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Guitar phenom and singer-songwriter Emily Burgess performs with her band (brothers Rico and Marcus Browne on bass and drums) at the Black Horse in Peterborough on Friday, May 11 and at The Arlington Pub in Maynooth on Saturday, May 12. (Photo: Emily Burgess / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – May 10 to 16

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Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, May 10 to Wednesday, May 16.
The Township of Selwyn will be receiving $1,488,400 over five years from the Ontario government to pilot a rural transportation service serving Lakefield (pictured), Ennismore, Curve Lake, and Bridgenorth.

Selwyn Township receives $1.5 million provincial grant to improve rural transportation

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Bancroft and Northumberland also receiving funds from Ontario's Community Transportation Grant Program.
The shelves are stocked at Sweet Competition, a new store in Lakefield that sells a large variety of nostalgic candy, puzzles, board games, vintage soda pop, and more. The store is now open for business, but will have its official grand opening over the Victoria Day Weekend. (Photo: Sweet Competition / Facebook)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – May 9, 2018

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Featuring new member Sweet Competition in Lakefield, Peterborough-Kawartha all-candidates meeting, Abbeyfield fundraiser success, and more.
Voting in an election

Your guide to the 2018 Ontario general election in the Kawarthas

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Changes to electoral districts including maps, list of candidates, and upcoming all-candidate meetings and debates.
B!KE, a non-profit organization in downtown Peterborough supporting cycling, was vandalized in April 2018. Police have arrested and charged a 17-year-old Peterborough youth. (Photo coutesy of B!KE)

Police arrest teen for vandalism at Peterborough community bike shop

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Walls and bikes at B!KE were spray painted, causing $10,000 in damage.
A view of Balsam Lake in the City of Kawartha Lakes. (Photo: Balsam Lake Association / Facebook)

Fuel oil spill contaminates water in southern section of Balsam Lake

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Residents who draw water from South Bay section urged to use bottled water instead.
Kawartha Settlers' Village in Bobcaygeon is one of four attractions in the Kawarthas that are finalists in the 2018 Ontario's Choice Awards. Lang Pioneer Village in Keene, Ganaraska Treetop Trekking in Campbellcroft, and Westben Theatre in Campbellford are also finalists. You can vote for these and your other favourite attractions until the end of September, with the winners announced in October. (Photo: Kawartha Settlers' Village)

businessNOW – May 7, 2018

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Featuring local Ontario's Choice Awards finalists, Milltown Mini Golf, Random Acts of Green, Starter Company participants, Hampton Inn and Suites by Hilton Peterborough, and upcoming business events.
On May 6, 2018, 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron from CFB Trenton rescued two people stranded on an island in Crowe River south of Cordova Lake near Havelock, Ontario. (Photo: 8 Wing Trenton / 424 Squadron)

Watch this dramatic helicopter rescue of a couple stranded on an island

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Toronto-area man and woman swam to island in Crowe River north of Havelock after their canoe was capsized by turbulent water.
The sign at the now-closed Moondance at 425 George Street North being taken home. It will be displayed in Pappas Billiards at 407 George Street North. (Photo: Moondance Music)

Iconic Moondance sign will have a new home at Pappas Billiards

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Owner Mike Taveroff closed Canada's oldest independent record store on April 28.
The May 4, 2018 wind storm in southern Ontario caused significant damage including downed trees, damaged roofs, and broken or leaning hydro poles, including this one at Sherbrooke and Aylmer streets in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Wendy Gibson)

Extreme wind storm causes extensive damage

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Wind gusts up to 120kph leave thousands of people in the Kawarthas without power.
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