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One of the subjects of the documentary "P.S. Burn This Letter Please", 84-year-old George Roth (aka "Rita George") is shown preparing in 2019 for the 50th anniversary of his being named "Miss Fire Island" in Cherry Grove, New York. In the 1950s, Cherry Grove became a "safe haven" for members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community who were otherwise ostracized and persecuted for being themselves. (Photo: Zachary Shields)

Free ReFrame Film Festival screening of acclaimed documentary celebrates Pride Week in Peterborough

'P.S. Burn This Letter Please' tells the stories of New York City drag queens in the 1950s, when it was illegal to 'masquerade' as a woman

Bruce Head - September 17, 2021

Peterborough power rockers Big Motor Gasoline are hosting a belated CD release party at the Historic Red Dog in downtown Peterborough on September 18, 2021. (Photo via Big Motor Gasoline website)

nightlifeNOW – September 16 to 22

COVID-19 tests in a laboratory. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 864 new COVID-19 cases, including 7 in Peterborough

27-year-old Michael Dale Orleck, who worked at the Cobourg Community Centre, has been charged with sexual assault, mischief to property under $5,000, and criminal harrassment. Cobourg police have released his photo as they believe there may be other victims. (Police-supplied photo)

Cobourg Community Centre employee charged with sexual assault; police believe they may be other victims

Federal immigration minister Marco Mendicino (left) and Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef (second from left) welcome initial Afghan refugees at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on August 5, 2021. Monsef was 11 years old when she fled from the Taliban along with her mother and two sisters, arriving in Peterborough in 1996. (Photo: Rachael Allen / Canadian Armed Forces)

New Canadians Centre in Peterborough to help resettle 78 Afghan refugees

Organization expects many of the refugees, who arrive on Friday, will want to permanently settle in Toronto area

kawarthaNOW - September 16, 2021

The aftermath of a fiery collision involving two trucks and a passenger vehicle that claimed the life of the driver of the passenger vehicle at the intersection of Highway 7 and County Road 30 in Havelock on September 16, 2021. (Photo: OPP)

Fatal collision involving passenger vehicle and two trucks closes Highway 7 in Havelock

Volunteers with Katimavik, a Canadian charitable organization that offers young adults opportunities to gain life skills and work experience while contributing to community development through volunteerism, discuss climate change outside Peterborough City Hall. Georgia MacKinnon, who volunteered with GreenUP this summer, wants fellow youth to remember that climate action and climate justice are political and that youth above the age of 18 can take action by voting in the federal election. (Photo: Georgia MacKinnon)

Youth can get involved in climate action and make a difference

Peterborough's Opioid Response Hub will be located in the former Greyhound bus terminal at 220 Simcoe Street (at Aylmer Street North) in downtown Peterborough, pictured here in October 2020. A $160,000 fundraising campaign has been launched to renovate the location. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

$160,000 fundraising campaign launched for Peterborough’s Opioid Response Hub

Britney Krzeminsk, a registered veterinary technician at Omemee Veterinary Hospital, is going to shave off all 28 inches of her hair in a fundraiser for the Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada. She has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Canada Helps. (Photo courtesy of Britney Krzeminsk)

Omemee woman to shave her head in brain tumour research fundraiser

Britney Krzeminsk, a registered veterinary technician at Omemee Veterinary Hospital, will also be donating her cut hair to Chai Lifeline Canada

kawarthaNOW - September 15, 2021

Ontario health minister Christine Elliott provides an update at Queen's Park on September 14, 2021 on the province's new proof of vaccination requirement that goes into effect September 22. (CPAC screenshot by kawarthaNOW)

Ontario government releases guidance to businesses and organizations on ‘vaccine passport’

Dreams Cafe and Bistro is offering a new fine dining menu, but without the dress code. Chef Warna Hetti promises affordable yet intensely flavourful and artfully presented dishes, like this Haddock Andromedae featuring Scottish haddock cured in beet jus, coconut sherry and mirin on a Thai lotus root cushion cured in cognac, Scotch bonnet-infused Tunisian olive oil and orange zest. (Photo: Warna Hetti @nukechef / Instagram)

KNosh News – September 2021

Ashley Lamothe, an Indigenous mompreneur, blogger, public speaker, and workshop guru, has started a second business for spotlighting Indigenous creativity and beauty. Creative ResiNation, the new sister business to Creative Kwe, offers handmade resin art and more. (Photo: Heather Doughty)

Nogojiwanong-Peterborough entrepreneur Ashley Lamothe’s new business spotlights Indigenous creativity

News & Community

Free ReFrame Film Festival screening of acclaimed documentary celebrates Pride Week in Peterborough

Bruce Head - September 17, 2021

'P.S. Burn This Letter Please' tells the stories of New York City drag queens in the 1950s, when it was illegal to 'masquerade' as a woman.

