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Peterborough's Blue Hazel (Cailtin O'Connor and Meisha Browne) bring their harmonies to the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Good Friday. (Photo: Bryan Reid)

nightlifeNOW – April 14 to 20

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Three of the 119 decorated envelopes and postcards that Peterborough writer Erica Richmond and North Carolina artist and author Shannon Fitzgerald received from 52 people from 11 different countries around the world during for their "The Mail Art Stories Project: Mail Art in the Time of Covid-19" project during the first 18 months of the pandemic. A book about the project is set to be released on April 20, 2022. (Photos: The Mail Art Stories Project @mailartstories / Instagram)

New book by Peterborough writer uses ‘mail art’ to capture personal stories about pandemic...

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Erica Richmond partnered with North Carolina's Shannon Fitzgerald to collect 119 submissions mailed by people around the world.
The Ontario Provincial Police has provided previously unreleased details of the February 18, 2020 murder of 18-year-old Alex Tobin in Omemee, as well as video and photos of the suspects, including these two men captured fleeing the scene of the crime. (Photo courtesy of Tobin family / screenshot of OPP-supplied video)

Police release new details and videos of suspects in unsolved 2020 murder of Alex...

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Videos include two suspects fleeing crime scene and three suspects disposing of evidence in Scarborough.
An Easter bunny in a green field with eggs from a turned-over basket. (Stock photo)

What’s open and closed over the Easter long weekend

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Holiday hours for 271 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
Young people wearing masks during COVID-19 pandemic. (Stock photo)

Peterborough Public Health warns of ‘very high’ risk of COVID-19 transmission in the community

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Health unit strongly recommends wearing masks and avoiding indoor social gatherings and high-risk settings.
Tim Farquharson, acting chief of Peterborough Police Services, addresses a public meeting of the police services board on April 12, 2022. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

Peterborough’s acting police chief promises an increased police presence at protests

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At police services board meeting, Tim Farquharson also said police will deal with disturbances and excessive noise.
Some of the people who gathered at Peterburgers on April 9, 2022 to support the restaurant, which held s grand reopening after having been closed for four months for defying COVID-19 public health measures. (Photo: Caryma S'ad / @CarymaRules Twitter)

Peterborough police charge owners of Peterburgers restaurant with violating city noise by-law

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Restaurant held grand reopening on Saturday after being closed for four months for defying pandemic health measures.
Peterborough-Kawartha MP Michelle Ferreri (top right) attended the virtual general committee meeting of Peterborough city council for 45 minutes on April 11, 2022. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

MP Michelle Ferreri addresses Peterborough city council for the first time

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Peterborough-Kawartha MP spoke mainly about housing at virtual general committee meeting on Monday night.
Election signs placed on boulevards during the 2014 municipal election in the City of Peterborough. (Photo: Pat Trudeau)

Peterborough city council rejects proposed election sign by-law

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By-law would have resulted in city removing non-compliant signs and require candidates to pay a fee to recover signs.
Kawartha Rotarians Gord Fallen, Wesley Letsholo, and Guenther Schubert participating in a clean-up along the Jackson Park trail in 2021. (Photo courtesy of Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha)

Rotary Super Spring Clean-up Week takes place April 22 to 28

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Three Peterborough-area Rotary clubs encourage residents to do their part to clean up the community and the environment.
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