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Starter Company Plus a ‘huge benefit’ for The Voima Group marketing agency in Haliburton...

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Owners Amanda Virtanen and Geoff Schultz encourage other local entrepreneurs to apply by April 13 for program offered by Kawartha Lakes Small Business and Entrepreneurship Centre.
Community Care Peterborough executive director Danielle Belair, Peterborough County warden Bonnie Clark, Peterborough city councillor Matt Crowley, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen Township mayor Jim Martin, and City of Peterborough community development program manager Chris Kawalec cut the ribbon to officially open the Havelock Health and Community Services Hub on April 4, 2023. The hub is located in the Peterborough Housing Corporation building on Smith Drive, right next to the Community Care Peterborough service office in Havelock. (Photo: Community Care Havelock)

New Peterborough County ‘hubs’ aim to improve access to social and health services for...

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Located in Apsley, Douro, Keene, Havelock, Lakefield, Millbrook, Norwood, and Warsaw, hubs provide free office and meeting space for agencies.
City of Peterborough street-sweeping equipment. (Photo: City of Peterborough)

Signs of spring: nest-making robins, budding plants, and the sound of street sweepers

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City of Peterborough will be sweeping city streets, sidewalks, trails, and parking lots over the next seven weeks.
Ice pellets and freezing rain on car

Freezing rain warning now in effect for most of Kawarthas region Tuesday overnight

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Ice accretion of 5 to 15 mm is possible by Wednesday afternoon depending on location and how much precipitation falls as ice pellets.
The eight entrepreneurs who successfully completed the fall 2022 intake of Starter Company Plus, offered locally by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development's Business Advisory Centre, with each receiving a $5,000 microgrant. Left to right: Vanessa Bruce, Ineke Turner, Lisa Mace, Jena Trimble, Lisa Burkitt, Kate Griffin, Jacquelyn Craft, and Nathan Truax. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Peterborough-area entrepreneurs have until end of April to apply for spring intake of Starter...

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Participants who complete entrepreneurial training program are eligible for a $5,000 microgrant.
One of the new climbing structures that are part of Peterborough's first naturalized playscape on public grounds, located in the children's garden at Ecology Park. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

GreenUP unveils Peterborough’s first naturalized playscape on public lands at Ecology Park

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Funded by a $52,800 provincial grant and community donors, environmentally friendly climbing structures consist of locally sourced white cedar logs.
Community Futures Peterborough unveiled its new logo on April 3, 2023. (Graphic courtesy of Community Futures Peterborough)

Community Futures Peterborough unveils new brand identity

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First significant rebranding since 1985 reflects economic development organization's redefined strategy for supporting local entrepreneurs.
Tony Scherzo's 'Pie In The Sky - Dockside Pizza Delivery' business uses drones to deliver freshly made pizza to cottage docks. The service will be launching this summer around selected lakes in the City of Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough County, (Image courtesy of Pie In The Sky - Dockside Pizza Delivery)

Dockside pizza drone delivery service coming to Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough County this summer

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Five years in the making, Tony Scherzo's 'Pie In The Sky' company promises to deliver freshly made pies in 30 minutes.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

42-year-old Peterborough man dead following two-vehicle collision southwest of Buckhorn

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Collision between pickup truck and car happened early Friday afternoon on Lakehurst Road between Anchor Bay Road and Elim Lodge Road,
The James B. Neill Cardiac Centre at Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) is dedicated to philanthropist James "Jim" Neill who, in 2021, donated $5 million to the PHRC Foundation in support of cardiac care. On March 30, 2023, the hospital recognized the largest donation to the foundation in its history by unveiling new signage on the exterior northeast corner of the hospital. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

‘James B. Neill Cardiac Centre’ recognizes $5 million donation to Peterborough Regional Health Centre

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Philanthropist James 'Jim' Neill made his historic gift in 2021 to support cardiac care at the hospital.
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