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Registration for Session One of our Winter Recreation Programs is underway, now until January 6, 2021. Email us for information about our programs or visit our Registration page to sign up today! 

Note that COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions are in place for all of our recreation programs and activities. 

Municipality of Port Hope Fire Chief Daniel Smith has a holiday wish for all residents this year, and he needs your help!

"I’m wishing for a fire-free holiday season this year, but I need you to make this come true!" 

While fire can happen anywhere, at anytime, it most often strikes when we let our guard down - when we’re distracted by the hustle and bustle of the holidays, by our cellphones, by the kids, or by the doorbell. All it takes is for a pot to be left on the stove, or...

As part of the Municipality’s ongoing efforts to enhance communication with the community, we
are pleased to provide notice of a Site Plan Application from Forbes Bros Ltd. on contract to
Xplornet Communications Inc., on behalf of the owners Yvonne and Peter Vanderwindt., for the
lands municipally known as 5316 County Road 28.

The property is located on a Boundary Road, between the Municipality of Port Hope and Hamilton Township. A sign has also been posted within the lands subject to the...

The Province of Ontario has announced that the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit - including Northumberland County - will move from the Green (Prevent) category of the Provincial COVID-19 Response Framework to the Yellow (Protect) category as of 12:01 a.m. on Monday, December 7, 2020, in an effort to prevent additional spread of COVID-19 in our community.

“I know that news of increased restrictions is discouraging for some,” notes Bob Sanderson, Mayor of the Municipality of Port...

With heavy hearts, the Municipality of Port Hope grieves the tragic loss of our young resident Cormac Kerin, whose life was claimed on December 2, 2020, as a result of a motor vehicle accident. We offer our deepest condolences to the Kerin family, as well as Cormac’s friends, classmates, peers and all those impacted by the incident.

“A shocking event of this nature impacts the whole community, as we try to come to terms with this profound loss,” offers Mayor Bob Sanderson. “May we lend our support...