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Thanks to community donations, including a $50,000 gift from an anonymous donor, GreenUP will be able to begin redevelopment this year of Ecology Park, a popular five-acre showcase of sustainable landscape ideas and resources in Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of GreenUP)

GreenUP receives anonymous donation of $50,000 for redevelopment of Ecology Park

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This gift and other donations means environmental organization can begin building key facilities in 2018.
The Easter Bunny returns to Village Dental Centre in Lakefield on Easter Monday (April 2) for free photos, cookies, beverages, and a prize raffle. (Photo: Village Dental Centre)

What’s new from the Kawartha Chamber of Commerce & Tourism – March 28, 2018

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Featuring Employment Standards Act info session, Chamber summer staff positions, BOSS mental health seminar, Easter Bunny in Lakefield, 2018 Wipper Lecture at Canadian Canoe Museum, and more.
Green waste

Green waste collection in Peterborough begins next week

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Weekly collection begins on April 3 and continues until the last week of November.
Downtown Lindsay

Police release name of pedestrian killed in downtown Lindsay

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68-year-old Christine Hewitt was struck by reversing vehicle on Kent Street West on March 26
Peterborough City Council unanimously endorsed the new logo and tagline for the City of Peteborough after a March 26th presentation by local marketing agency BrandHealth, which developed the new branding. (Graphic: BrandHealth)

Peterborough city council unanimously endorses new “Outside the Ordinary” brand

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BrandHealth presentation convinces council to reverse its original decision rejecting the proposed brand.
Toronto comedians Danny Polishchuk, Ryan Long, and JJ Liberman will perform raunchy stand-up when The Dirty North comes to Peterborough's Market Hall on April 20, 2018. (Photo: Fckonomics podcast)

It’s going to be funny but filthy at Peterborough’s Market Hall

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Toronto comedians JJ Liberman, Ryan Long, and Danny Polishchuk headline x-rated comedy show on April 20.
At its 50th anniversary campaign touchdown event on March 22, 2018 in Lindsay, the United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes announced it has raised $483,222. Invictus games medalist Denise Hepburn, second from right, pictured with executive director Penny Barton Dyke (middle) and United Way staff, shared her journey of overcoming her life-threatening injury at the touchdown event. (Photo courtesy of United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes)

United Way for the City of Kawartha Lakes 50th anniversary campaign raises $483,222

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Invictus games medalist Denise Hepburn spoke at touchdown event on March 22 in Lindsay.
On March 23, 2018, the Ontario government announced $105 million in long-term funding to support the province's horse racing sector and additional supports for smaller racetracks and those experiencing financial shortfalls. The additional funds may help Kawartha Downs in Fraserville, which will lose 85 per cent of its revenue when Shorelines Casinos moves its 450 slot machines to the new casino in Peterborough. (Photo: Kawartha Downs)

businessNOW – March 26, 2018

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Featuring Kawartha Downs, Sullivan's Pharmacy, Innovation Cluster, Favourite Box Co., Summer Company, The Commonwell, and upcoming regional business events.
The James Barker Band consists of James Barker, a native of Woodvile in the City of Kawartha Lakes, along with Taylor Abram, Bobby Martin, and Connor Stephen. (Publicity photo)

James Barker Band wins Juno for Country album of the year

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Award for band fronted by Woodville native handed out at March 24 Juno Gala Dinner & Awards ceremony.
The Canadian Fire Fighters Museum, which launched in Port Hope in 1984, will not open this year. The museum's current Mill Street South building is scheduled to be torn down this spring for excavation and removal of soil contaminated by low-level radioactive waste. The museum will be seeking a new location for its collection of historical firefighting and fire-related artifacts, which have been moved into temporary storage. (Image: Canadian Fire Fighters Museum)

Canadian Fire Fighters Museum in Port Hope won’t be opening this year

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Museum seeks new location after radioactive waste cleanup project forced it to vacate Mill Street site.
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