thursday and plan to make weekly visits to see […]
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Some great ideas came out of brainstorming session
Some great ideas came out of the Cobar Business Association’s Brainstorming session on Sunday. Cobar Business Association president Sharon Harland said the committee will now look at developing some of the ideas put forward. “There are some ideas that we can implement straight away while others will need a bit […]
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Cobar to get a visiting oncology service
Cobar will soon have a visiting oncology service which will save a number of local cancer patients having to travel for treatment. Oncologist Dr Florian Honeyball and his associates Dr Joe Gormally and nurse Kim Turley, were in Cobar yesterday for a meeting with Cobar Hospital and Cobar Community Health […]
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Hera project hits processing hurdle
Aurelia Metals will re-evaluate its funding options after processing plant issues at the Hera Mine saw it fail to reach full potential since declaring commercial production earlier this year. Aurelia’s managing director Rimas Kairaitis said the mine has continued to show improvements but is still not at expected performance levels. […]
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Cobar’s newest pharmacy officially throws open its doors
The Chemsave Cobar Pharmacy opened its doors for business on Monday, with mayor Lilliane Brady officially cutting the ribbon at a grand opening celebration. Pharmacy owner Yong Cao said he was pleased to finally open the franchise pharmacy after several years of planning. He said he thought Cobar was ready […]
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CSA’s policy is one of the best
CSA Mine’s ‘Working in Heat’ policy has been recognised as one of the best health and safety policy’s in mining operations across NSW. The ‘Working in Heat’ policy has been selected by a panel of judges as a finalist for the NSW Minerals Council 2015 Health, Safety, Environment & Community […]