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Theatrical performer Naomi Duvall, singer-songwriter Georgia Fisher, and drag performer Sahira the Djinn are three of the six artists participating in the inaugural "Rough Cuts" presented by Public Energy Performing Arts at The Theatre On King in downtown Peterborough on October 25, 2025. Along with filmmaker Angel Hamilton, theatre artist and spoken word artist Charlotte Kennedy, and multidisciplinary artist Hartley Stephenson, the artists will test-drive their works-in-progress before an audience. (All photos by Andy Carroll)

Peterborough artists to share their works-in-progress in inaugural ‘Rough Cuts’ on October 24

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Public Energy Performing Arts invites audiences to share in the creative process with six participating artists at The Theatre On King.
Demolished in 2015, the Millbrook Correctional Centre was Ontario's only maximum security prison for short-term inmates and was in operation from 1957 to 2003. Local actor and writer Lindsay Wilson is working with Millbrook's 4th Line Theatre to write a play about the former prison called "The Penn," named after the Millbrook restaurant her grandparents ran from 1957 to 1963. (Photo: mikeonline.ca)

4th Line Theatre hosting community reminiscence event this fall about former Millbrook prison

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October 25 gathering at Millbrook Legion will aid in development of Lindsay Wilson's forthcoming play 'The Penn'.
A Peterborough police car with lights flashing at night. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough man faces multiple charges after violent disturbance in East City

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Police say the 37-year-old used a two-by-four to smash a business window, damage vehicles, and assault a resident on Monday night.
United Way Peterborough & District CEO Jim Russell and Bev Assinck of Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes (PATH) hold up clothing on October 8, 2025 during the launch of the annual Coats for Community campaign at PATH's location at 385 Lansdowne Street East in Peterborough. (Photo: United Way Peterborough & District)

Donations begin this week as United Way Peterborough & District and PATH kick off...

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Donations of winter essentials will be accepted October 16-18 and then throughout the fall and winter to support people in need of all ages.
Volunteers with "Porch Pirates for Good" will be driving around Peterborough on October 25, 2025 to collect donated items for Kawartha Food Share that residents leave on their front porches. In the last five years, the Porch Pirates for Good food drives have brought in over 185,000 pounds of food and over $20,000 in monetary donations. (Photo: Kawartha Food Share)

‘Porch Pirates for Good’ food drive returns to Peterborough on October 25

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City residents are asked to leave a bag of non-perishable food items on their front porch for Kawartha Food Share.
Port Hope police recovered $7,021 in stolen goods from three Toronto women in a shoplifting scheme in Port Hope and Cobourg. (Photo: Port Hope police)

Three Toronto women charged after $7,000 shoplifting scheme in Port Hope and Cobourg

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Police say suspects used long skirts modified with zippered compartments to conceal stolen goods.
A grapple removes debris from the fire-devastated Kawartha Home Hardware building in downtown Lakefield on October 12, 2025 as a Priestly Demolition Inc. employee supervises from a boom truck. (Photo: Scott Norwood)

Fire-devastated Kawartha Home Hardware building in downtown Lakefield is being demolished

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Controlled demolition began Sunday morning less than three days after fire in historic building that displaced apartment residents.
A smartphone sitting on a harvest table covered with squash and fall leaves displaying kawarthaNOW's Thanksgiving Monday 2025 holiday hours story. (kawarthaNOW photo)

What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Monday 2025

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Holiday hours for 302 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
The building at 24 Queen Street in downtown Lakefield on October 10, 2025, the day after a fire engulfed the upper level apartments as well as Kawartha Home Hardware on the main floor. (Photo courtesy of Selwyn Township)

Devastating fire at Kawartha Home Hardware building in downtown Lakefield has been contained

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Lakefield community has come together to collect donations and assist families and pets displaced by the fire.
Smoke billows out of the historic building housing Kawartha Home Hardware at 24 Queen Street in downtown Lakefield on October 9, 2025. (Photo: Mike Quigg)

Fire engulfs Home Hardware store in downtown Lakefield

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Witnesses report the blaze began in the upper portion of the historic building and all occupants were able to get out safely.
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