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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW.com's managing editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. If he has any spare time, he enjoys songwriting, playing acoustic guitar, and taking photos of Cait the border collie.
Peterborough teacher Aaron McFadden with his children at the prototype "tiny home" for people experiencing homelessness. McFadden will be sleeping in the cabin on Rubidge Street opposite Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains overnight on September 3, 2022 to raise awareness and funds for the Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes (PATH), a grassroots initiative with the goal of creating a village of 50 tiny homes to help house some of the 317 people without a home in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of PATH)

Teacher to spend Saturday night in Peterborough’s first ‘tiny home’ for people experiencing homelessness

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Aaron McFadden's sleep-out will raise awareness about homelessness and funds for the Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes initiative.
Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, located on the border of the state of Michoacán, is a world heritage site containing most of the over-wintering sites of the eastern population of the monarch butterfly. Juan Antonio Ixtláhuac, mayor of the city of Zitácuaro in Michoacán, is one of the special guests from Mexico who will attend the 'Zitacuaro Summit' at the Market Hall in Peterborough on September 10, 2022, sharing a message of monarch butterfly conservation. (Photo: Monarch Ultra)

Mexican delegation will visit Peterborough to share message of monarch butterfly conservation

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Organized by the Monarch Ultra, the free 'Zitacuaro Summit' takes place at the Market Hall on September 10.
It looks like bacon, but it's actually made out of carrots. Peterborough-based startup Carrot Bacon recently won a North American innovation award for its vegan jerky and is expanded distribution to additional nationwide retailers. (Photo: Carrot Bacon)

Peterborough startup Carrot Bacon wins innovation award and expands national distribution

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Founded by Tyler Steeves, Carrot Bacon transforms carrots into a vegan and nutrient-rich jerky.
John Showman and Chris Coole, Sarah Harmer, Melissa Payne and Ken Tizzard, JJ Jun Li Bui, Dave Gunning, and Kuné are performing at the fall open-air festival at Westben in Campbellford, running for three weekends from September 9 to 25, 2022. The festival also features three each of Westben's "Sound in Nature" series and community-focused "Sunday Discoveries" series. (kawarthaNOW collage of artist photos)

Campbellford’s Westben presents live music and more at its open-air fall festival in September

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John Showman and Chris Coole, Sarah Harmer, Melissa Payne and Ken Tizzard, JJ Jun Li Bui, Dave Gunning, and Kuné among the artists performing.
Chefs Andrew Eric Lewin and Haley Mai Dong are the new owners of Rare Culinary Arts Studio in downtown Peterborough and are reopening the business as a fine dining restaurant on August 31, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Rare Culinary Arts Studio)

Rare Culinary Arts Studio in downtown Peterborough is under new ownership

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Andrew Eric Lewin and Haley Mai Dong will reopen a fine dining restaurant at the location at the end of August.
Peterborough's first 'tiny home' for people experiencing homelessness will be on roving display at Grace United Church, Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains, Emmanuel United Church, and the Purple Onion Festival from August 27 to September 25, 2022. Supported by fundraising by Grace United Church and built by local businesses and volunteers, the model sleeping cabin is the first step in an initiative by grassroots organization Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes (PATH) to create a village of tiny homes. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes)

See Peterborough’s first ‘tiny home’ for people experiencing homelessness

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Grassroots group Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes aims to house 15 people this winter with an ultimate vision of a 50-home community.
Country musician Nathan Truax is the Peterborough Folk Festival's 2022 Emerging Artist. (Supplied photo)

Nathan Truax is the Peterborough Folk Festival’s 2022 Emerging Artist

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Country musician released his album Pickin' The Label this past March.
For the first time since the pandemic began, an in-person awards ceremony will be held for the 2022 Peterborough Business Excellence Awards. The awards ceremony will return to Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, October 19. (Photo: Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce)

Peterborough chamber announces business award finalists and businesswomen of the year recipients

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In-person awards ceremony will take place on October 19 at Showplace Performance Centre.
A few of the many performers at the 2022 Peterborough Folk Festival's free weekend on August 20 and 21 in Nicholls Oval Park include (left to right, top to bottom): Bahamas, The Trews Acoustic, Odario, AHI, Kelly McMichael, and Julian Taylor. (kawarthaNOW collage of promotional photos)

Peterborough Folk Festival releases detailed performer schedule for free festival on August 20 and...

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On both days, festival at Nicholls Oval opens at 11 a.m. with artisans and vendors with live music beginning at noon.
The Strumbellas (lead guitarist Jon Hembrey, violinist Isabel Ritchie, lead vocalist Jimmy Chauveau, drummer Jeremy Drury, keyboardist David Ritter, and bassist Darryl James) performed in Del Crary Park at Peterborough Musicfest on August 10, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

The Strumbellas play to a packed Del Crary Park Wednesday night at Peterborough Musicfest

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With four members hailing from Lindsay, Juno award-winning band performed their hits to an appreciative crowd.
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