Home Authors Articles by kawarthaNOW

Articles by kawarthaNOW

kawarthaNOW
6093 Articles
Our generic staff writer account, covering breaking and local community news. Follow kawarthaNOW on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Destiny Dawson. (Supplied photo)

Port Hope police searching for missing 22-year-old woman (LOCATED)

Destiny Dawson was last seen in Port Hope on January 29.
This Valentine's Day, consider choosing more environmentally sustainable alternatives to traditional gifts, such as locally made soaps, honeys, and maple syrup, and cards made by local artists. The GreenUP Store at 378 Aylmer Street North in downtown Peterborough offers a variety of eco-friendly and locally made gift options. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

Show our planet some love too this Valentine’s Day

Consider locally sourced and fair trade alternatives to mass-produced cards, chocolate, and flowers.
Some of the stolen meat recovered by police following thefts of more than $100,000 worth of meat from Smokey Joe's Butcher Shop and Otonabee Meat Packers in Peterborough County in January 2020. Dean Prentice of Lindsay and Terry Watson of Douro-Dummer have been arrested and charged in the thefts. (Photo: Peterborough County OPP)

Two men arrested for theft of more than $100,000 in meat from two local...

Smokey Joe's Butcher Shop and Otonabee Meat Packers will donate recovered usable meat to food bank, zoo, and area humane societies.
Local playwright, actor, musician, and composer Beau Dixon will be honoured at the proclamation ceremony for Black History Month on February 2, 2020 at Emmanuel United Church in Peterborough. Dixon will read from one of his plays and perform some of his songs at the event. (Photo: David Leyes / www.davidleyes.com)

Beau Dixon to be honoured at Black History Month proclamation ceremony in Peterborough

Local playwright, actor, and musician will also perform at Emmanuel United Church on February 2.
Jon Kolodziej and Dana Beren Watts created this giant snowbear, which they call "Snowlar Bear", in the front yard on their home on George Street in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Jon Kolodziej)

Check out this epic ‘snowbear’ in downtown Peterborough

Jon Kolodziej and Dana Beren Watts created 'Snowlar Bear' in front of their home on George Street on Sunday night.
Andrew Root paints during 'The Joy of Bob' at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough in 2017. The event, where three guest painters are challenged before a live audience to follow an episode of 'The Joy of Painting', the instructional TV show hosted by late painter Bob Ross, returns on February 20, 2020. The guest painters will be Kathryn Bahun, garbageface, and a random audience member. (Photo courtesy of Andy Carroll)

artNOW – February 2020

Featuring Erring at King George, Cole Swanson, Dave Ellis, First Friday Peterborough, The Joy of Bob, Artspace Book + Zine Fest, and more.
Patricia Wilson, community conservation and stewardship technician with Kawartha Land Trust, explores the newly protected Fell Wetland property. Donated to Kawartha Land Trust by Allan Fell and his family in 2019, the 50-acre property is relatively untouched by human activity and is home to a forested wetland and cattail marsh. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Land Trust)

Kawartha Land Trust’s newest protected property includes a provincially significant wetland

Fell Wetland property southwest of Fenelon Falls was donated by Allan Fell and his family in 2019.
Danny Bronson, pictured here performing the music of John Denver at Showplace Performance Centre in April 2019, will be hosting the United Way of Peterborough & District's first-ever "streamathon" on Facebook. The live concert, which also features several other Peterborough-area musicians, begins at 8 p.m. on January 30, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Laszlo Prising Photography / laszloprisingphoto.com)

United Way presents Peterborough’s first-ever ‘streamathon’ on Facebook hosted by musician Danny Bronson

Live-streamed evening event on January 30 will also feature other musical guests raising funds for the United Way.
Peterborough Police Service headquarters on Water Street in Peterborough. (Photo: Pat Trudeau)

Police charge Peterborough massage therapist with six additional counts of sexual assault

Six new victims come forward after police originally charged 60-year-old Gerard Rodrigues following incidents at local spa.
Freezing rain and snow at night

Freezing rain and snow forecast for the Kawarthas for Saturday

Risk of freezing rain overnight into Saturday morning followed by up 10 cm of snow by Saturday night.

Become a #kawarthaNOW fan

30,437FollowersLike
25,313FollowersFollow
17,705FollowersFollow
4,442FollowersFollow
3,583FollowersFollow
3,014FollowersFollow

Sign up for kawarthNOW's Enews

Sign up for our VIP Enews

kawarthaNOW.com offers two enews options to help readers stay in the know. Our VIP enews is delivered weekly every Wednesday morning and includes exclusive giveaways, and our news digest is delivered daily every morning. You can subscribe to one or both.




Submit your event for FREE!

Use our event submission form to post your event on our website — for free. To submit editorial content or ideas, please contact us.