The Town of Cobourg has walked back plans for a mix of market-value and affordable housing plus parkland on a lot it purchased two years ago from the board of education, in favour of parkland and boardwalk areas to be severed off and the rest simply sold for development.

The Community Liaison Committee – organized to foster positive relationships between Northumberland County's modernized emergency shelter and the community – has begun meeting, its membership drawn from a wide variety of sectors.

A new innovation for Cobourg in 2024 was installing a customer-service kiosk in the lobby of Victoria Hall, and it is proving to be a hit

After the ground-floor warming-hub services opened last month at the Northumberland County emergency shelter at 310 Division St., Cobourg, Thursday saw the opening of the 35 emergency beds on the second and third floors