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SportsMARTIAL ARTS OPEN HOUSE 
Posted 20 hours ago
Port Hope MMA will celebrate five years of business on Saturday, Sept. 11 from 2 to 6 p.m. with an open house. There will be several demonstrations, including Brazilian jiu-jitsu by Chris Macaulay and Systema (Russian martial art) by Sascha Lutz.
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Local NewsCobourg dredger dubbed the Marie Dressler 
Updated 18 hours ago
COBOURG - All boats have names, even the dredger the Town of Cobourg purchased last year. As of this week's council meeting, that vessel has been dubbed the Marie Dressler, following a motion by Councillor Dean McCaughey.
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Local NewsRepatriation today at 2 p.m. Posted 20 hours ago
-The cortege bearing the remains of Corporal Brian Pinksen, who succumbed Tuesday to injuries sustained Aug. 22 in a bombing in Afghanistan, will pass through Northumberland County along the Highway of Heroes following a 2 p.m.
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EditorialObtuse plan for obese surgery Updated 18 hours ago
Changes to the way the province is delivering surgery for obese patients is lengthening wait times for treatments and putting patients at risk, says an Ottawa-area specialist. The province has shut the door on out-of-country surgeries and created its own in-province centres of excellence.
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EntertainmentLady of the Night Posted 20 hours ago
She folds her nightgown carefully, stuffs it in her pocket moves in stockinged feet along the hall, away from octogenarian snores, the acrid scent of aging sleep pauses at the glass front doors to view the summer night pulls on her best low heels and ventures out unseen.
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Local NewsCyclists set to Bike For The Planet Posted 20 hours ago
Sustainable Cobourg and Go Green Together hope to encourage more of us to travel by the two-wheel method with the second annual Bike For The Planet event Sept. 11. It's a simple, free two-hour 13-km. ride around Cobourg to raise awareness of the benefits of cycling.
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Local NewsCobourg's number one -- and number two Updated 18 hours ago
BRIGHTON - Cobourg came in first place last weekend in the annual Hospice Northumberland Mayor's Cup Challenge in the amount of money raised by a county municipality, council heard this week However, said Deputy Mayor Gil Brocanier -- who represented the town at the event at Brighton Speedway --
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Local NewsDry stone wallers ready are ready to rock Updated 18 hours ago
GANANOQUE - Rocks are going to be moved on Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of rocks. Fortunately there will be intelligent design behind the movement of these rocks. Rocktoberfest -- the sixth annual Canadian Dry Stone Wall Association Festival -- will be held Oct.
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