Cobar residents were saddened to hear of the passing of former Cobar Mayor, Peter Abbott, who passed away at his home on Friday night, aged 77. Cr Peter Abbott was elected as Mayor of Cobar Shire Council in February 2021, following the death of Mayor Lilliane Brady. Cr Abbott joined […]
Members of the Cobar Liquor Accord are concerned with the rise in incidents of bad behaviour in local licensed venues. The matter was discussed when the Accord met last Tuesday. Cobar Liquor Accord chair Linda Carter (secretary/manager of the Cobar Services Club) said they’ve […]
Is amalgamation with another club the best way forward for the flailing Cobar Services Club? That’s the question that will be put to members at the club’s annual general meeting […]
▪ After more than 30 years of being known as ‘The Pink Ladies’, the fundraising arm of the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) retirement home is considering a name change. The LBV Pink Ladies Committee was first established in 1991 and provides ongoing funding to assist with purchasing […]
The number one thing that Susie Loughran likes doing is helping people and she’s now back in the right place where she’ll be able to do that six […]
Local historian Kay Stingemore (at far right) joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) Fellows for a special storytellingperformance about our lost miners at the Cobar Miners Memorial on Friday afternoon. The Fellows worked with Cobar High School students and music teacher Laura Andrew earlier that day to create the music […]
Aurelia Metals’ Peak Gold Mines has donated an impressive $124,020 to 29 local community groups this past year and they aren’t done yet. Peak’s Environment & Community Advisor Laura Newton said the company has another round of community donations funding coming up next month. Twelve local groups were among the […]
Cobar’s past and present pubs are set to become tourist attractions as part of a project currently underway by the Far North West Joint Organisation (FNWJO). A travelling team will visit Cobar next Wednesday to undertake a stakeholder workshop for the Far West Historic Hotels Touring Route which is being […]
In 40 plus years of teaching, recently retired Daphne Jermyn has lots of fond memories of her time at Cobar Public School (CPS). After leaving teacher’s college 43 years ago, Mrs Jermyn spent 41 of those here in Cobar. “I first came to Cobar in March 1982 in the middle […]
Brad Lennon (at centre holding framed certificate), a long serving Fire and Rescue Station 256 crew member, has recently retired after dedicating 18 years as a Retained Firefighter with the service. Brad joined the Cobar station in January 2005 as their 151st firefighter and served as their captain for […]
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