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Royal Canadian Falconry at the 2022 Kawartha Fall Festival at Ken Reid Conservation area with Laima, a female American kestrel. The Haliburton-based family-owned small business will return to the second annual festival on September 23, 2023 for a birds of prey demonstration. (Photo: Royal Canadian Falconry / Facebook)

Kawartha Fall Festival returns to Ken Reid Conservation Area near Lindsay on September 23

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Kawartha Conservation's free family event features a birds of prey demonstration, petting and reptile zoo, live entertainment, vendors market, food trucks, and more.
The beach at Sandy Lake in Trent Lakes. (Photo: Michael Hurcomb)

The Beach Report for August 18 to 24, 2023

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Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland, and Hastings and Prince Edward.
Surveillance video of a suspect in an armed robbery of a store on Colborne Street in Fenelon Falls at around 4:30 p.m. on August 17, 2023. (Police-supplied photo)

Police arrest suspect in armed robbery in Fenelon Falls on Thursday

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Raymond Reid is accused of entering Colborne Street store armed with a knife and stealing cigarettes and a victim's cell phone.
In advance of the free weekend music festival at Nichols Oval Park, the Peterborough Folk Festival presents Juno award-winning Ottawa-based blues and roots singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Angelique Francis with special guest, Peterborough's own blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Emily Burgess, performing at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough on Friday night. (Photo: angeliquefrancis.net)

nightlifeNOW – August 17 to 23

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for Peterborough composer and musician Justin Hiscox, who is recovering from a severe infection that may leave him unable to work for weeks or months. (Photo: 4th Line Theatre / Facebook)

GoFundMe set up for Peterborough composer and musician Justin Hiscox

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Known for his work with Millbrook's 4th Line Theatre, Hiscox is recovering from a severe infection that has already taken the toes on one foot.
Ivy Event Space is located at 164 Hunter Street West in downtown Peterborough in the former location of Meta4 Gallery. (Photo courtesy of Ivy Event Space)

Local couple opens Ivy Event Space in downtown Peterborough

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Co-owners Kristina and Aaron Goodwin noticed a gap in local event spaces for certain types of gatherings including children's parties.
Globus Theatre's production of Canadian playright Kristen Da Silva's curling comedy "Hurry Hard" stars (left to right, top and bottom) Dave Pearce, Elana Post, Kevin Sepaul, Alex Furber, and Sarah Quick. The play runs for 11 performances from August 16 to 26, 2023 at the Lakeview Arts Barn in Bobcaygeon. (Supplied collage)

Don’t skip the curling comedy ‘Hurry Hard’ this August at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon

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Kristen Da Silva's award-winning comedy runs for 11 performances from August 16 to 26 at the Lakeview Arts Barn.
Pictured in 2013, Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School (PCVS) closed in 2012 after a year-long fight by students protesting the the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board's decision to close Peterborough's oldest high school. "Give 'Em Hell", a new play that retells the final school year leading up to the closure, will be performed from September 15 to 23, 2023 in the auditorium at Peterborough Alternative and Continuing Education (PACE) in the former PCVS building. (Photo: Pat Trudeau)

Play about student fight to save Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School premieres in September

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Written by Peterborough native Madeleine Brown, 'Give 'Em Hell' runs for six public performances from September 15 to 23 .
On August 15, 2023, Peterborough police chief Stuart Betts announced that 32-year-old William Weir has been arrested for the stabbing death of 27-year-old Jacob Jansen on August 8. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough police video)

Police arrest 32-year-old Peterborough man for August 8th downtown stabbing death

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William Weir charged with first-degree murder in death of 27-year-old Jacob Jansen of Peterborough.
"Waiting and Watching" (watercolour) by Kawartha Lakes artist Judy Jackett, whose work is now on display at the Bobcaygeon branch of the Kawartha Lakes Public Library along with work by photographer Stan Wojtaszek, until the end of January. (Photo: Judy Jackett)

Community art program launched at Bobcaygeon library to support local artists

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Work by Kawartha Lakes artists Judy Jackett and Stan Wojtaszek on display in partnership between Kawartha Lakes Public Library and Kawartha Art Gallery.
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