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Young children are among those most susceptible to infections caused bacteria in water, so always check water quality conditions before taking your family to a Kawarthas-area beach.

The Beach Report for June 15, 2018

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland

kawarthaNOW - Updated June 17, 2018

Expect a mini heat wave on Sunday

Donors and volunteers from Kawartha Land Trust and the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre came together on June 15, 2018 to release more than two dozen snappping turtle hatchlings at the Jeffrey-Cowan Forest Preserve along Stoney Lake Trails in North Kawartha. The hatchlings came from eggs recovered from an injured snapping turtle brought to the centre last fall. (Photo: Kawartha Land Trust)

Baby snapping turtles have a new home at Kawartha Land Trust’s Stony Lake Trails

Representatives from area Lions and Lioness Clubs, the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation, and the PRHC Ophthalmology Group celebrate the success of the "Lions for Sight" campaign, which raised $202,669.68 for cataract surgical equipment at PRHC. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

‘Lions for Sight’ raises $202,699 for cataract surgical equipment

nightlifeNOW – June 14 to 20

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, June 14 to Wednesday, June 20

kawarthaNOW - June 14, 2018

This photo of Peterborough's first adult outdoor gym in Beavermead Park was the most-viewed photo on our Instagram in May. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Nine most popular photos from our Instagram in May

Scott Gilbert of the Toronto Police Service is Peterborough's new Chief of Police. (Photo: CityNews Toronto)

Toronto’s Scott Gilbert is Peterborough’s new police chief

Carmela Mangos, co-owner of Sugar Dust Bakery & Cafe, and her husband George have launched a "pay-it-forward" meal program where customers can buy lunch for a person in need. Unlike similar pay-it-forward programs, the Mangoses provide customer-purchased meal vouchers to local community organizations who identify people to receive the free meal. (Photo: April Potter / kawarthaNOW.com)

Port Hope’s Sugar Dust Bakery & Cafe is paying it forward

Ken Tremblay, incoming President of the Rotary Club of Peterborough, tries out a piece of equipment at Peterborough's first adult outdoor gym at the official opening on June 13, 2018 at Beavermead Park. The Rotary Club of Peterborough and the Rotary CLub of Peterborough Kawartha each contributed $25,000 to the gym's construction, with the City of Peterborough contributing $40,000. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough’s first adult outdoor gym officially opens at Beavermead Park

Rotary Outdoor Gym was funded by Peterborough's two Rotary Clubs and the City of Peterborough

Jeannine Taylor - June 13, 2018

Ashley Wright with her two children, 11-year-old Brinlee and 13-year-old Logan. Logan lives with severe autisim and the Wright family was publicly shamed twice by the same man while they were visiting the Peterboroug Zoo on June 10, 2018. Wright has written an open letter to the man that is going viral. (Photo: Ashley Wright / Facebook)

Belleville mom’s Facebook post about public shaming of her autistic son is going viral

After 15 years on Peterborough radio, Catherine Hanrahan is retiring to pursue a new career. (Photo: Heather Doughty / Inspire Project)

Peterborough’s Catherine Hanrahan is leaving radio in July

The Monaghan Café in Peterborough is under new ownership. A new menu offers fresh new options like the Sunny Up Pizza, a breakfast pizza with fresh herbs and a sunny-side up egg. Food is made from scratch and served with a bowl of fruit and homemade peanut butter, jam, and ketchup. (Photo: Eva Fisher / kawarthaNOW.com)

KNosh News – June 2018

News & Community

The Beach Report for June 15, 2018

kawarthaNOW - Updated June 17, 2018

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland.

Expect a mini heat wave on Sunday

June 16, 2018

Baby snapping turtles have a new home at Kawartha Land Trust’s...

June 15, 2018

‘Lions for Sight’ raises $202,699 for cataract surgical equipment

June 15, 2018

Nine most popular photos from our Instagram in May

June 14, 2018

Toronto’s Scott Gilbert is Peterborough’s new police chief

June 14, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

nightlifeNOW – June 14 to 20

kawarthaNOW - June 14, 2018

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, June 14 to Wednesday, June 20.

Award-winning Toronto crooner Micah Barnes will perform New York City jazz standards as well as his own compositions at the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre on Saturday, June 23, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Micah Barnes)

Micah Barnes brings classic New York City jazz and more to...

June 12, 2018

Brad Brackenridge as The Mixer and Emma Meinhardt as Target Boy in Planet 12 Productions' revival of Derek Weatherdon's "Boy Wonders", which is running from June 7 to 9 at The Theatre on King before heading to the Toronto Fringe Festival in July. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Don’t miss Boy Wonders before it heads to the Toronto Fringe...

