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A flower with frost on it

Frost advisory in effect for Kawarthas region overnight Wednesday

Temperatures will drop to near or just below the freezing mark by early Thursday morning.
Award-winning Canadian blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Matt Andersen will be performing with his band The Big Bottle of Joy at Peterborough Musicfest on July 8, 2023. (Photo: GRAG Studio)

Matt Andersen, Jesse Cooke, Melissa Payne, Glass Tiger among performers at Peterborough Musicfest this...

Free-admission concerts at Del Crary Park run Saturday and Wednesday nights from July 1 to August 19.
Tabetha Wells, Kerry Griffin, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, and Dave Pearce performing at Slap Happy's 10th anniversary show. The award-winning improv comedy troupe reunites for a one-night-only performance at Globus Theatre's Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon on May 27, 2023. (Photo: Hope Baker)

Award-winning improv comedy troupe Slap Happy reunites at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon on Saturday

One-night-only May 27 performance features founding members Dave Pearce, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Tabetha Wells, and Kerry Griffin.
Kawartha Settlers' Village in Bobcaygeon will host more than 50 local artists and makers, along with food and beverage vendors, live music, and more during the Made in Kawartha Lakes show and sale on May 27 and 28, 2023. (Photo: Kawartha Settlers' Village)

Browse and buy the works of local artists and makers at Made in Kawartha...

Also featuring food vendors, live music, and kids' workshops, event runs rain or shine May 27 and 28 at Kawartha Settlers' Village in Bobcaygeon.
Peterborough's Dan Duran, Megan Murphy, and Lisa Devan get in the spirit to prepare for the seventh Porch Pirates for Good porch food drive on May 27, 2023. On Saturday morning, people are asked to leave a bag of non-perishable food items on their front porch, which will be collected by volunteers to deliver to the Kawartha Food Share warehouse. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Food Share)

Peterborough’s Porch Pirates for Good are back on May 27 for their seventh food...

Saturday's semi-annual porch 'foodraiser' will help restock the dwindling shelves at Kawartha Food Share.
Jack Hoggarth from Curve Lake Cultural Centre and Meredith Carter from Otonabee Conservation hold up Anishinaabemowin mikinaak (turtle) education signs at the Curve Lake First Nation Mshkiigag Wetlands. (Photo courtesy of Otonabee Conservation)

New signs at Curve Lake First Nation and Peterborough’s Jackson Creek Trail raise awareness...

Curve Lake First Nation Educational Department and Otonabee Conservation install mikinaak (turtle) trail signs in Anishinaabemowin.
The Peterborough Petes celebrate after winning the OHL championship and the J. Roberston Cup for the 10th time in the team's history on May 21, 2023. The team is heading to the Memorial Cup for the first time in 17 years, with game one the Western Hockey League champion Seattle Thunderbirds on May 27. (Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Petes)

Peterborough Petes win OHL championship and advance to Memorial Cup for first time in...

Petes defeat the London Knights in six games, with a community celebration taking place Victoria Day afternoon in downtown Peterborough.
The Rotary Victoria Day Fireworks over Little Lake in Peterborough in 2017. The annual event was last held in 2019 before the pandemic, and has since been discontinued. (Photo: Scott Tromely)

What’s open and closed on Victoria Day 2023

Holiday hours for 295 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
A Peterborough resident living on the south side of Dalhousie Street took this photo from an uptairs window of a late-night fire at at the Wolfe Street encampment in downtown Peterborough on May 18, 2023. (Photo supplied to kawarthaNOW)

One person displaced after fire at Wolfe Street encampment in downtown Peterborough

Police and fire crews responded on Thursday night to multiple temporary structures on fire in the overflow parking lot.
Peterborough police have released images of four suspects in an alleged fraud scheme involving driveway and pavement repairs. (Police-supplied photos)

Peterborough police seek suspects in driveway and pavement repair fraud

Police continue to receive calls after Lakefield business owner was defrauded of $15,000 last week.

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