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VALERIE MACDONALD Northumberland Today Before the pre-sort on the line there are all kinds of materials taken out for recylcling destinations where Courtice Industries Inc. has developed its own markets. Among these are electronics which later this year will be processed into component parts within their William St., Cobourg plant, says owner Skip Ambrose.

Courtice Industries, one year later

From the outside, you'd never know there was a material recovery facility covering 218,000 square feet of the former William Street, Cobourg Kraft plant – and that it processes up to 100 tonnes of recyclable material from across Ontario each day.

Cobourg considers turning blue

Robyn Hamlyn, a 14-year-old Kingston girl, has travelled across the country on a mission to urge more communities to declare themselves blue.

Rob Milligan

NDPs support Liberal budget

It was "sort of surprising" that NDP leader Andrea Horwath decided to support the Ontario Liberal minority government's budget without taking the time to consultant Ontarians as she said they would, local riding Tory MPP Rob Milligan said in an interview Wednesday.

OPP

Beware of door-to-door-canvassers

On Thursday May 23, Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has been notified by Community Care Northumberland regarding an unauthorized door-to-door canvassing in Brighton which occurred over the Victoria Day Long Weekend.

Spring Street job extended

In this week's committee of the whole meeting, Cobourg council agreed that the contract to reconstruct Spring Street should be extended to grant Behan Construction Limited both phases.