Local musician Melissa Payne thrilled a hometown crowd with her performance at Peterborough Musicfest on Saturday night.
kawarthaNOW photographer Linda McIlwain was there to take a few photos of Melissa’s opening tunes.

Local musician Melissa Payne thrilled a hometown crowd with her performance at Peterborough Musicfest on Saturday night.
kawarthaNOW photographer Linda McIlwain was there to take a few photos of Melissa’s opening tunes.

For 24 years, visiting The Winslow Farm to watch high-quality theatre has been a summer tradition for both residents of the Kawarthas and travellers from all over the world

Considered by many (including us) to be a rising star, it’s only fitting that singer-songwriter Melissa Payne is one of two local musicians to be featured at Peterborough Musicfest this season. She’ll be performing at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 4th at Del Crary Park in downtown Peterborough.
Two Peterborough-based artists, Julie Douglas and Brianna Gosselin, are featured in an art show at the John B. Aird gallery in downtown Toronto.

A long time ago yet somehow in the future … 2015 unequivocally became the year of the belated sequel. This is not bucking any popcorn trend, but rarely have the screens been so dominated by so many familiar childhood touchtones.

Can a finer holiday be imagined than flowing down the river Thames in a boat? The open water, the interesting sites, and the peaceful countryside … what possibly go wrong? The answer is everything.

A charming technologist named Birgitta and a desultory visit to see the artwork of Janette O’Neil were definitely the highlights of my recent visit to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC).

In the wake of Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne’s disclosure of her struggle with Lyme disease, a local health unit is encouraging local residents to take precautions against blacklegged ticks that can spread Lyme disease.

The consortium responsible for the second phase of the Highway 407 East project — which will extend Highway 407 to Highway 35/115 connecting to the City of Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough — is holding community consultations in Hampton on Monday, July 6th and in Bowmanville on Wednesday, July 8th.

It may seem ironic that on Canada Day, Del Crary Park will sound like southern California when the original tribute to The Eagles, Hotel California, takes the stage on 8 p.m.

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