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A collision involving a passenger vehicle and three tractor-trailers closed the westbound lanes of Highway 401 at Brighton for around three hours on October 4, 2024. The driver of the passenger vehicle suffered minor injuries. (Photo: Northumberland OPP)

Three separate incidents closed Highway 401 at Brighton on Friday morning

Police and emergency crews responded to a tractor-trailer fire and two collisions between cars and tractor-trailers

kawarthaNOW - October 4, 2024

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton (BBBS-KLH) is temporarily pausing new applications for its mentoring programs, which match children and youth needing support and guidance with volunteer mentors, due to a significant shortage of funding and volunteers. (Photo: Big Brothers Big Sisters)

Local Big Brothers Big Sisters pauses new mentoring applications due to funding and volunteer shortage

A road construction worker in Peterborough County. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough County video)

‘Any violence or harassment of our workers or our contractors will not be tolerated’: Peterborough County

Peterborough's Kelly McMichael returns from her adopted home of St. John's, Newfoundland to perform in support of her new sophomore album "After the Sting of It" at The John in Sadleir House on Friday night. (Photo: Jeff Harris)

Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes fighting back against city council decision

Organization files Ontario Land Tribunal appeal after council denied temporary use by-law to allow sleeping cabins at 385 Lansdowne Street

Bruce Head - October 3, 2024

Two Peterborough men arrested in connection with Millennium Park stabbing

Ange, a physiotherapist at Five Counties Children's Centre, leads kids through exercises designed to help them find their stride. The Five Counties kids were part of the Heel-Toe Express Group piloted this summer. The physiotherapy program helps teach exercises and stretches to children who continue to walk on their toes, either due to underlying medical conditions or because it's idiopathic. (Photo courtesy of Five Counties Children's Centre)

There’s no tip-toeing around Heel-Toe Express Group program at Five Counties Children’s Centre

K9Crusaders, a Northumberland County-based rescue that helps rehabilitate and rehome dogs, is hosts its annual fundraising festival on October 19, 2024. (Photo: K9Crusaders / Facebook)

Northumberland rescue gets its tails wagging for upcoming fundraiser

Mounds of compost at the City of Peterborough's new composting facility co-located at the city-county landfill site on Bensfort Road ready to be tested for compliance with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment's compost quality standards. Since the city's green bin program launched on October 31, 2023, 28,000 households have collectively diverted more than 6,000 tonnes of methane-producing organics from the landfill. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

From curb to compost, the City of Peterborough’s green bin program has been a success

In the past year, more than 6,000 tonnes of methane-producing organics have been diverted from the city-county landfill

GreenUP - October 3, 2024

When Melanie Buddle began working at Trent University more than 20 years ago, shortly after first arriving in Peterborough, she wouldn't have thought she would one day be principal of the Peter Gzowski College which was just being built at the time. As the college celebrates its 20th anniversary, it's a chance for Buddle to reflect on more than two decades as a professional at Trent University and as a mother and active member of the Peterborough community. (Photo courtesy of Trent University)

Gzowski College’s Melanie Buddle reflects on her time in Peterborough as the college celebrates its 20th anniversary

Dan Roussel, Marlene Roussel, and Mike Roussel after planting a ceremonial burr oak on September 27, 2024 to mark the opening of Kawartha Land Trust's Roussel-Steffler Memorial Forest, located within the Roussel-Steffler Memorial Sanctuary. The Roussel-Steffler family donated their 102-acre property to Kawartha Land Trust for protection in 2023 in honour of their late husband and father Paul Roussel. (Photo: Stephanie Lake for Kawartha Land Trust)

Kawartha Land Trust opens new memorial forest in Peterborough County

Peterborough County hosting series of town hall meetings on local healthcare

Three separate incidents closed Highway 401 at Brighton on Friday morning

kawarthaNOW - October 4, 2024

Police and emergency crews responded to a tractor-trailer fire and two collisions between cars and tractor-trailers.

