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Emergency road closed

Two people seriously injured in crash on Highway 28 at Centre Road in Douro-Dummer

Occupants of car struck by truck were airlifted to trauma centres.
The 17th annual Kawartha Rotary Ribfest runs from July 12 to 14, 2019 at Millennium Park in downtown Peterborough. The event is a fundraiser for Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

17th annual Rotary Ribfest returns to Millennium Park in downtown Peterborough this weekend

Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha family-friendly fundraiser features local and out-of-town food and drink vendors and live music.
Police tape

Haliburton man arrested and charged with second-degree murder

58-year-old Robert Ferguson charged with second-degree murder of 29-year-old Dylan Robert Dahlke
Hot thermometer with bright sun

Heat warning remains in effect for the Kawarthas for Saturday

Heat and humidity on Sunday should lessen as cold front moves in Saturday evening.
A view of Victoria Beach on Lake Ontario in Cobourg. (Photo courtesy of Linda McIlwain)

The Beach Report for July 5 to 11, 2019

Water quality testing results for beaches in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Northumberland
Taylor Esch and Kieran Northbound, two members of Kitchener acoustic band The Oldest Man I Know, bring their high-energy punk-inspired folk music to The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Tuesday, July 9th. (Photo: The Oldest Man I Know)

nightlifeNOW – July 4 to 10

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, July 4 to Wednesday, July 10.
This year, don't let your green food scraps go to waste. Register for the Kitchen to Compost program and City of Peterborough staff will deliver and install a composter in your backyard. New this year, the program includes a countertop food scrap container for holding your veggie scraps until you take them out to your backyard unit. (Photo: Karen Halley)

Want to reduce household waste? Give backyard composting a try

Kitchen to Compost program for Peterborough residents will deliver and install a composter and provide a countertop bin.
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.

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