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Jeannine Taylor is founder and publisher of kawarthaNOW.com, an independent locally owned digital media company that provides news, arts, lifestyle, and business information and community event listings for residents and visitors in the counties of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, Hastings, and Haliburton. Jeannine first launched a community-focused website in 1996, which today is kawarthaNOW.com, the preeminent independent and locally owned online media company in the Kawarthas. (Photo: Samantha Moss / MossWorks Photography)

Jeannine Taylor continues to lead digital trends in local media

Founder and publisher of local digital media company kawarthaNOW.com, now in its 23rd year, is a pioneer and trendsetter.
Missing person 19-year-old Elio Rustage-Baker was last seen in the area of Victoria Park in downtown Peterborough and is now believed to be in the Toronto area. (Supplied photo)

Police continue search for 19-year-old Elio Rustage-Baker (Update: located)

Last seen in downtown Peterborough on August 25, now believed to be in Toronto area.
OPP police cruiser (Photo: opp.ca)

Three-year-old child dies in ATV accident in Kawartha Lakes

Child was operating a beginner-sized ATV without permission when the bike rolled.
Peterborough-based singer-songwriter Evangeline Gentle's self-titled debut full-length album will be released on Rae Spoon's label Coax Records on September 13, 2019. (Photo: Samantha Moss)

Evangeline Gentle’s debut full-length album drops in September

Peterborough-based singer-songwriter releases latest single, will be heading on tour this fall.
Labour Day celebrates worker solidarity, as pictured in this memorial for workers at Millennium Park in Peterborough erected by the Peterborough and District Labour Council. The council is hosting a Labour Day Celebration on September 2, 2019 from noon to 3 p.m. at Nicholls Oval Park in Peterborough featuring children's entertainment and live music. (Photo: Peterborough and District Labour Council)

What’s open and closed on Labour Day 2019

Holiday hours for 264 selected businesses, organizations, and services across the Kawarthas.
Peterborough-born indie folk-pop band I, The Mountain, who just successfully crowd-funded their debut full-length album, is performing at The Church-key Pub & Grindhouse in Campbellford on Saturday, August 31st. (Photo: Bryan Reid)

nightlifeNOW – August 29 to September 4

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, August 29 to Wednesday, September 4
St. Peter's on-the-Rock, "the island church" on Stoney Lake, was built in 1914. As part of the church's final summer service at 10:30 a.m. on September 1, 2019, there will be a solemn remembrance of the victims of the boat crash on August 24th that claimed the lives of two 31-year-old men and injured four others. (Photo: Ward Strickland)

Remembrance of victims of tragic Stoney Lake boat crash to be held on Sunday

September 1st service at St. Peter's on-the-Rock will honour lives lost and injured and recognize those who helped during the tragedy.
AC/DC tribute band Salute AC/DC is performing on August 31, 2019 at The Venue in downtown Peterborough, the first in a series of four fundraising concerts presented by opioid advocacy group Ptbo Strong. Three more concerts happen at The Venue in September, when Ptbo Strong will also be launching a coupon booklet featuring more than 40 local restaurants. (Photo: Salute AC/DC / Facebook)

Ptbo Strong launches fundraising concert series on International Overdose Awareness Day

Opioid advocacy group presents AC/DC tribute band Salute AC/DC at The Venue in Peterborough on August 31, with three more fundraisers in September.
Decorated and lit canoes and kayaks fill the two tubs of the Peterborough Lift Lock during the annual Lock & Paddlee event on August 24, 2019. The fourth annual event, presented by the Peterborough Lift Lock National Historic Site of Canada (Parks Canada) in co-operation with The Canadian Canoe Museum, was held in the evening for the first time. (Photo: Justen Soule / Trent-Severn Waterway)

Paddlers light up the Peterborough Lift Lock at fourth annual Lock & Paddle

For the first time ever, August 24 event featured a lighted paddlecraft parade, lighted night-time lockage, and free overnight camping.
Two boats were involved in a night-time crash on August 24, 2019 in Young Bay, located on the far shore in this photo, which shows Crowes Landing at Stoney Lake. (Photo: Wikipedia)

Two men dead after Stoney Lake boat collision on Saturday night

Police recover missing man's body following crash involving six people on two boats.

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