The Cobar Weekly received an anonymous letter to the editor in our mailbox this week from a concerned resident. The Cobar Weekly does not publish anonymous letters. It is a condition of this publication (and most other newspapers) that letters to the editor include the writer’s name, address, daytime phone […]
Any local residents who are considering running for election are encouraged to go and chat with Cobar Shire Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko. “I think it’s important for potential candidates to fully understand what’s involved in being a councillor, what’s expected of them and what their responsibilities will be. “If […]
Cobar Shire Council has been successful in its application for funding to hold another Grey Mardi Gras event in 2025. Council will receive $20,000 from Destination NSW through the Regional Event Fund which identifies and supports events in regional NSW that have the potential to act as a ‘cornerstone’ or […]
Cobar took part in NAIDOC Week celebrations last week with a day of activities at Drummond Park on Thursday. The theme of NAIDOC Week 2024 is ‘Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud’ and aims to celebrate Indigenous identity and empower First Nations people to stand tall in their […]
Pearl Toomey, Michael Arnold and Heidi Betcke (at back), Chase Nelson, Jax Van Dam and Luan Devireddy (at front) in the Cobar Shire Library’s Slime Lab on Friday morning. The kids got to create the green and gooey goodness as part of the Library’s fun school holiday activities. […]
More than 100 people gathered at the Mt Grenfell Historic Site on Saturday to mark 20 years since Labor handed back one of the state’s most well preserved Aboriginal sites to the Ngiyampaa Wangaapuwan people. Mt Grenfell protects more than 1,300 rock art drawings of the Ngiyampaa Wangaapuwan people, telling […]
A community project that has been in the planning for some months is now starting to take seed with a community garden at the Cobar Youth & Community Centre on its way to helping the centre be partially self-sufficient. Cobar Shire Council’s grants officer Bethany Smith said the community garden […]
When you hear about musicians going back to their roots, for musical duo (and cousins) The Howling Roy Boys, their roots are firmly planted in Cobar. Lachie Howell and Will Howell are fourth generation musicians with their great, grandfather Keith Mitchell, the keyboardist for The Tymekeepers, a legendary dance band […]
For 26 years, Cobar has been welcoming students and supervisors from the Avondale School in Cooranbong near Newcastle to run StormCo activities in the July school holidays. The Year 11 and 12 students volunteer their time and pay their own way to come. While in Cobar they run Kids Club […]
Child safety ambassadors Bruce and Denise Morcombe were in Cobar on Friday delivering a presentation to 120 students at Cobar Public School (CPS). The Morcombes spoke to CPS students about how to recognise, react and report, as part of their 20-day 7,200km Time To Talk Road Trip. CPS was selected […]
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