The former Canadian Tire property in Port Hope had been empty for 18 years when Epic Gymnastics & Dance opened there. Now with two additional businesses, it's really hopping.

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.