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Sporties Health and Fitness to return next week

It has been months in the making, but the Sporties Health and Fitness centre will finally open its doors next week. The facility’s forced closure due to the COVID-19 outbreak came as a massive blow for the community, but the gym will welcome...

Liam Nash
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School terms to return as usual in Cobram

Cobram schools have addressed students in relation to confusion caused by the border closure between Victoria and NSW. With school holidays in Melbourne and Mitchell Shire set to be extended by an extra week due to the COVID-19 lock-down in those...

Liam Nash
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Sweet-hearted Fudge crowned Top Dog

Cobram-Barooga’s Top Dog for 2020 has been announced and the title has gone to eight-year-old Fudge. And the win has come as a sweet surprise for his 16-year-old owner. The chihuahua fox-terrier mix amassed a massive 246 votes to beat out...

Daneka Hill
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Locals crossing Cobram-Barooga bridge without delays

Proceedings have gone smoothly during the first morning of the Cobram-Barooga bridge road block. With the closure of the Victoria-NSW border from 11.59 pm on Tuesday, cars passed through at a sporadic rate from about 9.15 am to...

Liam Nash
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Letter to the Editor: Waste changes needed

Waste changes needed I am a long-standing local resident in Cobram. I seek your assistance in raising awareness and local council leadership in support of improved and accessible waste and environmental services for our local community of 6000...

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Victoria-NSW border closes

There were no traffic flow problems at the Cobram-Barooga bridge road block, as New South Wales police implemented the new border restrictions.

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Victoria-NSW border closed Tuesday night

Despite the closure of the NSW-Victoria border from 11.59 pm yesterday, travel exemptions are available to those living in border towns such as Cobram and Barooga. People in border communities could cross the border for work or receive...

Liam Nash
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COVID-19 testing available in Cobram-Bagrooa

Cobram residents feeling ill are urged to get tested and can do so at Cobram Community Testing Clinic.

Liam Nash
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Fate of tourist destinations up in the air with latest restrictions

Tourism in the region is expected to take a hit in light of recent COVID-19 restrictions. The announcement of the closure of the Victoria-NSW border has left some local businesses unsure about customers and staff entering Victoria from NSW.

Liam Nash
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Burglaries crippling disability service

Senseless crime is killing one of Cobram’s most essential community assets. On June 22, the Providing All Living Supports centre was broken into for the third time in four months. Thieves took cash during the first burglary and wreaked havoc...

Liam Nash
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Mausoleum’s extension on the horizon

Works on Cobram cemetery’s mausoleum are expected to be completed next month. Forty-four new crypt spaces are set to become available once the project’s fourth stage is finished, much to the pleasure of Cobram Cemetery Trust...

Liam Nash
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The show must go online

The Cobram Agricultural Show will receive part of a $36 million COVID-19 support package released by the Federal Government. The grant was put forward to supplement agricultural shows pushing ahead, as well as offering compensation to soften the...

Liam Nash
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Holiday horseplay for Cobram children

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a clamp on children’s fun in recent months but nothing is stopping them from enjoying the school holidays. Skillzone’s holiday program saw plenty of numbers flock to Cobram Sports Stadium last week, where...

Liam Nash
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Cobram’s own Christmas in July

Celebrating all the beauty of a traditional winter Christmas is something Ron and Kath Renfrew have decided to share with Cobram. True to their word, Mr and Mrs Renfrew have decked the halls of their home with an incandescent arrangement of all that...

Cobram Courier
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Cobram’s Dr Emma West stars in Emergency

As a Cobram High School student, Emma West thought becoming a doctor was an unreachable dream. It was only when Donna O’Kane, a year level or two above her got into medicine, that her mindset changed to “maybe I can”.

Jessica Ball
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Tributes to young man killed in Cobram car crash

Tributes to Nicholas Gash and Samuel Tout who died in a car collision last Wednesday have flooded social media. Cobram Roar FC said the club was “devastated at the tragic passing” of their member Mr Gash, saying their hearts went out to the families...

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Fruit fly action plan funding extended for Goulburn Murray group

Moira Shire Council has received $522,800 to continue delivering the Goulburn Murray valley’s fruit fly regional action plan. The funding is part of the Victorian Government’s one-year extension of the Managing Fruit Fly in Victoria Action Plan...

Rodney Woods
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Victoria-NSW border closing

The Victoria-NSW border will close from Tuesday night, July 7. The announcement was made by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews this morning, following discussion between state premiers about the rising COVID-19 numbers in Victoria. Border towns such...

Cobram Courier

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New active COVID-19 case in Greater Shepparton

Greater Shepparton has reported a new active case of COVID-19. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed its the only active case in the region, as the state’s total rose by 108 – the second highest daily rise in Victoria since the...

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Fatal Cobram collision victims identified

The two young men killed in a fatal collision in Cobram on Wednesday night, July 1, have been named as Nicholas Gash and Samuel Tout. The two men were travelling in a Ford sedan along the Murray Valley Hwy sometime before 11 pm when the...

Liz Mellino
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Light up the night in world record bid

For more information and to register, visit https://worldrecordlight. thinkific. com/

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Cross border exemptions now available online

LOCAL residents wishing to cross the border from Victoria to NSW are now available online via the Service NSW website. The Public Health (COVID-19 NSW and Victorian Border) Order 2020 states that from 12.01am tomorrow (Wednesday 8 July 2020), no one...

Brayden May