Cooma, Australia News

Community uproar, threatened legal action and political intervention has resulted in the Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River councils postponing work on the Bolaro Bridge in Bobeyan Road.

EDITOR: On a perfect Autumn day on Sunday the first ever Mother's Day Classic Event was held in the Snowy Mountains.

Cooma Monaro Shire weeds officers Roger Roach and Warren Schofield with combined MAS aerial spraying services helicopter pilot Georgie Grant at Bredbo last Thurday.

While a further 406,100 homes and businesses in NSW are on their way to receiving high speed broadband in the latest NBN rollout, the Bega Valley Shire, with the exception of Bermagui, has missed out.

MEMBER for Monaro John Barilaro has announced that Roads and Maritime Services is encouraging the community to provide feedback on plans for major restoration work on Dalgety Bridge.

Construction to connect south east NSW to the National Broadband Network has been announced to be 'built or commenced' by June 2016.

A team from birdsnest will be taking part in the Mother s Day Classic fun run and walk to raise money for breast cancer research.

TICKETS are selling fast for this year's Dalgety Women's Day with special guest Noeline Brown.

Dennis Feaver is the 2013 Cooma Anzac of the year, described as a 'star player' for legacy and the Cooma-Monaro Sub Branch of the RSL.

Cooma-Monaro Shire would be the regional centre of a new County Council including Snowy River and Bombala shire, under a host of changes being proposed by the Independent Local Government Review Panel.