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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.
Applications are now open for the Summer Company program, Ontario's flagship youth entrepreneurship program delivered locally by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre. The program connects students aged 15 to 29 with training, mentorship, and funding to start a summer business. (Photo: Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

businessNOW – May 13, 2019

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Featuring Summer Company program, Amusé Coffee Co., Inclusive Advisory, Pedego Kawartha Lakes, Fusion Bowl, Black's Distillery, Weber Brothers Productions, Apollo Grill, and more.
Juno award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Hawksley Workman performs at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on May 23, 2019. (Publicity photo)

musicNOW – May 2019

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Featuring Teilhard Frost, The Human Project, Caribou Run, Brownman Electryc Trio, The Beaches, Hawksley Workman, The Kents, Megan Nash, Mike Biggar, Mayhemingways, and Emily Burgess & The Emburys.
Retiring from touring after more than 40 years, Sharon Hampson and Bram Morrison will be performing in "Sharon, Bram & Friends: 40th Anniversary Farewell Tour" at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on May 15, 2019. (Publicity photo)

Sing ‘Skinnamarink’ one last time with Sharon & Bram at Showplace Performance Centre

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'Sharon, Bram & Friends: 40th Anniversary Farewell Tour' comes to Peterborough on May 15.
Cambium Consulting & Engineering) along with the panel of judges (Stuart Harrison, Sally Harding, Jonathan Bennett, Raymond Yip Choy, and Jeff Taylor). The three finalists will make a private presentation to the Community Futures Peterborough board on June 18th, and the winner (who will receive a repayable loan of $100,000 with no interest for three years) will be announced on June 26th. (Photo: Community Futures Peterborough / Facebook)

businessNOW – May 6, 2019

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Featuring ignite100 finalists, local Chamber of Commerce award winners, Green Party Earth Day Awards, Bears' Lair, Fenelon Falls Brewing Co, and more.
Ennismore singer-songwriter Melissa Payne and her new band (Kate Suhr, Marcel Rousseau, Derek Downham, Ian McKeown, and Jordan Rousseau) recently performed tunes from her soon-to-be-released new album "Darker Than Your Dark" at a concert at Knox Farm, a private converted barn north of Peterborough operated by music producer and event designer James McKenty and his wife Kellie. (Photo: Knox Farm Series / YouTube)

Melissa Payne debuts ‘1000 Pieces’, the first single from her new record

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Ennismore singer-songwriter will soon be releasing 'Darker Than York Dark'.
A member of Peterborough Fire Services takes photos following a fire that occurred around 4:52 a.m. on April 30, 2019 at 72 Hunter Street East in Peterborough's East City. One person is in a Toronto hospital with serious injuries following the fire, which the Ontario Fire Marshal and Peterborough Police Services are investigating. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough police deem East City apartment fire non-suspicious

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One person was air-lifted to Toronto with serious injuries following early-morning fire on April 30.
The six finalists of the 2019 Bears' Lair entrepreneurial competition (Transit One, AVROD, Alexander Optical, Electric Juice Factory, Emily Mae's Cookies & Sweets, and PedalBoro) are competing for two cash prizes at the final pitch event on April 30th at The Venue in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

businessNOW – April 29, 2019

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Featuring Bears' Lair final pitch event, ignite100 semi-finalist pitch event, Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development, Canadian Canoe Museum, Junior Achievement, and more.
Selwyn Township mayor Andy Mitchell, Peterborough mayor Diane Therrien, and Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef (right) explore the Random Acts of Green mobile app as the social enterprise's founder and CEO Jessica Correa looks on, at the April 18, 2019 announcement of $200,000 in federal funding from the Climate Action Fund. The funding will help Random Acts of Green to develop and promote the mobile app, which measures and rewards Canadians for their 'green acts' to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (Photo: Office of Andy Mitchell)

businessNOW – April 23, 2019

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Featuring Random Acts of Green, Maar's Music, Sweet Bottoms Coffee, Carousel restaurant, Pie Eyed Monk Brewery, and more.
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

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

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