Ontario reports 864 new COVID-19 cases, including 7 in Peterborough

September 16, 2021

Cobourg Community Centre employee charged with sexual assault; police believe they may be other victims

September 16, 2021

New Canadians Centre in Peterborough to help resettle 78 Afghan refugees

September 16, 2021

Fatal collision involving passenger vehicle and two trucks closes Highway 7 in Havelock

September 16, 2021

Arts & Entertainment

nightlifeNOW – September 16 to 22

kawarthaNOW - September 16, 2021

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

Toronto's Lua Shayenne Dance Company (pictured) and American solo dance artists Caleb Teicher and Nic Gareiss are performing in "Heirloom", an outdoor double bill of mixed dance in Peterborough and Lakefield on September 11, 2021, presented by Toronto's Fall for Dance North in partnership with Peterborough's Public Energy Performing Arts. (Photo: Dahlia Katz)

Outdoor double bill of mixed dance coming to Peterborough and Lakefield on September 11

September 5, 2021

Some of the Peterborough-area singer-songwriters participating in 4th Line Theatre's four "The Barnyard Sessions" concerts this fall. Top row: Greg Keelor, Sean Conway, Evangeline Gentle, and Kate Suhr. Bottom row: Dylan Ireland, Melissa Payne, Benj Rowland, and Lauryn Macfarlane. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

4th Line Theatre’s ‘Barnyard Sessions’ concert series this fall features 16 singer-songwriters

September 2, 2021

Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist Laila Biali brings her pop-infused jazz to The Barn at Westben in Campbellford, with two performances on the evenings of September 17 and 18, 2021. She will be accompanied by her husband Ben Wittman on drums and George Koller on bass. (Photo: Edith Maybin)

Westben-bound Laila Biali giving jazz a joyous breath of fresh air

August 31, 2021

Express & Company (Dylan Ireland and Melissa Payne) during their performance for season three of "Live! At the Barn", a series of live off-the-floor video performances produced, recorded, and edited by Andy Tough at the Norwood area barn he owns with his wife Linda. The Express & Company episode premieres on YouTube on October 8, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Andy and Linda Tough)

Season three of ‘ Live! At the Barn’ live recordings of Peterborough-area musicians debuts on September 3

August 29, 2021

Business & Technology

Nogojiwanong-Peterborough entrepreneur Ashley Lamothe’s new business spotlights Indigenous creativity

Hannah Abrahamse - September 13, 2021

Owner of Creative Kwe creativity coaching launches 'Creative ResiNation' featuring her handmade resin art and more.

The Bee Works Honey & Gift Shop at Dancing Bee Equipment's new location at 5029 County Road 2 in Port Hope. Founded in 2020 by Todd Kalisz as a small apiary with only 16 hives, Dancing Bee has rapidly grown to become the top supplier of beekeeping equipment in Canada. (Photo: Dancing Bee Equipment / Facebook)

businessNOW: Port Hope’s Dancing Bee Equipment expands with new warehouse and dedicated gift shop

August 18, 2021

Jessica Dalliday, the late owner and CEO of Pilates on Demand in Peterborough, with her husband Michael and daughter Rachel. Jessica passed away in hospital April 2021 following complications that had also taken the life of her newborn daughter five days prior. She is one of the recipients of the Peterborough Chamber's 4-Under-40 Profiles. (Photo: Dalliday family)

Late entrepreneur Jessica Dalliday honoured as Peterborough Chamber announces Business Excellence Awards finalists

August 18, 2021

Christine Jaros launched her chemical-free pest control business, VerminX, during the pandemic. While she can handle a variety of pest issues, Christine's specialty is the removal of wasps, bees, and hornets from inside buildings. As a beekeeper, she understands the ecological value of honeybees and relocates them instead of destroying them. (Photo: Logan Stabler)

Peterborough’s Christine Jaros used the pandemic as an opportunity to launch her own ethical pest control company

August 9, 2021

Jillian Harrington, president of the board of the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism, and Joe Grant, chair of the board of the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, explain the proposal to merge the two chambers in a video to members. (Screenshot by kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough and Kawartha Chambers of Commerce announce plans to merge

July 28, 2021

Lifestyle & Family

KNosh News – September 2021

Eva Fisher - September 14, 2021

Featuring Dreams Cafe & Bistro, Boss Wings, Milk + Tea, and Cheese Please Catering.

A lab technician evaluates COVID-19 rapid tests. (Stock photo)

Ontario reports 798 new COVID-19 cases, including 5 in Peterborough

September 9, 2021

A screenshot from a video of a loon family (mom, dad, and two chicks) by Linda Kassi that was our top Instagram post in August 2021 with more than 20,000 impressions and more than 7,500 views. (Video: Linda Kassi @kawartha_kaptures / Instagram)

Our top nine Instagram photographers for August 2021

September 7, 2021

Children participating in a four-week pilot of the Kawartha Youth Orchestra's Upbeat! Downtown after-school music program in 2019. The free program, designed for children living in Peterborough who are interested in music but face barriers to accessing music education, will run from September to June with COVID-19 safety protocols in place. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Youth Orchestra)

Kawartha Youth Orchestra launches free after-school program for Peterborough children facing barriers to music education

August 31, 2021

A young girl during summer heading to a beach for a swim. (Stock photo)

The Beach Report for August 27 to 31, 2021

Updated August 30, 2021

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