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Professor, businesswoman, and Rotarian Donna Geary has passed away at the age of 59. She was a friend of kawarthaNOW publisher Jeannine Taylor, who took this photo of Geary at the official opening of the Rotary outdoor adult gym at Beavermead Park in Peterborough on June 13, 2018. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough community mourns the sudden passing of Donna Geary

Professor and businesswoman will be especially remembered for her work with the Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha.
Thermometer showing high temperatures

Hot and humid weather in the Kawarthas forecast for Thursday and Friday

Humidex values will be in high 30s, heat and humidity will break for the weekend.
Hajni Hõs is leaving her position as executive director of New Canadians Centre Peterborough to become the new executive director of Hospice Peterborough. (Photo: Heather Doughty / Inspire: The Women's Portrait Project)

businessNOW – July 2, 2019

Featuring New Canadians Centre and Hospice Peterborough, Lindsay cannabis production facility, GreenUP, Cambium, Solid Leather, and more.
Lindsay Transit is offering a new Sunday service to residents effective July 7, 2019. (Photo courtesy City of Kawartha Lakes)

Lindsay Transit to offer Sunday service beginning July 7

New 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. service one of several transit enhancements in City of Kawartha Lakes.
Find out what went on behind the closed doors of 19th-century settlers when Lang Pioneer Village presents "Bedrooms and Backwoods: Secrets of the Village at Night", a special romance-inspired event taking place on July 6, 2019 (National Kissing Day) at the living history museum in Keene. (Photo courtesy of Lang Pioneer Village)

Experience the romantic life of 19th-century settlers at Lang Pioneer Village on July 6

'Bedrooms and Backwoods: Secrets of the Village at Night' takes place on National Kissing Day.
Muskoka chairs beside lake with Canadian flag in background

What’s open and closed on Canada Day 2019

Holiday hours for 265 selected businesses, organizations, and services across the Kawarthas.
4th Line Theatre stages as many as 42 outdoor performances every summer at the Winslow Farm in Millbrook. The theatre company is concerned that a proposed ATV route along Zion Lion will disrupt live performances and also create traffic and safety issues. (Photo: 4th Line Theatre / Facebook)

4th Line Theatre in Millbrook concerned about proposed ATV route running beside Winslow Farm

Outdoor theatre says noise and traffic of ATVs on Zion Lion would threaten company's viability.
The beach at Sandy Lake in Trent Lakes. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

The Beach Report for June 28 to July 4, 2019

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland.
Kawartha Lakes husband-and-wife indie folk duo Sly Violet (Violet Clarke and Sly Boston) are performing an afternoon show on Canada Day at The Cow & Sow Eatery in Fenelon Falls. (Photo: Sly Violet)

nightlifeNOW – June 27 to July 3

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, June 27 to Wednesday, July 3.
Cambium president and CEO John Desbiens (left) speaks at Community Futures Peterborough's annual general meeting on June 27, 2019, where it was announced that the Peterborough-based consulting and engineering company Cambium has won the inaugural ignite100 enterpreneurial competition. The prize is a $100,000 loan, interest-free for the first three years with no payments for the first year. (Photo: Mike Skinner / Twitter)

Cambium wins Community Future Peterborough’s inaugural ignite100 entrepreneurial competition

Peterborough consulting and engineering firm wins a $100,000 loan, interest free for first three years.

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