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Kawartha Lakes Construction general manager Mark Reid and director of construction Ben Reynolds have assumed ownership of the building firm from founder Scott Wootton. The company has also announced expansion plans. (Photo courtesy of Kawartha Lakes Construction)

Lakefield’s Kawartha Lakes Construction is under new ownership

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Employees Mark Reid and Ben Reynolds are taking over the reins from founder Scott Wootton.
A Peterborough police car with lights flashing at night. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Cavan-Monaghan Township teen dies after being struck by vehicle in Peterborough

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Collision happened early Saturday morning in North Monaghan Parkway and Dobbin Road area.
Barb Callander's photo of a pair of curious river otters in a wetland feeding Balsam Lake was the judges' favourite winner in the namesake category of the 2024 Lake Biodiversity Photo Challenge. (Photo: Barb Callander)

Kawartha Lakes woman’s photo selected as judges’ favourite in 2024 Lake Biodiversity Photo Challenge

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Barb Callander is one of eight winners in national competition celebrating lakes across Canada and raising awareness about biodiversity threats.
For the past two years, drummer and harmonica player Al Black (left), along with fellow musicians Rob Foreman and Brandon Humphrey, has been hosting the free blues jam every Sunday afternoon at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough. For the two-year anniversary of the Jethro's Blues Jam this Sunday, Black, Foreman, and Humphrey will come together as the house band along with some special guests. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW)

nightlifeNOW – September 12 to 18

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region.
After he revealed the $1.5 million goal for the United Way Peterborough & District's 2024 community campaign, CEO Jim Russell led a conga line to close out the energetic campaign launch event at Healthy Planet Arena in Peterborough on September 11, 2024. (Photo: United Way Peterborough & District)

United Way Peterborough & District launches $1.5 million community campaign

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'The community need for services is greater than ever': CEO Jim Russell.
This pontoon plane crashed into Catchecoma Lake and sank on September 11, 2024. Witnesses rescued the pilot and passenger who were uninjured. (Police-supplied photo)

No injuries after pontoon plane crashed into Catchecoma Lake in Peterborough County

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Pilot and passenger rescued after plane flipped over when landing and subsequently sank on Wednesday morning.
Camp Kawartha property manager Mike Schmor explains how the non-profit educational organization's new environmentally friendly septic system works during an informational tour at the organization's Douro-Dummer location on September 10, 2024, attended by Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith and representatives from donor organizations including Ontario Trillium Foundation and Williams Wilson Sherport Foundation. The septic system uses the patented Waterloo Biofilter system originally developed at the University of Waterloo. (Photo courtesy of Camp Kawartha)

Camp Kawartha in Douro-Dummer unveils new environmentally friendly wastewater management system

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$150,000 Ontario Trillium Foundation grant helped non-profit educational organization install the Waterloo Biofilter system.
An OPP police car with lights flashing. (Photo: Ontario Provincial Police)

Man dead after vehicle struck by train south of Grafton early Monday morning

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Station Road and railway line were closed for several hours for OPP and CN police investigations.
Frost on the leaves of a plant. (Stock photo)

Frost advisory in effect for northern Kawarthas region Monday night

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Patchy frost is expected into early Tuesday morning with temperatures near the freezing mark.
CBC's popular mystery drama series "Murdoch Mysteries" stars Yannick Bisson (left) as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Photo: Shaftesbury Inc.)

‘Murdoch Mysteries’ returning to shoot in downtown Cobourg from September 10 to 12

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Filming for season 18 of CBC's popular mystery drama series will take place Wednesday and Thursday at Victoria Hall, Victoria Park, and other locations.
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