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An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

Unsuccessful search for man in apparent distress near Trent River east of Hastings

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Northumberland OPP, EMS, and fire department spent over four hours Thursday evening searching for man who reportedly called out for help.
Celebrate New Year's Eve with Diamond Dave & The Smoke Eaters at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Diamond Dave & The Smoke Eaters)

nightlifeNOW – December 26 to January 1

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
A person wearing a Santa hat in front of a Christmas tree holding a smartphone displaying the 2024 holiday hours listing on kawarthaNOW's website. (Photo: kawarthaNOW)

What’s open and closed over Christmas and New Year’s 2024

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Holiday hours for 289 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

Peterborough teen facing multiple charges after abandoning partially submerged vehicle in Otonabee River

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Police traced 17-year-old driver to a Lakefield address, where he told police his vehicle had hit black ice on County Road 32 Sunday night.
Cars on a road in a winter snow storm. (Stock photo)

Winter weather travel advisory in effect for Kawarthas region Monday

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Snow expected to begin by late morning with accumulations of 10-20 cm expected by evening followed by risk of freezing drizzle.
Now based in Lac-des-Loups in western Quebec, Peterborough folk multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Benj Rowland is returning home to perform at the Pig's Ear Tavern on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: John Gearin)

nightlifeNOW – December 19 to 25

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
17-year-old Brady Hunt was seriously injured on December 12, 2024 when the pickup truck he was driving left the roadway on Highway 28 in Douro-Dummer Township. (Photo via GoFundMe)

Community rallies behind Selwyn teen seriously injured in Highway 28 collision

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GoFundMe campaign has raised over $36,000 for 17-year-old Brady Hunt, who is in a medically induced coma at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
Kelly Isfan was appointed president and CEO of Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay in April 2020. She will be retiring from the position and her 35-year career in the healthcare industry in the latter half of 2025. (Photo courtesy of Ross Memorial Hospital)

Ross Memorial Hospital’s president and CEO Kelly Isfan retiring in 2025

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Isfan joined the Lindsay hospital in April 2020 and oversaw the hospital's response to the pandemic.
Volunteer Peterborough at the Trent University Volunteer Fair on September 11, 2024. A $12,000 grant from The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group will help the not-for-profit organization raise awareness of its volunteer match-making service that was founded by Lois Tuffin in 2023. (Photo: Volunteer Peterborough / Facebook)

Volunteer Peterborough receives $12,000 grant from The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group

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Not-for-profit organization will use grant to bolster local volunteerism by raising awareness of the volunteer match-making service.
Some of the 14 local bands and musicians who are donating their time and talents at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on March 26, 2025 for the fifth Peterborough Performs - Musicians United Against Homelessness benefit concert for United Way Peterborough & District include (left to right, top to bottom) The Spades, Little Fire Collective, Alyssa Morrissey, Georgia Rose, Michael Bell, Joanna and Danny Bronson, The Weber Brothers Band, Rick and Gailie Young with their Peterborough All-Star Band, The Hippie Chicks, Bread & Soul, Melissa Payne, and Kate Suhr. (kawarthaNOW collage of photos by Andy Carroll, Stuart Roberts, Linda Tough, Peter Rellinger, Wayne Eardley, and more)

Peterborough Performs returns for its fifth time to raise funds to address homelessness

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March 26 event at Showplace will feature 14 musical acts on two stages with proceeds supporting the United Way.
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