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On December 15, 2023, the City of Peterborough will host a lighting ceremony for a 35-foot-tall local spruce tree installed on November 30 in Quaker Foods City Square in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Treescape Certified Arborists / Facebook)

City of Peterborough hosting tree-lighting ceremony at Quaker Foods City Square on Friday

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As the Peterborough Singers perform seasonal songs, Mayor Jeff Leal will flip the switch at 5:30 p.m. to illuminate the 35-foot-tall local spruce tree.
Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal addressing city council during the meeting on December 11, 2023 that saw the city's 2024 budget approved. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of City of Peterborough livestream)

Peterborough city council approves 2024 budget with 7% residential property tax hike

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Original draft budget had proposed a 10% tax hike, reduced to 7.38% after finance committee deliberations.
Snow plow on highway during snow squall

Snow squall watch in effect for much of Kawarthas region Tuesday night and Wednesday

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Locally heavy snowfall with reduced visibility and total amounts of 10 to 25 cm expected.
Holiday Shopping Passport early bird winner Tony Jeffery (left) celebrates his win with Andrew Damiany, owner of Gentry Apparel at 377 George Street North, where Jeffery completed his winning passport. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

Tony Jeffery receives $500 reward for shopping local in downtown Peterborough

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Holiday Shopping Passport $500 early bird draws continue on December 13 and 20, with $1,500 grand prize draw on January 10.
Peterborough police car. (Photo: Peterborough Police Service)

Peterborough police issue warning after man followed and accosted woman on Saturday

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Woman was walking her dog in Euclid and Trent streets area when man driving black SUV approached her.
On August 11, 2023, a 28-year-old man driving a Jeep Cherokee fled police before crashing the vehicle into a pole at Chemong Road and Towerhill Road, exiting the vehicle while carrying a gun, and entering the Peterborough Volkswagen dealership where he assaulted an employee and held them hostage when police arrived. The man, later determined to be suffering from acute mental illness, began drinking automotive fluids after police tried to get him to drop his gun and later died. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of video by Barry Killen)

Ontario’s police watchdog clears Peterborough police officer in August armed stand-off at car dealership

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A 28-year-old man who had entered the dealership with a gun and took an employee hostage later died after ingesting automotive fluids.
Police released this photo of the scene of a fatal collision between a pickup truck and a car on Dominion Road in Warkworth on December 8, 2023. The occupants of the car, which included two people from Hastings in their 70s and their family pet, died as a result of the collision. (Photo: Northumberland OPP)

Two people in their 70s and their family pet dead after two-vehicle collision in...

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Collision between their car and a pickup truck happened on Dominion Road early Friday afternoon.
The Ontario government and the Ontario Trillium Foundation have provided $396,100 in capital funding to Five Counties Children's Centre to help develop an outdoor accessible backyard space at the centre's Cobourg location. Pictured are Five Counties Children's Centre CEO Scott Pepin, Ontario Trillium Foundation representative Elaine Sheppard, Northumberland-Peterborough South MPP David Piccini, Northumberland County Early Years Service Manager Lesley Patterson, and Cobourg Mayor Lucas Cleveland. (Photo courtesy of Five Counties Children's Centre)

Five Counties Children’s Centre receives almost $400,000 in funding for its Northumberland Backyard Project

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Ontario government and the Ontario Trillium Foundation have each provided capital grants to the organization serving children with special needs.
The City of Kawartha Lakes' municipal heritage committee honoured Boyd Heritage Museum (pictured is chair Barb McFadzen), author Sara Walker-Howe, Paulette Sopoci of Primrose Hill Manor, and the Manvers Township Historical Society (pictured is president Teresa Jordan) with the 2023 Osprey Heritage Awards at City Hall in Lindsay on December 7, 2023. (Photo courtesy of City of Kawartha Lakes)

City of Kawartha Lakes honours local stewards of community heritage with Osprey Heritage Awards

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Award recipients include Sara Walker-Howe, Manvers Township Historical Society, Paulette Sopoci of Primrose Hill Manor, and Boyd Heritage Museum.
Hailing from a long lineage of storytellers and musicians in Prince Edward Island, singer-songwriter and guitarist Shane Pendergast is keeping the Maritime folk tradition alive. He performs at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Saturday evening. (Promotional photo)

nightlifeNOW – December 7 to 13

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Featuring live music listings at pubs and restaurants in Peterborough and the greater Kawarthas region
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