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Penny Barton Dyke (middle), Shantal Ingram (left), and Emily Beall (right) at the Edwin Binney's Community Garden Farm Stand at 50 Mary Street West in Lindsay. Barton Dyke is retiring as executive director of United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes after more than 17 years in the position. Ingram and Beall are the organization's new co-executive directors. (Photo courtesy of United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes).

After more than 17 years, Penny Barton Dyke retiring from United Way for City...

During tenure as executive director, Barton Dyke led organization through transformation and helped establish Edwin Binney's Community Garden in Lindsay.
Clouds of smoke on the morning of September 13, 2022 in Peterborough's west end. (Photo: Andrew MacDonald / Twitter)

71-year-old Peterborough man facing arson charge after Tuesday morning house fire

Peterborough police and fire services responded to fire on Woodglade Boulevard in the city's west end.
Workers at the urban park near the intersection of Charlotte and Aylmer streets in downtown Peterborough on September 13, 2022. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW)

Peterborough’s new urban park to be named ‘Quaker Foods Urban Park’

Councillors endorse PepsiCo Canada sponsorship agreement that would generate $260,000 for the city over 15 years.
Glenn Wright (middle) and Margaret Cunningham and Jennifer Lopinski of the Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes with a $7,500 for A Place Called Home at the non-profit organization's recently completed emergency shelter at 64 Lindsay Street South. (Photo courtesy of Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes)

Wright Family Fund donates $7,500 to A Place Called Home in Lindsay

Donation administered by Community Foundation of Kawartha Lakes will support homeless people in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton.
Authorized by Health Canada on September 1, 2022, the Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine targets both the original SARS-CoV-2 virus from 2019 and the Omicron (BA.1) variant. (Photo: Miguel Tremblay / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ontario adults can get bivalent COVID-19 booster doses starting September 26

Appointments can be booked now and vulnerable population can get their bivalent booster doses starting September 12.
Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School in Peterborough's East City has been accepted for the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation's annual Adopt a School Program. From September 12 to October 2, every dollar raised in-store at Chapters Peterborough on Lansdowne Street or online will go to the school for new books for the school library. (Photo: Nicole Tripp)

Indigo fundraiser to help Peterborough’s Immaculate Conception Elementary School expand its library

From September 12 to October 2, every dollar raised in-store at Chapters Peterborough or online will go to the school.
The nine motorized canoes carrying 50 members of the 3rd Canadian Rangers Patrol Group at Lock 31 in Buckhorn on on September 9, 2022, during the fourth day of their 13-day voyage from Parry Sound to Ottawa. Predeominantly First Nations peoples, the 3rd Canadian Rangers Patrol Group support both the national security and public safety operations of the Canadian Armed Forces in northern Ontario. (Photo: 3rd Canadian Rangers Patrol Group / Facebook)

3rd Canadian Rangers Patrol Group travel through Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, and Peterborough on their way...

Voyage celebrates 75th anniversary of Canadian Rangers, mainly First Nations peoples who represent Canadian military in remote, isolated, and coastal regions.
Leslie Menagh, founder of Madderhouse Textile Studio in downtown Peterborough, is the new interim director of non-profit artist-run centre Artspace. (Photo courtesy Leslie Menagh)

Leslie Menagh is new interim director of Artspace Peterborough

Artspace gallery reopening September 10 with Port Monteau exhibit by Mikiki, Menagh begins in new role September 19
Vern Bastable, director of GreenUP Ecology Park and landscape programs, at the park's Native Plant & Tree Nursery at 1899 Ashburnham Drive in Peterborough. (Photo: GreenUP / Facebook)

GreenUP seeking support after Ecology Park in Peterborough suffers third break-in this summer

Non-profit environmental organization asking for cash donations to replace stolen tools and to further secure park's buildings.
The Boo Radley Project, a high-energy seven-piece alt-funk collective, performs at Jethro’s Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, September 10. (Photo: Dan Dunlop)

nightlifeNOW – September 8 to 14

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.

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