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The Spiridis family has announced it is closing the Carousel restaurant at 116 Lansdowne Street East in Peterborough as of June 2, 2019. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

The Carousel in Peterborough is closing after 50 years

Operated by the Spiridis family since 1969, the family restaurant will close on June 2, 2019

Bruce Head - Updated April 22, 2019

Over the next few weeks, Parks Canada is conducting spring maintenance on swing bridges in the Trent-Severn Waterway across the Kawarthas. Pictured is the Maria Street Swing Bridge in Peterborough, which connects Ashburnham Road to East City. It will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on April 30, 2019. Warsaw Road Swing Bridge and McFarlane Street Bridge will also be temporarily closed on April 24 and May 1 respectively.

Warsaw, Maria, and McFarlane swing bridges in Peterborough to be temporarily closed over next week

East Coast singer-songwriter David Myles (centre) will perform at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on April 24, 2019, accompanied by Alan Jeffries (left) on guitar and Kyle Cunjak on bass. (Photo: Mat Dunlap)

Eclectic song and dance man David Myles performs in Peterborough on April 24

Singer-songwriter and pianist Carrie Alice Williams will perform an intimate evening of music at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on June 5, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Carrie Alice Williams)

Neil Young’s brother Bob Young wants you to experience the musical talent of singer-songwriter Carrie Alice Williams

Oshawa indie pop band Dizzy (brothers Charlie, Alex, and Mackenzie Spencer and Katie Munshaw), who won the 2019 Juno for Alternative Album of The Year for their debut "Baby Teeth", are opening for fellow nominee Newmarket indie garage-pop band Tokyo Police Club at The Historic Red Dog Tavern in downtown Peterborough on Friday, April 19th. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – April 18 to 24

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, April 18 to Wednesday, April 24

kawarthaNOW - April 18, 2019

In "Escape from I. Bot", supercomputer Isaac (Bradley Boyle, centre) develops the first hyperspace drive under the direction of scientists Dr. Susan Calvin (Kaitlyn VanKoppen) and Dr. Robert Levan (Addison Wylie) and then does something completely unexpected. Written and directed by "Escape from I. Bot" by Eryn Lidster based on the 1945 science-fiction short story "Escape!" by Isaac Asimov, the comedy runs from April 18 to 20, 2019 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Pulp sci-fi comes to The Theatre On King stage with ‘Escape from I. Bot’

Jessica Correa, founder and CEO of environmental social enterprise Random Acts of Green, which is receiving $200,000 in federal funding to develop, promote, and evaluate its mobile app that motivates Canadians to change their behaviour when it comes to climate change. (Photo courtesy of Random Acts of Green)

Peterborough’s Random Acts of Green receives $200,000 from federal government’s Climate Action Fund

Habitat for Humanity Peterborough and Kawartha Region recently opened a new 14,000-square-foot ReStore retail site at 300 Milroy Drive in Peterborough to sell new and gently used household items and building materials at a discounted price. Habitat also has ReStore locations at 550 Braidwood Drive in Peterborough and at 55 Angeline Street North in Lindsay. All ReStore revenues are used to cover the charitable organization's administrative costs, so 100 per cent of donations can go towards supporting building projects for affordable housing. (Photo courtesy of Habitat for Humanity Peterborough and Kawartha Region)

Habitat for Humanity opens second ReStore location in the north end of Peterborough

Colored Easter eggs in a miniature shopping cart, gift boxes, tulips and computer keyboard and mouse on a wooden background.

What’s open and closed over Easter 2019

Holiday hours for 258 selected businesses, organizations, and services across the Kawarthas

kawarthaNOW - April 17, 2019

Heavy rain coming out of a downspout

Rainfall warning in place for most of the Kawarthas for Thursday and Friday

The Peterborough Downtown Farmers' Market opens for the 2019 season on Wednesday, May 1. To accommodate ongoing construction of the new urban park at Louis Street, this year's market will again be located on Charlotte St. between George and Louis, which will be closed to traffic while the market runs from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. every Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Downtown Farmers' Market)

Peterborough Downtown Farmers’ Market reopens for the season on May 1

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith performs at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on April 23, 2019. (Publicity photo)

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith performs at Peterborough’s Market Hall on April 23

News & Community

The Spiridis family has announced it is closing the Carousel restaurant at 116 Lansdowne Street East in Peterborough as of June 2, 2019. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

The Carousel in Peterborough is closing after 50 years

Bruce Head - Updated April 22, 2019

Operated by the Spiridis family since 1969, the family restaurant will close on June 2, 2019.

