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 Northumberland County forced to add $30,000+ to social services budget
To keep from cutting services in light of the provincial government cap on discretionary spending, Northumberland County council has transferred about $30,000 from its reserves to its social services department budget to cover everything from burials and baby layettes to vision care and emergency [...]
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 Children playing with fire
COBOURG - Fire officials say three children are extremely lucky they weren't seriously burned after playing with fire and gasoline on Thursday evening. Members of the Cobourg Fire Department were called to a Westwood Crescent area home around 8 ap.m.[...]
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 Owner reports damage at Parkview Hills Drive home
COBOURG - The prowler may have struck again. Police were contacted on Thursday after a homeowner noticed damage to his air conditioner and eavestrough. The homeowner lives on Parkview Hills Drive and asked not to be identified..[...]
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 Township staff will receive tendering training
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP -- After an in-camera meeting last week, Hamilton Township councillors changed their minds and decided to train township staff about tendering and procurement procedures after rules were violated in a construction project worth tens of thousands of dollars.[...]
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 County refuses to waive tipping fees
ROSENEATH -- Despite a plea from the Mayor of Alnwick/Haldimand Donald McDonald to fellow county councillors to help boost the RCMP Musical Ride in his municipality next month, by waiving county landfill tipping fees, it landed on deaf ears.[...]
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 Off-leash dog park - get your comments in
As part of the Port Hope Cultural Plan & Joint Facility Feasibility Study, the final draft report of the Cultural Plan will be presented to Committee of the Whole on May 22.[...]
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 TEAM graduates have the Dual advantage
COBOURG -- As the fourth crop of girls graduates from the Teen Educating And Mothering program at CDCI East, teacher Michelle Weaver has reason to be proud. Of the six girls graduating, Weaver said, four have received college acceptances and two expect to.[...]
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 Tendering process bypassed, training required
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP -- The last report penned by Hamilton Township's departing interim chief administrative officer (CAO) points out that township staff did not obtain the required quotes and/or formal tenders to proceed with a township construction project worth tens of thousands of dollars.[...]
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 Boat tour focuses on heritage
RICE LAKE -- The first ever heritage boat tour is being planned for Rice Lake with a brochure and on-board commentary outlining about 100 heritage sites and historical events that took place on and around the lake over the past century or more, Hamilton Township councillors heard during Tuesday's [...]
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 Cobourg issues parking passes for lawn bowlers
COBOURG -- With the passing of a motion this week, the Lawn Bowling Club in Victoria Park has 70 parking passes to give its members. Councillor Miriam Mutton stressed that the passes would be distributed on a first-come-first-served basis.[...]
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 ARXX plans to stay
COBOURG -- The real estate sign in front of the ARXX Building Products building on Division Street in Cobourg does not mean the company is leaving, says its president Gael Mourant.[...]
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 OPP hit the water in a new craft
RICE LAKE - Northumberland OPP hit the waters last Friday with their new police boat. The 21-foot Boston Whaler Justice Edition built for emergency services was unveiled by OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis on March 30.[...]
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 HELP program brings real results
COBOURG -- The year-old Hospital Elder Life Program at Northumberland Hills Hospital is one where the results can be seen, the hospital board heard at its April meeting.[...]
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 Chris Garrett remembered
Northumberland Today COBOURG - There were some tears, but many more smiles and hugs at the celebration of life for a murdered Cobourg police officer on Tuesday at the park named in his honour.[...]
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 GRCA asking people to reduce water usage by 10%
WEST NORTHUMBERLAND -- The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) is asking everyone to reduce water consumption by 10% as a result of the small amount of precipitation received during the last few months, on the heels of a lighter snow melt than normal.[...]
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 Councillors hear history of shoreline dispute
COBOURG -- Although approving comments were heard, Cobourg council voted this week to defer a letter of support for the Private Members Bill that would create a right of passage along all shorelines of the Great Lakes.[...]
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 Retail store here to stay
PORT HOPE -- Forty-two full- and part-time jobs are being lost in Port Hope with the local RONA truss-making plant on Peter Street being consolidated with its new partner, Millwork, which currently operates a truss plant in Bowmanville, company officials confirm.[...]
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 Save on water bills, buy a rain barrel
PORT HOPE -- Rain barrels help people reduce their dependence on both municipal water supplies and rural wells and is the most "sustainable way to use water," says the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority's (GRCA's) stewardship technician Pam Lancaster.[...]
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