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Rotary donates over $13,000 to the community

The Rotary Club of Cobar has handed out $13,475 in donations to local community groups over the past year. Representatives of four groups collected $2,000 worth of donations at the club’s Changeover Dinner at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Saturday night. They included the Cobar Weekly Association (which […]

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Holiday fun at Euabalong

Cobar Shire Council hosted a ‘School’s out blowout’ party in the south of the shire at the Euabalong Community Centre last Wednesday. The event was funded by the NSW Government in conjunction with Cobar Shire Council. The day offered locals free, fun activities and treats including inflatable rides, popcorn, fairy […]

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Artists on holidays

Participants in the Cobar Shire Library’s school holidays art and craft workshop on Monday morning, Ethan Jebb, Christopher Florance and Sam McKervey with Library staff member Krissy Mann. The workshop activity for 5-7 year olds was sand art with participants creating snails, caterpillars, butterflies and hot air balloon pictures to […]

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All-Star professional wrestlers coming to Cobar tomorrow

Cobar will get to experience live profes-sional wrestling tomorrow night at the Co-bar Services Club. And for those lucky ones who have ring-side seats for the All-Star Wrestling Australia Winter Warfare show, they’ll get to see the wrestling action up real close. All-Star Wrestling Australia promoter, Mitch Christen, said Cobar’s […]

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Graffiti hinders Youthie project

Cobar Shire Council general manager Peter Vlatko inspecting the graffiti damage at the Cobar Youth Centre yesterday morning. Mr Vlatko said a review of CCTV footage from the main street and Drummond Park area from Monday night/Tuesday morning has identified that the damage was caused by local youths. He said […]

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Cobar High wins Outback Science & Engineering Challenge

Cobar High School last week won this year’s Outback Science & Engineering Challenge, which is part of a nationwide program presented by the University of Newcastle. The university conducts the annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathe-matics) Challenge event in partnership with local communities, Rotary clubs and sponsors. Through the […]

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Vinnies makes dedication as part of NAIDOC celebrations

As part of local NAIDOC Week celebrations this week, the Cobar Vinnies store held a ceremony on Monday morning to recognise local Aboriginal heritage and connections by unveiling a Traditional Custodians plaque. NAIDOC Week celebrates and recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and […]

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StormCo gang brings some holiday fun

The StormCo students and their supervisors from the Avondale School are back in Cobar this week to put smiles on the faces of Cobar residents, young and old. It’s the 30th year of the school providing their StormCo community service to NSW. This week they are running their traditional school […]