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On display at Heather Doughty's studio during the First Friday Art Crawl on November 4, 2022, The Illustrated Boro Project featured 10 illustrations of downtown Peterborough businesses by five local artists. Also pictured is Mark Jokien, owner of Mark Jokinen Books, one of the featured businesses. (Photo courtesy of the Peterborough DBIA)

Downtown Peterborough shops reimagined through the eyes of five local artists

On display during November's First Friday Art Crawl, The Illustrated Boro Project featured 10 illustrations by five artists.
The Warsaw Road Swing Bridge on Parkhill Road East in Peterborough will be closed to vehicles from November 7 to 18, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough’s Warsaw Road Swing Bridge closed November 7 to 18

Additional repairs are being completed to bridge's metal grating deck to reduce excessive noise.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car. (Photo: OPP)

29-year-old Grafton man dead after vehicle left roadway north of Cobourg

Collision happened Friday night on County Road 45 between Elder Road and Beagle Club Road.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Pedestrian in Toronto-area hospital after being struck by vehicle in Peterborough Friday night

Victim in stable condition following collision at Lansdowne Street and Ashburnham Drive .
Windsock blowing in strong winds on a cloudy day

Strong winds in greater Kawarthas region late Saturday afternoon into evening

Winds will range from 70 to 80 km/h, with a few gusts up to 90 km/h in northern areas of region.
The war memorial in Peterborough's Little Lake Cemetery. (Photo courtesy of Little Lake Cemetery Co.)

Sunrise Remembrance Day service being held at Little Lake Cemetery in Peterborough

Everyone is welcome to attend service at the cemetery's war memorial at 7:30 a.m. on November 11.
Hunter Street East facing Rogers Street in Peterborough's East City on November 4, 2022, showing Ashburnham Realty's new commercial and residential development beside the Rotary Greenway Trail nearing completion. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Next week’s closure of Hunter Street in Peterborough’s East City postponed

Construction-related closure between Rogers and Burnham streets was originally planned from November 7 to 11.
Soldiers helicasting from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter from 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron in Petawawa on August 7, 2015. (Photo: MCpl Melissa Spence, 4 Cdn Div)

Canadian Armed Forces helicopter to conduct ceremonial flypast over Norland on Saturday

CH-146 Griffon helicopter from 427 SOAS at CFB Petawawa will fly as low as 500 feet over the area .
Kingston-based folk singer-songwriter and guitarist Jon McLurg (Turpin's Trail, Crooked Wood, The Goodnight Irenes) performs at Arthur's Pub in Cobourg on Friday night and at Jethro's Bar + Stage in Peterborough on Saturday night. (Website photo)

nightlifeNOW – November 3 to 9

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
The El (P)'s "Creamy 3-Cheese Chorizo BeerMac" and Capra Toro's "Baked Birra Fromagio" tied as the winners of the 2022 Peterborough Mac + Cheese Festival, held during the month of October and featuring 20 mac and cheese dishes at participating downtown restaurants. (Photos courtesy of Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area)

The El (P) and Capra Toro share the Peterborough Mac + Cheese Festival crown

Online votes give the two downtown restaurants the win for their classic mac and cheese dishes, with Champs and the Black Horse coming in second and third.

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