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Paul Rellinger a.k.a Relly is an award-winning journalist and longtime former newspaper editor still searching for the perfect lead. When he's not putting pen to paper, Paul is on a sincere but woefully futile quest to own every postage stamp ever issued. A rabid reader of history, Paul claims to know who killed JFK but can't say out of fear for the safety of his oh so supportive wife Mary, his three wonderful kids and his three spirited grandchildren. Paul counts among his passions Peterborough's rich live music scene, the Toronto Maple Leafs, slopitch and retrieving golf balls from the woods. You can follow Paul on Twitter at @rellywrites.
Peterborough native Pat Rees, a singer-songwriter now based in Ottawa, has organized the "Songs For A Stronger Tomorrow" benefit concert for addiction and mental health services provided by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge on June 28, 2025 at 100 Acre Brewing Co. in Peterborough. (Photo: Pat Rees website)

‘Songs For A Stronger Tomorrow’ on June 28 to raise funds for addiction and...

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Benefit concert at 100 Acre Brewing Co. sees Peterborough native and musician Pat Rees call on personal experience to give back.
Particles of polystyrene foam "snow" along the Rotary trail in Peterborough's East City are the result of contractors sanding insulated concrete forms (ICF) being used in the construction of a six-storey building just north of Robinson Street where Megan Boyles lives. Boyles says the particles have been blown on her property as well as throughout the immediate neighbourhood. (Photo: Megan Boyles)

Accumulating styrofoam ‘snow’ from Peterborough construction site has resident demanding mitigation measures

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Sanding of building exterior the culprit in what East City resident Megan Boyles calls 'a blatant disregard for the health of our environment'.
Actors Julia Scaringi, Kiana Bromley, and Jay Davis perform a scene from "The Housekeeper" at a media day hosted by 4th Line Theatre on June 18, 2025 at the Winslow Farm in Millbrook. The fourth in a series about the Barnardo children written by Robert Winslow and Ian McLachlan, the play runs for 14 performances from July 1 to 19. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography for kawarthaNOW)

Millbrook’s 4th Line Theatre opens its 2025 season with world premiere of ‘The Housekeeper’

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Starring Julia Scaringi and Jay Davis, Robert Winslow and Ian McLachlan's play set in 1955 Millbrook runs from July 1 to 19 at the Winslow Farm.
encoreNOW for June 16, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) the Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival with Songs from Gichi-Gamiing featuring Baabii & Friends among other shows at the Peterborough Theatre Guild, The Salt Cellars at Havelock Stone Hall, Globus Theatre's production of Norm Foster's "Come Down From Up River" in Bobcaygeon, Serena Ryder opening Peterborough Musicfest, Lighthouse at Westben in Campbellford, and Julia Scaringi and Jay Davis in the world premiere of "The Housekeeper" at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – June 16, 2025

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Featuring the Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival, The Salt Cellars, Globus Theatre, Serena Ryder at Peterborough Musicfest, Lighthouse, and 4th Line Theatre.
Sarah McNeilly, the sole director of Northcrest Neighbours for Fair Process (NNFP) Ltd., spoke to a crowd outside of Peterborough city hall on June 9, 2025 during the "Rally for Integrity" in support of councillors Alex Bierk and Joy Lachica (pictured with councillor Keith Riel), who the city's integrity commissioner found were intimidated and bullied by Mayor Jeff Leal. McNeilly spoke about NNFP's legal challenge against Leal's use of strong mayor powers to expedite the development of Brock Mission's proposed six-storey transitional housing building by exempting it from site plan requirements. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

‘I’m not afraid of this mayor’: Sarah McNeilly launches GoFundMe to support legal fight...

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The city has asked a judge to hold the Peterborough resident, the representative for Northcrest Neighbours for Fair Process Ltd., personally liable for court costs.
Some of the signs held by a crowd of around 75 people attending the "Rally for Integrity" outside of Peterborough City Hall on June 9, 2025, urging city councillors to hold Mayor Jeff Leal to account for breaching council's code of conduct by intimidating councillor Alex Bierk and then bullying councillor Joy Lachica as reported by the city's integrity commissioner. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

‘Rally for Integrity’ urged Peterborough councillors to penalize Mayor Jeff Leal for two code...

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City hall rally was held prior to Monday's council meeting, when councillors voted 6-4 to ratify their June 2 vote not to penalize the mayor.
A rendering of TVM Group's proposed 17-storey residential-commercial building at 90 Hunter Street East beside Mark Street United Church in Peterborough's East City, which includes a four-storey parking garage. If approved by the city, the building would be the tallest in Peterborough, although a 30-storey apartment building is being proposed by another developer on the other side of the Hunter Street bridge behind the Peterborough County building. (Graphic: RAW Design Inc.)

‘Intensification has been directed by the city’ developer says as backlash to proposed 17-storey...

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Zoning by-law amendment for 205-unit residential-commercial building at 90 Hunter St. E. in Peterborough will be subject of a public meeting.
Whiskey Jack in 1977, featuring Duncan Fremlin, Mac Pulling, Rocky Hill, and Peterborough's own John Hoffman. Hoffman, who co-founded the band with Fremlin, will join Whiskey Jack for a few numbers at Peterborough's Air Force Association Hall on June 8, 2025 during the "CBC TV Country Music Stars" show, which also features Donna Ramsay and LeRoy Anderson, who spent 17 years performing weekly on CBC's "The Tommy Hunter Show". (Photo courtesy of Duncan Fremlin)

CBC TV Country Music Stars shine bright June 8 at Peterborough’s Air Force Club

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Local connections abound as Whiskey Jack and John Hoffman reunite for music showcase also featuring Donna and LeRoy of 'The Tommy Hunter Show'.
encoreNOW for May 19, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) Skydiggers at Peterborough's Market Hall, Peterborough Symphony Orchestra at Emmanuel United Church, O Canada! benefit concert at Lindsay's Academy Theatre, Trent Valley Archives Theatre's "Crossing Over" at Peterborough's Market Hall, Globus Theatre's "Desperate to be Doris" in Bobcaygeon, and Kyle Golemba's "Handsome but Charmless" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – May 19, 2025

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Skydiggers in concert at Market Hall, a Canadian music celebration at Lindsay's Academy Theatre, a tribute to the Peter Robinson emigrants from Trent Valley Archives, and more.
William Prince, Steven Page, and Sloan are three of the musical acts performing free-admission concerts during the 38th season of Peterborough Musicfest, which runs from June 28 to August 16, 2025. (kawarthaNOW collage)

William Prince, Steven Page, and Sloan among performers at Peterborough Musicfest this summer

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Four more concerts are still to be announced, along with the lineup of local musicians to be featured on the new Future Sounds Stage.
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