School installing swallow and duck boxesDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — St. Patrick School students in Cobalt plan to lend a helping hand to their fine-feathered friends at the nearby Cobalt Lake park.With assistance from some partners and experienced hands, they have gathered or made numerous boxes to
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Golden Green
Cobalt Golden Age Club President Theresa Tasse was dressed in green for the Club’s annual St. Patrick’s Day-themed Pancake Breakfast fundraiser on March 11. The club has over 100 members and proceeds from the breakfast will support Club events. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen)
Not paying for pothole damage
COBALT (Staff) — Cobalt will not cover damage to vehicles caused by hitting potholes, Cobalt council concluded Tuesday, March 7, at its committee-of-the-whole meeting.The discussion took place after a letter, dated February 21, was received from a local driver who was seeking compensation for vehicle damage from an
Cobalt park project taking wing
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — The Cobalt Park is going to be a lot more welcoming this year, especially if you’re a bird.Plans are in place to officially launch the Cobalt Lake Park Bird/Duck-box Project on Wednesday, March 8, at 1:30 p.m.The project is in partnership
Flowing along
Cobalt enters agreement with OCWADarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — The Town of Cobalt has accepted a contract with the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) to act as the overall responsible operator of the Cobalt water treatment plant, the water tower, the Cobalt distribution and collection system, and the
Time for artists to make plans
COBALT (Staff) – Spring is just around the corner and, once it is here, there’s no slowing things down because, as the saying goes, “time flies when you’re having fun.”Therefore, it’s time to be making plans about what you’re going to do during the wonderful summer months this
Who to hire?
Cobalt’s policy will include firefightersDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — At its next meeting, Cobalt council will be voting on a resolution to establish a hiring policy. That hiring policy will extend to the choosing of new firefighters for the Cobalt Fire Department.At Cobalt council’s Tuesday,
New plans for firefighters’ museum
COBALT (Staff) — The Cobalt Northern Ontario Firefighters Museum is now actively being managed by a group of women who had earlier expressed interest in preserving it.The former board had advised the town of its intention to close the museum earlier in 2016, but a group of people
Overtime callouts adding up for Cobalt costs
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — The Town of Cobalt is going to be approaching museum boards and other organizations about people who could be called in situations in which museum building alarms are activated. Efforts are also being made to reduce the overall amount of
Clearing the way
Darlene Wroe Speaker Reporter COBALT — Cobalt is considering whether it has the appropriate equipment to plow the sidewalk running over Larose Bridge.The bridge is shared between the Town of Cobalt and Coleman Township and currently Coleman Township is plowing the roadway.But recently the Town of Cobalt