June 7, 2018

Saskatchewan alt-rockers Nick Faye & The Deputies perform at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Tuesday, June 12 along with Nova Scotia's Hello Delaware and Peterborough's own Nick Ferrio. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – June 7 to 13

June 7, 2018

One of Canada's original cowpunk bands, Edmonton's Jr. Gone Wild performs at The Red Dog in Peterborough on June 25, 2018. (Publicity photo)

musicNOW – June 2018

June 6, 2018

Globus Theatre has a full summer of shows at the Lakeview Arts Barn at 2300 Pigeon Lake Road in Bobcaygeon.

A sizzling summer for Globus Theatre’s 15th season in Bobcaygeon

June 5, 2018

Business & Technology

Take Dad to the 22nd annual Father's Day Smoke & Steam Show on Sunday, June 17th at Lang Pioneer Village in Keene. (Photo: Lang Pioneer Village)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – June 13, 2018

kawarthaNOW - June 13, 2018

Featuring BAH Woodview Hop, Father's Day Smoke & Steam Show at Lang Pioneer Village, Jazz Tour Lakefield, Lakefield Triathlon, and more.

Developer Clear Global Capital Ltd. has purchased the historic St. Paul's Presbyterian Church in Peterborough. It was listed for sale in January with an asking price of $900,000. (Photo: Realty Executives Alison Ltd., Brokerage)

businessNOW – June 11, 2018

June 11, 2018

Chamber member and not-for-profit charitable organization Camp Kawartha is hosting its annual Surf 'n' Turf Gala Dinner & Auction on Saturday, June 23rd. Funds raised at the event provide children and youth opportunities to participate in all that a camp experience can offer -- new skills, new adventures, new friends -- and inspire them to be positive stewards of the environment in all its forms. (Photo: Camp Kawartha)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism –...

June 6, 2018

Port Hope's Electric Juice Factory has now opened a location in downtown Peterborough. The company offers of raw, organic, cold-pressed juice as well as other natural food products. (Photo: Electric Juice Factory / Facebook)

businessNOW – June 4, 2018

June 4, 2018

The Innovation Cluster Peterborough and The Kawarthas held its annual general meeting on May 31, 2018, which included a public tour of its business incubator space The Cube. According to Innovation Cluster President and CEO Mike Skinner, while 80 per cent of startups normally fail within the first two years, that number is reduced to less than 30 per cent when entrepreneurs are supported through a business incubation program. (Photo: Amy Bowen / kawarthaNOW.com)

Innovation Cluster generates economic impact of more than $10 million

June 1, 2018

On June 13, 2018, the Kawartha Chamber is hosting a Business After Hours event in Woodview beginning with a tour of Viamede Resort on Stoney Lake.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism –...

May 30, 2018

Lifestyle & Family

Students attending this 2018 Peterborough Children’s Water Festival hold up their favourite invertebrates. The Otonabee Conservation activity centre allows children to get up close with many aquatic bugs and insects to understand how their unique features allow them to live in water. This year's festival, which took place on June 6th and 7th, had registration numbers. (Photo: Karen Halley / GreenUP)

Peterborough Children’s Water Festival helps kids discover the importance of water

GreenUP - June 14, 2018

This year's festival on June 6 and 7 saw record attendance and 36 activity centres.

KNosh News – June 2018

June 12, 2018

This 1968 Ford Mustang, owned by Cavan resident Ralph Heaslip, will be among the many vintage rides displayed Saturday, July 7th as the Millbrook Classic Car Show returns to the village's downtown. He's just the third owner of the vehicle, which was bought new at a Ford dealership in Bowmanville and has just 68,000 original miles on the odometer. (Photo courtesy of Ralph Heaslip)

Vintage rides like a ’68 Mustang return to King Street in...

June 12, 2018

GreenUP staff enjoy a picnic at Ecology Park in Peterborough using waste-free and reusable alternatives to disposable and single-use food packing options. Stainless steel containers, water bottles, reusable drinking boxes, lunch bags, totes, and fabric snack bags -- available at the GreenUP Store -- will help you create a convenient, nutritious, and fun picnic. (Photo: Vern Bastable / GreenUP)

Your guide to a waste-free picnic season

June 7, 2018

The free, self-guided Garden Route will take you to seven local gardening businesses in Peterborough and the surrounding area. You can visit speciality growers, browse garden boutiques, and see some gorgeous display gardens, like this one at Griffin's Greenhouses south of Lakefield. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough and Area Garden Route)

Take a tour of the Peterborough and Area Garden Route

June 3, 2018

Pulse Pop-Ups are neighbourhood-scaled open street events, also known internationally as play streets, where neighbours turn their residential streets into spaces for playing and gathering for music, food, arts, and play. This Pulse Pop-Up on Harvey Street in Peterborough included a bike playground, as shown, a jug band, pop-up bike lanes, chalk murals, a BBQ, and more. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Streets aren’t just for cars … they’re for people too

May 31, 2018

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