Over the next few weeks, Parks Canada is conducting spring maintenance on swing bridges in the Trent-Severn Waterway across the Kawarthas. Pictured is the Maria Street Swing Bridge in Peterborough, which connects Ashburnham Road to East City. It will be closed from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on April 30, 2019. Warsaw Road Swing Bridge and McFarlane Street Bridge will also be temporarily closed on April 24 and May 1 respectively.

Warsaw, Maria, and McFarlane swing bridges in Peterborough to be temporarily...

April 22, 2019

Sweet Bottoms Coffee at 19 Colborne Street in Fenelon Falls is closing on May 6, 2019. (Photo: Sweet Bottoms Coffee / Facebook)

Sweet Bottoms Coffee in Fenelon Falls is closing on May 6

April 18, 2019

Jessica Correa, founder and CEO of environmental social enterprise Random Acts of Green, which is receiving $200,000 in federal funding to develop, promote, and evaluate its mobile app that motivates Canadians to change their behaviour when it comes to climate change. (Photo courtesy of Random Acts of Green)

Peterborough’s Random Acts of Green receives $200,000 from federal government’s Climate...

April 18, 2019

Habitat for Humanity Peterborough and Kawartha Region recently opened a new 14,000-square-foot ReStore retail site at 300 Milroy Drive in Peterborough to sell new and gently used household items and building materials at a discounted price. Habitat also has ReStore locations at 550 Braidwood Drive in Peterborough and at 55 Angeline Street North in Lindsay. All ReStore revenues are used to cover the charitable organization's administrative costs, so 100 per cent of donations can go towards supporting building projects for affordable housing. (Photo courtesy of Habitat for Humanity Peterborough and Kawartha Region)

Habitat for Humanity opens second ReStore location in the north end...

April 17, 2019

Colored Easter eggs in a miniature shopping cart, gift boxes, tulips and computer keyboard and mouse on a wooden background.

What’s open and closed over Easter 2019

April 17, 2019

Arts & Entertainment

East Coast singer-songwriter David Myles (centre) will perform at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on April 24, 2019, accompanied by Alan Jeffries (left) on guitar and Kyle Cunjak on bass. (Photo: Mat Dunlap)

Eclectic song and dance man David Myles performs in Peterborough on April 24

Bruce Head - April 20, 2019

Award-winning East Coast musician in concert with his trio at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough.

Singer-songwriter and pianist Carrie Alice Williams will perform an intimate evening of music at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on June 5, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Carrie Alice Williams)

Neil Young’s brother Bob Young wants you to experience the musical...

April 19, 2019

Oshawa indie pop band Dizzy (brothers Charlie, Alex, and Mackenzie Spencer and Katie Munshaw), who won the 2019 Juno for Alternative Album of The Year for their debut "Baby Teeth", are opening for fellow nominee Newmarket indie garage-pop band Tokyo Police Club at The Historic Red Dog Tavern in downtown Peterborough on Friday, April 19th. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – April 18 to 24

April 18, 2019

In "Escape from I. Bot", supercomputer Isaac (Bradley Boyle, centre) develops the first hyperspace drive under the direction of scientists Dr. Susan Calvin (Kaitlyn VanKoppen) and Dr. Robert Levan (Addison Wylie) and then does something completely unexpected. Written and directed by "Escape from I. Bot" by Eryn Lidster based on the 1945 science-fiction short story "Escape!" by Isaac Asimov, the comedy runs from April 18 to 20, 2019 at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Pulp sci-fi comes to The Theatre On King stage with ‘Escape...

April 18, 2019

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith performs at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on April 23, 2019. (Publicity photo)

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith performs at Peterborough’s Market Hall on April...

April 16, 2019

For 4th Line Theatre's 2019 season, Peterborough musician and actor Kate Suhr will make her 4th Line Theatre debut as Tess in Beau Dixon's "Bloom: A Rock 'n' Roll Fable" in July, and Peterborough musician and actor Melissa Payne will make her debut as Audrey Barstow in Ian McLachlan and Robert Winslow "Carmel" in August. (Supplied photos)

Kate Suhr and Melissa Payne make their debuts at 4th Line...

