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After more than 600 days, live music returns to the Gordon Best in downtown Peterborough on Friday, December 3 with punk rockers Cross Dog performing in a show with Garbageface and Shahrazi. (Photo: Bryan Reid Photography)

nightlifeNOW – December 2 to 8

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region
A middle-aged man receiving a vaccination. (Stock photo)

Ontarians 50 and older can book their COVID-19 vaccine booster doses as of December...

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Booster dose appointments will be scheduled for around six months after the second dose was administered.
Derek Banville displays his $500 Boro gift card and winning holiday shopping passport with Wild Rock Outfitters co-owner Scott Murison. Banville completed his passport after buying a bike at Wild Rock for his son's birthday. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Derek Banville receives a $500 reward for shopping in downtown Peterborough

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Holiday Shopping Passport $500 early bird draws continue on December 8 and 15, with $1,500 grand prize draw on January 12.
Six businesses operated by Caitlin Smith, Patrick and Deanna Leahy, Brad Carson, Bruno Merz and Dreda Blow, Angela McDonald, and Lynda Todd each received a $5,000 microgrant after participating in the fall 2021 intake of the Starter Company Plus program offered by the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre. (Photos courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

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

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12 small businesses participated in five-week program offered by Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre.
Founded in 1975 in Oakville, Ren's Pets is Canada's largest independent retailer of pet supplies. The company's first store in the Kawarthas is located at 871 Rye Street in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Ren's Pets)

Ren’s Pets pledges $25,000 for Peterborough Humane Society’s new animal care centre

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Grooming room will be named after company, which is opening its first store in the Kawarthas.
Mary Overholt of Peterborough (right) accepts a cheque for $39,855 from the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) Foundation. Overholt won the grand prize in the November 50/50 lottery, and also chose an additional $2,000 in cash as her bonus prize. (Photo courtesy of PRHC Foundation)

Peterborough’s Mary Overholt wins over $41,000 in cash in PRHC Foundation’s November 50/50 lottery

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Tickets for December lottery now available, with a special holiday deal of 750 tickets for $75.
A delivered package outside a door. (Stock photo)

Peterborough police caution residents to be on the lookout for porch pirates during holiday...

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On Tuesday, a vehicle followed a delivery van and the vehicle's driver stole a package after it was delivered.
Jon Maxwell, president of the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Association of Realtors, presents a cheque for $23,318.74 to YWCA Peterborough Haliburton in support of the YWCA Crossroads Shelter. (Photo courtesy of YWCA Peterborough Haliburton)

Local realtors donate more than $23,000 to YWCA Peterborough Haliburton

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Peterborough and the Kawarthas Association of Realtors has donated more than $100,000 to local charities.
Dr. Thomas Piggott cycled to his first day of work as Peterborough's new medical officer of health at Peterborough Public Health in downtown Peterborough on December 1, 2021. (Photo: Dr. Thomas Piggott / Twitter)

Dr. Thomas Piggott begins his first day as Peterborough’s new medical officer of health

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His first priorities will be community consultations and the continued pandemic response.
Police have arrested and charged five people in connection with a rash of thefts from vehicles in Cobourg since October. During the investigation, police canvassed affected neighbourhoods to gain dash cam and home surveillance video footage from homes and businesses in the area. (kawarthaNOW screenshot from police-supplied surveillance video)

Five arrested in connection to rash of thefts from vehicles in Cobourg

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Cobourg police have laid 25 charges and expect to make further arrests.
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