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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.
Bailieboro native Jade Eagleson performing at the 2019 CCMA Awards in Calgary on September 8, 2019, where he received the Rising Star Award. (Photo: Canadian Country Music Association)

Millbrook’s Jade Eagleson named Rising Star at 2019 CCMA Awards

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25-year-old singer-songwriter got his big break at Boots & Hearts Emerging Artist Showcase in 2017.
Tara and Adam Genge of antique and vintage furniture refinishing business Chalk Therapy are launching Electric City Works, a new retail marketspace hub in downtown Peterborough, in October 2019. The 5,000-square-foot space, which will also be the new location of Chalk Therapy, is intended for makers, creatives, artisans, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. (Photo courtesy of Chalk Therapy)

businessNOW – September 3, 2019

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Featuring Electric City Works, Women's Business Network of Peterborough, Blue Shoes Ptbo, Grant Thornton, and more.
Alt-country rocker Jim Cuddy will be performing at the Academy Theatre in Lindsay on October 24, 2019, joined by guitarist Colin Cripps and fiddler Anne Lindsay, to celebrate his fifth solo record, "Countryside Soul". (Photo: Heather Pollock)

Jim Cuddy coming to Lindsay’s Academy Theatre this fall

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Joined by Colin Cripps and Anne Lindsay, October 24th concert celebrates release of latest solo album 'Countrywide Soul'.
Fenelon Falls Brewing Co. general manager Mathew Renda and head brewer Russell Gibson at the brewery's new Bottle Shop, which officially opened on August 24, 2019 and sold out within hours. (Photo courtesy of Fenelon Falls Brewing Co.)

businessNOW – August 27, 2019

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Featuring Fenelon Falls Brewing Co., Trent-Severn Waterway Trail Towns, Women's Virtual Entrepreneurship Incubator, Flavour Fashion, PrimRose Donkey Sanctuary, and more.
The staff and management team of Blowes Travel & Cruise Centres Inc. and G. Stewart Travel Services Ltd. pictured at a recent travel conference in Toronto. The two companies are merging as Blowes & Stewart Travel Group Ltd. effective September 1, 2019. Blowes Travel & Cruise Centres co-owner and VP Barry (Sam) Blowes is pictured at the far left, with Blowes Travel & Cruise Centres co-owner and VP Rob Blows centre front left and G. Stewart Travel Services Ltd. co-owner and president Scott Stewart centre front right. (Photo courtesy of G Stewart Travel Services Ltd.)

businessNOW – August 20, 2019

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Featuring the merger of Stratford's Blowes Travel and Cruise Centres and Peterborough's G. Stewart Travel Services, Neo Rare Metals, Peterborough KIA, Euphoria Caffé, and more.
The 2019 Peterborough Folk Festival takes place on Saturday, August 17th and Sunday, August 18th at Nicholls Oval Park in Peterborough. Pictured is Donovan Woods performing a free concert at the Pavilion Stage during the 2017 festival. Tickets are still available for Woods' 2019 festival kick-off concert at the Market Hall on Friday, August 16th, with Peterborough's Evangeline Gentle opening. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Folk Festival)

Here’s the schedule for this weekend’s Peterborough Folk Festival

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Two days of free music and family fun August 17 and 18 at Nicholls Oval Park.
Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) executive director Wendy Curtis and Northumberland-Peterborough South MP Kim Rudd (centre) join local women entrepreneurs and business leaders at Venture13 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre in Cobourg on August 8, 2019, when the federal government announced an investment of $1.4 million in Northumberland CFDC's DELIA, a financial technologies lending platform that will priorize commercial loan applications for women-owned and women-led enterprises in Eastern Ontario. (Photo: Office of Kim Rudd)

businessNOW – August 13, 2019

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Featuring federal funding for Northumberland CFDC and Nexicom, Kawartha Chamber and Peterborough Chamber award finalists, Mickaël's Café Librairie in Omemee, Food Basics in Port Hope, and more.
Central Smith Creamery owner Ian Scates (second from left) and vice-president/marketing Jenn Scates (right) present a cheque for $13,420.25 to Jane Lovett (left) and Lesley Heighway (second from right) of PRHC Foundation on August 1, 2019 at the dairy's location at 739 Lindsay Road in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

businessNOW – August 6, 2019

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Featuring Central Smith Creamery, Lab Improvements, Savage Arms Canada, Graphic Packaging, Min-Tech, Play Cafe Peterborough, Woodlawn Inn, and more.
Turtle species in Ontario, such as this painted turtle, are often injured or killed while crossing roadways. Due to increased public awareness of the plight of turtles, of which all eight native species in Ontario are listed as species at risk, the Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre in Peterborough has already admitted more than 1,100 injured turtles in 2019. The centre has an opportunity to expand into a new space thanks to a donation of land and buildings by local couple Mary and Gerry Young, but needs donations of money and skilled labour to make it happen. (Photo: Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre)

Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre needs help dealing with dramatic increase in injured turtles

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Local couple has offered charitable organization in Peterborough more space, centre seeks donations of money and skilled labour to expand.
Former Hey Rosetta! songwriter and lead vocalist Tim Baker and Iraqi-Canadian musician and multimedia artist Narcy (Yassin Alsalman) will perform at the Peterborough Folk Festival on August 17, 2019. Local musicians Missy Knott and Mayhemingways will also be performing. (Publicity photos)

Tim Baker and Narcy round out headliners for Peterborough Folk Festival in August

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Full lineup for free music festival on August 17 and 18 also features local musicians Missy Knott, Mayhemingways, and many more.
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