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13-year-old Sky-Lynn. (Police-supplied photo)

LOCATED – Northumberland OPP searching for missing 13-year-old girl

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Skye-Lynn was last seen on Monday in Campbellford.
Trent University student Maysie Roberts took home $1,000 as the winner of the 2023 Pitch It! entrepreneurial competition held on October 19 for her concept for a women's health app. Fleming College student Adithya Bala came in second place and won a $500 prize for his venture called EcoBites. (Photo courtesy of Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas)

Trent University student Maysie Roberts wins Pitch It! entrepreneurial competition

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Innovation Cluster also announces upcoming Cubs' Lair entrepreneurship competition will be expanded to all entrepreneurs from Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes.
An aerial view of downtown Peterborough. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

Ontario reverses decisions on official plans for 11 municipalities, including the City of Peterborough

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In April, the housing and municipal affairs ministry had approved Peterborough's official plan with 61 modifications.
Millbrook's 4th Line Theatre has announced two plays that will debut at its 2024 summer season. "Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes" tells the story of the young women who worked on farms during World War Two to keep people fed while young men were overseas fighting. "Jim Watts: Girl Reporter" tells the story of journalist Jean Watts, the only woman to join Canada's volunteer Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion fighting fascism during the Spanish Civil War. (kawarthaNOW collage of photo supplied by 4th Line Theatre and photo from Dorothy Livesay fonds, University of Manitoba Archives)

Millbrook’s 4th Line Theatre announces two world premiere plays for its 2024 summer season

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'Onion Skins & Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes' and 'Jim Watts: Girl Reporter' are set during the Second World War and the Spanish Civil War.
Discover the different origins of trick-or-treating, find out about the history of coffins and body snatching, witness a traditional 1890s Halloween party, and much more during Historic All Hallows' Eve at Lang Pioneer Village in Keene on October 28 and 29, 2023. (Photo: Heather Doughty)

Celebrate an historic Halloween at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene on October 27...

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Discover the origins of trick-or-treating and enjoy family-friendly activities during Historic All Hallows' Eve.
The rehabilitated Bobcaygeon Swing Bridge reopened to vehicular and pedestrian traffic on October 20, 2023. Since the rehabilitation project began in October 2020, the project has faced continual issues that delayed the completion of the project from May 2021. (Photo: Impact 32 / Facebook)

After being closed for three years, the Bobcaygeon Swing Bridge is now open to...

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Parks Canada bridge rehabilitation project was originally expected to take eight months but faced continual issues delaying completion.
Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal presented longtime volunteer Linda Shisko with a letter and certificate from the City of Peterborough recognizing her 30 years of volunteer service to the community at the Market Hall in Peterborough on October 20, 2023. Linda, who has provided weekly cleaning services for at least a dozen non-profit agencies since 1996, is retiring in advance of her 73rd birthday. (Photo: Eva Fisher / Public Energy Performing Arts)

73-year-old Linda Shisko celebrated for 30 years of volunteering for Peterborough non-profit agencies

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Linda, who has lived with the effects of a traumatic brain injury since she was a teen, has provided volunteer cleaning services for at least a dozen agencies since 1996.
A Peterborough-area high school student will step into the shoes of Peterborough County Warden Bonnie Clark on November 22, 2023, including attending a county council meeting, in the county's "Warden for a Day" contest on now until November 3. (Photo: Peterborough County)

Area high school students have a chance to step into the shoes of Peterborough...

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Winner of 'Warden for a Day' contest on now until November 3 will participate in a county council meeting, have lunch with Warden Bonnie Clark, and more.
BowieFest Canada is celebrating the music of the late David Bowie this weekend, starting Friday night with a launch party and Bowie karaoke at the Crook and Coffer pub in downtown Peterborough, followed on Saturday afternoon by the Bowie Bazaar in the lobby of Showplace Performance Centre and a "Ziggy Played Guitar" audition in the Nexicom Studio for a musician to take part in the opening set of The Bowie Lives starring Michael Bell (pictured) with SJ Riley on the main stage at Showplace on Saturday night. (Photo via The Bowie Lives / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – October 19 to 25

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
John Cunningham, owner of Community Alternative Funeral & Cremations Services Ltd., Ashburnham Funeral Home & Reception Centre, and Kawartha Aquamation, was named Business Citizen of the Year at the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce's 2023 Business Excellence Awards at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 18, 2023. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Chamber video)

John Cunningham named Peterborough’s Business Citizen of the Year

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Funeral services entrepreneur among businesses, organizations, and individuals honoured at Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce's 2023 Business Excellence Awards.
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