Cobar Shire Councillors have opted not to call for tenders for the management of the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool but rather to extend the existing contract. Council’s director of finance and community services, Kym Miller proposed the extension to Councillors at last week’s Ordinary Council Meeting. Mr Miller said there […]
The Cobar Services Club has a new chef in the kitchen with Ben Lwu opening his ‘Little Chef’ restaurant at the club last week. Ben did his two years of training at a chef school in China nearly 17 years ago before going into the family business. Since moving to […]
Farmers around the state are calling for more resources to combat a huge rise in the number of feral pigs which are destroying their properties and killing their stock. The Cobar Weekly spoke with a number of landholders across the region and all report seeing dramatic increases in pig numbers. […]
Cobar Shire Council will be working hard to have a new parking area (that will be available for use by free campers) established within the next two months. Council’s tourism manager Demi Smith reported to last Thursday’s Tourism Advisory Committee meeting that Council had made work on the Heritage Park […]
When your surname literally translates to papermaker (or more correctly paper mill), local library staff member, Natalia Papierniak (who is of Polish origin) was well qualified to lead Cobar Shire Council’s Book Binding workshop on Sunday. The Book Binding workshop at the Cobar Youth & Community Centre on Sunday was […]
Cobar Show Society committee members joined other agricultural show volunteers from around the state at a conference in Dubbo on the weekend which aimed to celebrate, motivate and educate volunteers on what makes a great show in 2023 and beyond. Volunteers from 192 country and suburban shows in New South […]
The Cobar Iron Ringer committee has suffered a small setback in their efforts to build an Iron Ringer monument. Iron Ringer committee chair John Collins said the committee was unsuccessful in their application to obtain grant funding from the NSW Government’s 2022/23 Arts & Cultural Funding Program to help with […]
MAC CEO outlines future plans for the CSA Mine The sale of Cobar’s CSA Mine from Glencore to Metals Acquisition Corp (MAC) was finalised on Friday with the mine welcoming its 5th owner in 58 years of operation. Glencore, who has owned the mine since 1999, received USD$775 million in […]
Social media blew up over the weekend with many locals (and former locals) offering opinions and comments about the recent temporary closure of the Cobar Vinnies store. The Cobar Weekly approached the St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) for a comment on the matter. “The St Vincent de Paul Society […]
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