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Waste depot fire
Cobar Shire Council staff along with staff from the Rural Fire Service (RFS) and Fire & Rescue NSW were quick to act to control a fire at council’s waste depot last Wednesday morning. Stephen Poulter from council’s planning and environmental services department said council was notified of the fire at […]
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Jade Martin Band playing at Tamworth
The Jade Martin Band are fast becoming well known in the music industry and were recently asked to play at the 2016 Tamworth Country Music Festival (TCMF). The band’s lead singer Jade Martin said after a weekend of playing gigs in Tamworth earlier this year at the Albert Hotel they […]
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Cobar swimming pool has joined the Sun Sound campaign
Cobar Shire Council and managers of the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool, L&R Group, have joined the Cancer Council NSW this summer to launch the Sun Sound campaign to help decrease incidences of melanoma and skin cancer in Cobar. Sun Sound is a short catchy jingle played hourly on loud speakers […]
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Cobar Preschool’s much loved director Racquel says goodbye
After 13 years as Cobar Preschool’s much loved director, Racquel Potter last week said goodbye to the staff, children and their families along with her friends. Racquel said while she’s excited to be joining her husband and daughter at their new home on the Sunshine Coast, she will miss living […]
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Local police kicked off double demerit operation last Friday
With the annual road toll currently at 332, 35 more than the same time last year, police are appealing to all road users to #ArriveAlive during the upcoming holiday season. NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Specialist Operations Catherine Burn said the one wish police have this Christmas is for everyone to […]
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Council commits funding for health centre expansion
Cobar Shire Council has agreed to commit $22,500 to help build a space for a teleconferencing area and additional consulting rooms for the Cobar Primary Health Care Centre (CPHCC). At last Thursday’s council meeting councillors voted to allocate the funding from their budget to assist with the conversion of the […]
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Cobar Hospital Auxiliary achievements
Members of the Cobar Hospital Auxiliary committee have been working hard over the past year fundraising to help out the Cobar Hospital. The committee works with staff to help provide items that are not covered by the Western NSW Local Health District’s budget and help to make a patient’s stay […]
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Cobar Preschool welcomes new committee
The Cobar Preschool, a community owned children’s service, has welcomed a new committee after a special meeting was held last Tuesday. Heath Budd was newly elected as president with Paige Wilson the group’s new vice president. Summer Patterson was elected to the treasurer’s position while Wendy Marshall was returned as […]
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Cobar High School end of year awards recognise students
Cobar High School held their end of year awards ceremony last Wednesday at the school’s multi purpose centre to recognise the students’ achievements of 2015. The Caltex Award for best all rounder in the senior school and the DUX Award was earned by Callum Sinclair. Other perpetual award winners were: […]