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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.
Fleming College has campuses in Peterborough (pictured), Lindsay, Haliburton, and Cobourg. (Photo: Fleming College)

Fleming College eliminating eight more programs to deal with ‘significant deficit’

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Of Ontario's 24 colleges, 16 have recently eliminated more than 300 programs due to caps on international students and tuition.
The Canadian Canoe Museum's atrium will be transformed into a performance venue for the new "Music in the Museum" concert series, which kicks off on May 24, 2025 with a performance by Juno award-winning roots musician Old Man Luedecke. Proceeds from the concert series will help subsidize the museum's youth backcountry canoeing program. (Photo courtesy of The Canadian Canoe Museum)

Peterborough’s Canadian Canoe Museum launches new ‘Music in The Museum’ series

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Canadian concert series will kick off May 24 with a performance by award-winning roots musician Old Man Luedecke in the museum's atrium.
Kerry Griffin and Linda Kash perform in "A Christmas Carol Comedy" at Peterborough's Market Hall in December 2024, presented by New Stages Peterborough. The non-profit theatre company is one of four arts organizations recommended to receive the maximum $15,000 grant under the City of Peterborough's community investment grant program. Meeting as general committee on March 31, 2025, Peterborough city council will be asked to endorse recommendations for a total of $188,135 in community project grants and community investment grants to 43 community organizations. (Photo: Dahlia Katz)

Peterborough city council asked to approve $188,135 in new grants to 43 community organizations

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Recipients of maximum $15,000 community investment grant would include New Stages Peterborough and Peterborough Symphony Orchestra.
Canadian rocker Kim Mitchell will make his fifth appearance at Peterborough Musicfest, performing songs from Max Webster and his solo career during a free-admission concert at Del Crary Park in downtown Peterborough on August 16, 2025 to close out the festival's 38th season. (Photo: Al Pettman)

Canadian rocker Kim Mitchell returns to Peterborough Musicfest on August 16

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Solo artist and former Max Webster frontman will close out Musicfest's 38th season with a free-admission concert in Del Crary Park.
Downtown Peterborough restaurant The Vine, which was the champion of the 2023 Mac & Cheese Festival, will be serving up its jalapeno popper mac and cheese dish during the 2025 Mac & Cheese Festival, which runs from April 1 to 26. The Vine is one of 17 downtown restaurants participating in this year's festival, organized by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA), which includes a new grand finale celebration on Saturday, April 26 as well as a new Judge's Choice Award. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Downtown Peterborough’s award-winning Mac & Cheese Festival returns with spring edition from April 1...

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New this year is a grand finale celebration at Quaker Foods City Square on April 26 and the Judge's Choice Award.
Chief Stuart Betts (third from left) marked the beginning of the celebrations of the Peterborough Police Service's 175th anniversary on March 18, 2025 by placing the police service's official 175th anniversary on marked patrol vehicles. Also pictured from left to right are police services board vice-chair Drew Merrett, Peterborough mayor and board member Jeff Leal, board chair Mary ten Doeschate, city councillor and board member Gary Baldwin, board member Steve Girardi, and deputy chief Jamie Hartnett. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough Police Service celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2025

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A community celebration event will be held on May 31 at the new Lansdowne Street West police facility.
Trent Valley Archives Theatre's second historical play "Crossing Over" is a fictionalized account of the perilous six-week journey of the John Barry, the last of the nine Peter Robinson emigrant transport ships to leave Ireland for Canada in 1825. Written by Ed Schroeter and Gerry McBride based on the journals of the ship's surgeon, the play will be performed from May 29 to 31, 2025, at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough. Tickets are available now for the production, which is a fundraiser for Trent Valley Archives. (AI-generated image)

Trent Valley Archives Theatre announces 19-member cast of historical play ‘Crossing Over’

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Peterborough's real-life seanchaí Hugh Foley will narrate play about 1825 Irish settler emigration running from May 29 to 31 at the Market Hall.
The new Canadian Canoe Museum, located on the shores of Little Lake in Peterborough, has been named as one of the world's greatest places to visit in 2025 by TIME magazine. (Photo: Justen Soule)

The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough makes TIME’s list of the world’s greatest places...

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The magazine just published its seventh annual list of 100 'one-of-a-kind spots and experiences around the globe'.
The historic Old Town Hall is located at 1 Mathison Street West in Havelock. (Photo: Google Maps)

Old Town Hall in Havelock temporarily closed after being deemed unsafe to use

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Last fall, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township council authorized a building assessment study to evaluate the historic building's safety.
A promotional photo from 4th Line Theatre for "Wild Irish Geese" written by and starring Peterborough's Megan Murphy (middle) and directed by Kim Blackwell. The play, which tells the story of the impoverished Irish settlers who came to Peterborough in 1825 under an emigration plan administered by Upper Canada politician Peter Robinson, makes its world premiere at the Winslow Farm in Millbrook from July 29 to August 30, 2025. Earlier in July, 4th Line will also present the world premiere of "The Housekeeper" by Ian McLachlan and Robert Winslow, which is the fourth in a series of plays by McLachlan and Winslow about the Barnardo children. (Photo: Wayne Eardley / Brookside Studio)

Megan Murphy to star in world premiere of her play ‘Wild Irish Geese’ at...

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Murphy will play the role of a traditional Irish storyteller narrating her debut play about the Irish settlers who came to the Peterborough region 200 years ago.
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