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The beach at Sandy Lake in Trent Lakes. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

The Beach Report for July 7 to 13, 2023

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Hastings and Prince Edward.
Toronto-based crooner Steven Taetz, a singer-songwriter whose vocal style has been compared to that of Chris Isaak and Roy Orbison, performs at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Friday night in a double bill with Lauren Dillen and Ray Goudy of Toronto psychedelic folk band Burs. (Photo: Jen Squires)

nightlifeNOW – July 6 to 12

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Seven Peterborough-area entrepreneurial businesses received a collective $35,000 in the spring 2022 intake of the provincially funded Starter Company Plus program offered by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre. Pictured are Michelle Fenn, Kate Adams, Erin Burrell, Brigh Findlay-Shields, Jack Henry, Tavlyn Evans and Crystal Walker, and Andrew Fitzpatrick. Not pictured: Kendra Mancini and Sean Fitzpatrick.(Photo courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

Seven Peterborough-area entrepreneurial businesses receive $5,000 microgrants through Starter Company Plus

12 small businesses participated in five-week program offered by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre.
A thunderstorm passes over a lake in North Kawartha Township on July 5, 2021. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for entire Kawarthas region Thursday afternoon

Strong wind gusts, large hail, and heavy rain possible.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

A 65-year-old Oshawa man drowned in Rice Lake on Wednesday afternoon

Members of public tried to assist man calling for help, but he went underwater and never resurfaced.
Peterborough's Warsaw Road Swing Bridge is located on Parkhill Road East between Armour Road and Television Road. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough’s Warsaw Road Swing Bridge closed again during the day on Thursday

Parks Canada is closing bridge for a second time from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for seasonal maintenance.
Police car lights. (Stock photo)

Two motorcyclists dead after separate collisions in Peterborough

58-year-old man succumbed to injuries after Tuesday morning collision on The Parkway, 27-year-old man died in Clonsilla Avenue collision Wednesday morning.
R&B and hip hop artist Shawn Desman will perform at Peterborough Musicfest on July 15, 2023, and classic rockers Honeymoon Suite will perform on August 2, 2023. (kawarthaNOW collage of publicity photos)

Shawn Desman and Honeymoon Suite to play at Peterborough Musicfest this summer

R&B and hip hop artist will perform on July 15 and classic rockers will perform on August 2.
Internationally renowned Buckhorn-based wildlife artist Michael Dumas in studio working on his 2017 oil painting "Looking Out" featuring an eastern phoebe in a flour mill. Artists for Conservation, the world's leading group of artists supporting the environment, has selected Dumas to receive the Simon Combes Conservation Artist Award. (Photo courtesy of Michael Dumas)

Buckhorn-based wildlife artist Michael Dumas to receive Simon Combes Conservation Artist Award

Dumas is a prominent conservationist who has built a reputation as one of the world's most respected realist painters over the past five decades.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough police investigating distribution of antisemitic pamphlets over Canada Day long weekend

Police have received 19 reports from residents in different neighbourhoods about the pamphlets since May.

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