Local Big Brothers Big Sisters pauses new mentoring applications due to funding and volunteer shortage

October 4, 2024

‘Any violence or harassment of our workers or our contractors will not be tolerated’: Peterborough County

October 3, 2024

Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes (PATH) chair Trish Campbell, Habitat for Humanity Peterborough and Kawartha Region CEO Susan Zambonin, PATH land acquisition working group lead Keith Dalton, and Habitat for Humanity communications and donor services manager Jenn MacDonald outside Habitat for Humanity's Milroy Drive location on April 25, 2023, when it was announced that Habitat would lease the former Peterborough Humane Society property at 385 Lansdowne Street to PATH for a sleeping cabin community. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes fighting back against city council decision

October 3, 2024

Two Peterborough men arrested in connection with Millennium Park stabbing

Updated October 3, 2024

Spook-tacular family fun returns to downtown Peterborough October 26 with ‘Halloween in the Booro’

kawarthaNOW - October 2, 2024

For the third year, DBIA brings back popular event featuring trick-or-treating and late-night shopping at nearly 30 businesses.

Grady's Feet Essentials owners Tony and Kelli Grady in 2012, cutting the ribbon during a grand opening of their former location in Peterborough's Lansdowne Place Mall following a major storefront renovation. Now located again in downtown Peterborough and celebrating 40 years in business, the couple reflects on the ups and downs of running their successful business. (Photo courtesy of Grady's Feet Essentials)

Grady’s Feet Essentials in Peterborough celebrates 40 years in business

October 1, 2024

Owner Nancy Wiskel has rebranded Dan Joyce Clothing as DJC Modern Apparel and is hosting a grand opening at the store's new location at 1525 Chemong Road on October 5, 2024. (Photo courtesy of DJC Modern Apparel)

‘A stylist in your pocket’: legacy meets modern as Peterborough’s Dan Joyce Classic Clothing rebrands as DJC Modern Apparel

September 30, 2024

From pruning bushes and checking for infestations to and deadheading and splitting your perennials, fall is the best time to start prepping your garden for next spring. Lisa Burkitt of Burkitt's Gardening & Home Services in Havelock has 15 years of professional experience and offers garden maintenance for residential and commercial properties across the city and county of Peterborough. Ranging from one-time cleanups and overhauls to regularly scheduled maintenance, services include pruning, weeding, mulching, and more. (Photo courtesy of Burkitt's Gardening & Home Services)

Know Your Locals: Lisa Burkitt offers custom solutions to get your garden winter-ready

September 17, 2024

Developed by Haliburton-based TechnicalitiesPlus, Nonprofit Bidding is an innovative online auction platform designed for nonprofit organizations, charities, schools, and community groups, Equipped with automatic start and end times, an automatic bid extend feature, and the capacity to allow users to donate items, the platform makes it easy for organizations to create and run fundraisers. (Photo courtesy of Nonprofit Bidding)

Know Your Locals: Nonprofit Bidding helps charities make the most of online auction fundraisers

September 16, 2024

nightlifeNOW – October 3 to 9

kawarthaNOW - October 3, 2024

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.

The cast of Globus Theatre's 2021 holiday panto "Mother Goose". Known for its annual traditional British panto, the Bobcaygeon theatre company is holding auditions for this year's panto, "Aladdin" by Sarah Quick, on October 6, 2024. The production runs from December 4 to 15. (Photo: Dahlia Katz)

Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre holding auditions Sunday for its annual holiday panto

October 1, 2024

Left to right, top and bottom: the Small Town Shorts Film Fest, work by The Studio Tour Haliburton Highlands' artist Susan Hay, John Sheard and his band's "Homeward Bound - An Intimate Evening of Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits," Rob Kempson of Port Hope's Capitol Theatre, Public Energy's presentation of "Is This Tap?" with Bill Coleman, and Leisa Way and her Wayward Wind Band's "Early Morning Rain - The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot." (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – September 30, 2024

