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Susan Kingfisher models wearable art by Kerri Niemi at last year's Runway Challenge. Max's Cabaret presents the 2018 Runway Challenge and Wearable Art Musical Revue, a fundraiser for Public Energy, at The Mount Community Centre in Peterborough on Saturday, October 27th. (Photo: Wayne Eardley)

Fashion meets art at Max’s Cabaret fundraiser for Public Energy on October 27

Runway Challenge and Wearable Art Musical Revue takes place at The Mount in Peterborough.
Bridgenorth filmmaker Adriano Ferreri's daughter Rosa in her first lead role as Niamh in Adriano's debut feature film "E.M.P. 333 Days", a thriller about what happens after an electromagnetic pulse sends North America into anarchy. Almost three years in the making, the film screens at the Market Hall in Peterborough on October 25, 2018 before heading down to a couple of film festivals in the U.S. (Photo: Ferreri Films)

Locally produced feature film ‘E.M.P. 333 Days’ screens at Market Hall on October 25

Adriano Ferreri's debut thriller heading to U.S. film festivals in November.
32-year-old Diane Therrien is the new Mayor-elect of Peterborough. (Photo: Diane Therrien / Facebook)

Diane Therrien elected as Mayor of Peterborough

32-year-old former city councillor defeats incumbent Daryl Bennett in a landslide.
2018 municipal election results for Peterborough and the Kawarthas

Municipal election results for Peterborough and the Kawarthas

Unofficial results for the City and County of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Cobourg, Port Hope, and more.
Roger Neilson Public School principal Denise Humphries (right) cuts the ribbon on the Rotary Buddy Bench as Nate Loch, Rotarian Donna Geary, and Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha president Brian Prentice look on. Geary and her son Nate initiated the Rotary Buddy Bench program in Peterborough last year, donating a bench to St. Catherine's Catholic Elementary School in Peterborough. (Photo: Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha)

Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha donates another ‘buddy bench’ to a local school

Bench is designed to reduce loneliness and foster friendships on the playground
Halifax-born singer-songwriter Leanne Hoffman from Exeter performs with Kenora singer-songwriter Brooklyn Doran at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, October 24th. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – October 18 to 24

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, October 18 to Wednesday, October 24.
Brant Basics founder Morris Cox (second from left, pictured in 2013 with his children and current Brant owners Jeff Cox, David Cox, and Susan Sharp) was named the Business Citizen of the Year at the Peterborough Business Excellence Awards ceremony at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 17, 2018. (Photo: Pat Trudeau)

Brant Basics founder Morris Cox named 2018 Business Citizen of the Year

20 awards handed out to more than 50 businesses and people at Peterborough Business Excellence Awards ceremony at Showplace
Hppenstance Books & Yarns in Lakefield, pictured below in a painting by local artist Marilyn Goslin, is one of 27 finalists in the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism's 2018 Awards of Excellence, which will be presented on Thursday, November 8th at Lakefield College School.

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – October 17, 2018

Featuring Awards of Excellence finalists, live auction sneak peek, Canadian Chamber of Commerce survey, upcoming events, and more.
The 11th annual Beaver Club Gala, held at The Canadian Canoe Museum on October 13, 2018, has raised $110,000 for educational programming for children and youth at the museum. (Photo: The Canadian Canoe Museum)

Annual Beaver Club Gala raises $110,000 for The Canadian Canoe Museum

Proceeds will support educational programming for children and youth at the museum,
Kawartha Lakes OPP are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the GMC Sierra pick-up truck and two suspects, the female driver and male passenger, shown in these photos. (Supplied photos)

Police release photos of two suspects in Fenelon Falls thefts

Suspects' pick-up truck eluded police during a chase in Bobcaygeon on October 14.

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