April 15, 2019

Business & Technology

2019 Women in Business Award winner Monika Carmichael (second from right) and 2019 Judy Heffernan Award winner Kim Appleton (right) along with Tara Spence from Trent University and Jo Oanh Ho from Fleming College, the recipients of the 2019 Female Business Student Award. Not pictured: Erin McLean and Bridget Leslie, the two finalists for the 2019 Women in Business Award. (Photo: Bianca Nucaro / kawarthaNOW.com)

businessNOW – April 15, 2019

Bruce Head - April 15, 2019

Featuring the 2019 Women in Business Award, Million Dollar Makeover, Bank of Montreal, Sweet Beast Fine Meats & Fish, Milltown Mini Golf, and more.

John Gillis will be the new interim president and CEO of the Innovation Cluster Peterborough & the Kawarthas effective April 30, 2019, when Mike Skinner takes a leave of absence to run in the federal election. (Photo courtesy of Innovation Cluster)

businessNOW – April 8, 2019

April 8, 2019

businessNOW – April 1, 2019

April 1, 2019

More than three million visitors visit Peterborough & the Kawarthas every year, including rural destinations such as Stoney Lake. Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development is hosting tourism industry professionals from across Ontario on April 11, 2019 for the second annual Rural Tourism Symposium in Keene. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Ontario’s tourism industry to gather in Keene on April 11 for...

March 27, 2019

The six finalists of the 2019 Bears' Lair entrepreneurial competition are Transit One, AVROD, Alexander Optical, Electric Juice Factory, Emily Mae's Cookies & Sweets, and PedalBoro. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

Six finalists announced for Bears’ Lair entrepreneurial competition

March 26, 2019

The semi-finalist showcase for the 2018 Bears' Lair Entrepreneurial Competition at The Venue in downtown Peterborough. This year's showcase, where 24 semi-finalists will be displaying information about their businesses and how they operate, takes place on March 26, 2019. Six finalists for the final pitch event on April 30th will be announced at the end of the showcase event. (Photo: Bears' Lair)

businessNOW – March 25, 2019

March 25, 2019

Lifestyle & Family

The annual Shifting Gears community challenge in May encourages people to try other transportation options such as carpooling, a great way to save on gas and time and sometimes get a few extra zzz's during your commute. New online carpool matching tools are available this year through Shifting Gears. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Shifting Gears returns in May to challenge Peterborough residents to try new ways to get moving

GreenUP - April 18, 2019

Sign up and start walking, biking, car pooling, or taking public transit.

GreenUP's NeighbourPLAN program engages residents in reimagining public spaces in three neighbourhoods in Peterborough, including the Downtown Jackson Creek neighbourhood. At a NeighbourPLAN event in the Downtown Jackson Creek neighbourhood, residents were ask to write down one aspect of the neighbourhood they enjoy. (Photo: Francis Nasca)

NeighbourPLAN encourages Peterborough residents to re-imagine public spaces

April 11, 2019

The Original Flame, a boutique fireplace company in Peterborough, has been carrying the popular line of Elmira Stove Works appliances that give the traditional feel of "vintage" to contemporary spaces for four years. Made by appliance manufacturer Elmira Stove Works in Elmira, Ont., the store now boasts three lines: the 'Antique', the 'Fireview', and 'Northstar'. (Photo courtesy of Elmira Stove Works)

The Original Flame’s antique and retro-styled appliances offer vintage glam for...

April 10, 2019

Soon you can get fresh bread from Hard Winter Bread Company any day of the week. Owners Jessica Arsenault and Graham Thoem have purchased a location in East City. (Photo: Julia Luymes, www.julialuymes.com)

KNosh News – April 2019

April 9, 2019

Known as "La Belle Province" ("the beautiful province"), Québec boasts impressive natural attractions, electrifying annual festivals, an exquisite culinary scene, trendy cosmopolitan districts, and history-infused neighbourhoods for every traveller's taste. DeNure Tours of Lindsay is offering five unique tours to Québec this year: Montreal & Québec City (6 days), Saguenay, Québec (7 days), Gaspé Peninsula Getaway (9 days), Québec Resort Getaway (5 days), and Québec Colours (5 days). (Supplied photo)

Five unique DeNure Tours let you experience modern and old Québec...

April 9, 2019

Organizing guru Marie Kondo's books and popular Netflix show have resulted in a surge of donations to thrift shops around the world. If you're purging this spring, consider donating clothing, toys, sheets, and other gently used items to a local non-profit or charitable organization. (Photo: Nextflix)

Spring cleaning? ‘Spark joy’ by donating gently used items to community...

April 4, 2019

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