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Located at 400 Grassy Road in Omemee, Potash Creek Farms is one of 11 tree farms located in or near the greater Kawarthas region where people can get fresh, locally grown Christmas trees for 2024. Owner Dan Vanderzwet says a relatively wet summer means he has more trees available this year than in past years. (Photo courtesy of Potash Creek Farms)

Where to get a fresh locally grown Christmas tree in the Kawarthas region

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Tree farms offering cut-your-own or pre-cut trees are located in Millbrook, Cavan-Monaghan, Omemee, Fenelon Falls, Colborne, Campbellfcroft, Cobourg, and more.
Singer-songwriter Russell deCarle, the former Prairie Oyster frontman who has enjoyed a solo career since 2010, returns to perform in Peterborough for the first time in five years with a show at the Gordon Best Theatre on Saturday night with Lotus Wight opening. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – November 21 to 27

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region,
A rendering of the Summit Wellness Centre currently under construction in Coboconk off Highway 35, with a reference photo of the original historic train station. (Rendering courtesy of Coboconk, Norland and Area Chamber of Commerce)

Ontario government providing up to $250,000 to renovate historic Coboconk train station

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Renovations are part of the $16-million Summit Wellness Centre under construction off Highway 35.
Kawartha Rotary's annual Christmas Auction raises funds to support a variety of community projects in Peterborough. In October 2024, Brock Mission's Primary Care Clinic, which offers medical care for anyone experiencing homelessness, celebrated the opening of a much-needed washroom made possible with funding from the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha and the Peterborough Family Health Team. Pictured from left to right are nurse practitioner Lee-Anne Quinn, Kawartha Rotary president Dean Ostrander, Peterborough Family Health Team CEO Duff Sprague, Peterborough Street Medicine physician Dr. John Beamish, and Brian O'Toole and Wendy Swain of Kawartha Rotary's major projects committee. (Photo courtesy of Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha)

2024 Kawartha Rotary Christmas Auction returns to benefit meaningful community projects in Peterborough

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Annual auction runs November 18 to December 1 with more than one hundred items donated by local businesses and organizations.
Detective sergeant Josh McGrath in a Peterborough Police Service video describing the incident on November 16, 2024 at the Hunt Terraces apartment building that resulted in the death of a 62-year-old Peterborough man who was a tenant in the building. A 38-year-old Peterborough man who is also a tenant in the building has been charged with second-degree murder. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

38-year-old Peterborough man charged with second-degree murder after tenant altercation

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A 62-year-old Peterborough man died following Saturday night incident at Hunt Terraces on Bonaccord Street.
The headliners at the Peterborough Musicians Benevolent Association's monthly show at The Social in downtown Peterborough on Saturday afternoon are Al Black and the Steady Band (Andy Pryde on bass, Al Black on drums, and Gary Peeples on guitar) featuring Jim Usher on sax and special guest Sean Daniels on keyboards, with Sam Allison aka Lotus Wight as the spotlight musician. (Photo: Al Black & Steady Band / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – November 14 to 20

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Detective sergeant Josh McGrath and deputy police chief Jamie Hartnett speak to the media on November 13, 2024 at the site of a shooting at 850 Fairbairn Street in Peterborough, where three male suspects fired multiple shots into the townhomes and into the air the previous night. No one was injured in the incident, which police believe is connected to the illicit drug trade. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of police video)

Peterborough police seeking suspects after multiple shots fired into Fairbairn St. townhomes Tuesday night

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No one was injured in 'brazen' incident, which police believe is connected with the illicit drug trade.
Linette Doherty, Kerry Griffin, Jennine Profeta, Kelly Burrows, Dave Pearce, Chris Gibbs, and Maya Doherty star in Globus Theatre's festive murder mystery dinner theatre experience "Murder at the Snowball Ball," which runs for six performances at the Lakeview Arts Barn from November 14 to 23, 2024. (Graphic: Globus Theatre)

Help solve a festive ballroom murder mystery at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon

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'Murder at the Snowball Ball' runs for six performances from November 14 to 23 at the Lakeview Arts Barn.
The Northumberland Orchestra Society performing at Trinity United Church in Cobourg as the Northumberland Orchestra and Choir. The group's choir was forced to fold largely due to budget constraints and the community symphony orchestra, which now focuses on performing instrumental music, is facing imminent insolvency. (Photo: Northumberland Orchestra Society)

Northumberland Orchestra Society issues appeal for community support as it faces imminent insolvency

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Budget constraints already forced 46-year-old community symphony orchestra's choir group to fold in 2023.
While both of their vehicles are a write-off, neither driver was seriously injured in this head-on collision on Highway 7 just east of Peterborough on November 8, 2024. (Police-supplied photo)

No serious injuries after head-on crash on Highway 7 east of Peterborough

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Westbound SUV crossed into eastbound lanes in Friday morning collision between Keene Road and Drummond Line.
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