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Kingston-based folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anthea Feaver, who just released her debut album "Summer's Morning" featuring eight original and two traditional songs, is performing at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: Kerry Jarvis)

nightlifeNOW – October 24 to 30

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
Volunteers with "Porch Pirates for Good" will be driving around Peterborough on October 26, 2024 to collect donated items for Kawartha Food Share that residents leave on their front porches. In the last four years, the Porch Pirates for Good semi-annual food drives have brought in over 165,000 pounds of food and over $15,000 in monetary donations. (Photo: Kawartha Food Share)

Peterborough’s ‘Porch Pirates for Good’ food drive returns October 26

City residents are asked to leave a bag of non-perishable food items on their front porch for Kawartha Food Share.
Through Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region (Habitat PKR), 12 families (including Derrick and his daughter Maelyn, holding the sold sign) have achieved affordable homeownership of units at 21 Leahy's Lane in Peterborough. The non-profit organization held a dedication ceremony on October 20, 2024, that was attended by the families, dignitaries, project partners, and supporters. (Photo courtesy of Habitat PKR)

Habitat for Humanity celebrates completion of Leahy’s Lane development in Peterborough

Final phase of multi-residential development provides 12 families with affordable home ownership at 21 Leahy's Lane.
As well as fire and emergency response, Peterborough Fire Services provides public fire and safety education and fire prevention, investigation, and Fire Code enforcement. (Photo: Peterborough Fire Services)

Peterborough woman facing arson charge following Friday night fire

Tenant at Stewart Street residence accused of setting fire that caused an estimated $200,000 damage.
Police closed County Road 25 between County Road 35 and Concession Road 8 in the Municipality of Trent Hills following a two-vehicle collision just after midnight on October 20, 2024 that claimed the lives of both drivers. (Photo: Northumberland OPP)

Both drivers killed in two-vehicle collision early Sunday morning on County Road 25 north...

41-year-old Douro-Dummer man pronounced dead at the scene, 32-year-old Oshawa woman pronounced dead in hospital.
Peterborough native Sebastian Bach (former frontman of Skid Row and son of late Peterborough artist David Bierk) will rock his hometown with a concert at The Venue on Wednesday night in support of his latest album "Child Within the Man". (Photo via Sebastian Bach / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – October 17 to 23

Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
CUPE's Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and the Ontario Health Coalition launched their Trojan Horse Ontario Tour to protest privatization of hospital surgeries on October 4, 2024 at Queen's Park in Toronto, and will be visiting locations around the province until the end of November. (Photo: OCHU-CUPE)

Trojan horse protest against health care privatization to visit hospitals in Kawarthas region on...

Hospital unions objecting to Ontario government's expanded use of private clinics to deliver publicly funded services including hospital surgeries.
Leisa Way and her Wayward Wind Band (left to right: Bruce Ley, Brant Garratt, Don Reid, Jack Gaughan, and Junior Riggan) will perform the hits of the late Gordon Lightfoot and share stories, facts, and anecdotes about the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter during "Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot," which runs at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon from October 15 to 19, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Leisa Way)

Bobcaygeon’s Globus Theatre presents a musical tribute to the late Gordon Lightfoot from October...

In 'Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot', Leisa Way and her Wayward Wind Band perform legendary songwriter's hits, share stories, and more;
An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police car with lights flashing. (Photo: OPP)

One person seriously injured in three-vehicle collision on Highway 35 north of Cameron

A pickup truck, SUV, and minivan collided just after noon on Saturday.
A mobile phone sitting on a harvest table covered with squash and fall leaves displaying kawarthaNOW's Thanksgiving Monday 2024 holiday hours story. (kawarthaNOW photo)

What’s open and closed on Thanksgiving Monday 2024

Holiday hours for 302 selected businesses, organizations, and services in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg, Port Hope, and across the greater Kawarthas region.

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