September 30, 2024

The Peterborough Folk Festival's 2024 Emerging Artist VanCamp (aka Calvin Bakelaar) will perform his recently released debut album "Diner Coffee" live at The John in Sadleir House on Saturday night, with Gamekeeper (Warren Frank of Heaps, The Kents) and Brooklyn Doran opening. (Photo: Luke Best)

nightlifeNOW – September 26 to October 2

September 26, 2024

Five years in the making, 'The Monarch Ultra' documentary will premiere at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 23, 2024. Weaving in the story of the monarch butterfly and interviews with pollinator advocates across North America, the documentary by Rodney Fuentes takes a behind-the-scenes look as a group of long-distance runners followed the 4,300-kilometre migratory path of the monarch butterfly from Peterborough to Mexico during the inaugural Monarch Ultra relay run in fall 2019. (Photo: Rodney Fuentes)

Five years in the making, ‘The Monarch Ultra’ documentary to premiere in Peterborough

September 25, 2024

New Luminary Awards to shine a light on Peterborough-area women in business

Megan Gallant - October 1, 2024

Inaugural awards from Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce open for nominations in five different categories until January 17.

Peterborough County hires Rhonda Keenan and Sarah Budd to lead regional economic growth and tourism

September 27, 2024

A Lakefield native, Sarah Budd was CEO of Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region for almost 15 years before joining RBC in Lakefield. She was named the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce and Tourism citiizen of the year in October 2021. In August 2022, she was named president and CEO of the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce, taking over from the retiring Stuart Harrison. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce)

Sarah Budd resigning as president and CEO of Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce

September 26, 2024

In partnership with Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8) and Northumberland County, the Business and Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland (BECN) is presenting the "She Owns It" women's entrepreneurship conferencea in Cobourg on November 7, 2024. The half-day conference will feature presentations from Mabel's Labels co-founder and senior director Julie Cole, The Sorry Girls co-founders Becky Wright and Kelsey MacDermaid, and media host, producer, and writer Pay Chen. (kawarthaNOW collage of photos from BECN website)

Women’s entrepreneurship conference in Cobourg ‘ready to empower and inspire women leaders in business’

September 24, 2024

Sullivan Law Ptbo celebrates B Corporation certification

September 19, 2024

There’s no tip-toeing around Heel-Toe Express Group program at Five Counties Children’s Centre

Five Counties Children's Centre - October 3, 2024

Physiotherapy program helps kids who walk on their toes hit their stride by making treatment fun.

A young girl gets some help pressing apples for cider 19th-century style at the 2023 Applefest at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene. The popular annual family event returns for 2024 on Sunday, October 7. (Photo: Heather Doughty Photography)

Keene’s Lang Pioneer Village Museum celebrates the fall harvest during Applefest on October 6

September 30, 2024

Kawartha Land Trust's land stewardship manager Hayden Wilson showing volunteers how to identify native tallgrasses and collect seeds at the tallgrass prairie at KLT's Ballyduff Trails in Pontypool in 2022. The 2024 annual tallgrass and wildflower seed harvest takes place on Sunday, October 6 and volunteers are invited to participate. (Photo: Dani Couture / Kawartha Land Trust)

Help restore the tallgrass prairie, one of the rarest ecosystems in North America, at Ballyduff Trails in Pontypool

September 26, 2024

Pumpkin picking at the patch at McQuaid's Country Market in Omemee is one of many family-fun activities happening at farms throughout Kawartha Lakes during the 22nd annual Kawartha Farmfest on October 12, 2024. The self-guided tour will take participants to explore agricultural attractions across the region to engage in festive activities, take home local produce and meats, and learn about life on the farm. (Photo: Evan Aube Photography)

Celebrate the fall harvest by touring local farms and rural attractions during Kawartha Farmfest

September 24, 2024

Millbrook's annual Fall Festival is becoming a staple fall event in the picturesque village. Hosted by the Millbrook Business Improvement Area (BIA) on October 5, 2024 and supported by volunteers, the year's festival features live local music and entertainment, bouncy castles, a beverage garden, a vendor market, food and drinks, and more. The event is an opportunity for locals to reconnect after a busy summer and for visitors to experience everything Millbrook has to offer, including the picturesque historic buildings that have made the village a popular filming destination. (Photo courtesy of Millbrook BIA)

Visitors and locals alike can experience the best of Millbrook during the annual Fall Festival

September 20, 2024

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