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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.
The 2019 novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease. (Graphic: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Third positive case of COVID-19 confirmed in Peterborough

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Peterborough Public Health says third positive case was woman who had travelled to Florida.
The government-ordered closure of bars and restaurants across Ontario to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 is having a huge economic impact on downtown Peterborough, home to more than 100 eateries. Local economic development organizations Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development, the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area, the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures Peterborough, and the Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas, collectively known as "TeamPTBO", are working together proactively to identify the impact of COVID-19 on the local business sector and possible solutions so that recovery funding from all three levels of government is targeted most effectively. (Photo: Patrick Stephen / Peterborough DBIA)

TeamPTBO preparing now to help the local business community recover from COVID-19

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Local business leaders staying ahead of the curve so Peterborough is ready when financial assistance becomes available.
Medical Officer of Health Dr. Rosana Salvaterra discussing Peterborough's first positive case of COVID-19, a 30-year-old man who developed symptoms a week after returning from Spain and Portugal, during a media conference on March 16, 2020 at Peterborough Public Health. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)

Peterborough Public Health investigating 12 close contacts of city resident diagnosed with COVID-19

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30-year-old man 'has been improving' but those he interacted closely with since returning from Europe are being monitored.
Peterborough native Michelle Shaughnessy, who has had a successful career in stand-up comedy after moving to Toronto at 18 years old, is returning home to headline a dinner and comedy show at BrickHouse Craft Burger Grill in downtown Peterborough on March 21, 2020. Fellow Toronto comedians Joe Vu and Casey Corbin will also be performing. (Photo: Denise Grant)

Peterborough’s Michelle Shaughnessy comes home to headline March 21 comedy show at BrickHouse Craft...

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Fellow Toronto comics Joe Vu and Casey Corbin will share the stage at popular downtown Peterborough restaurant.
Canadian comedian Brent Butt, creator and star of the award-winning CTV "Corner Gas" sitcom, returns to Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough for a stand-up comedy show on March 30, 2020. (Supplied publicity photo, uncredited)

Canadian comedian Brent Butt returns to his happy place on March 30 in Peterborough

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'Corner Gas' creator and star brings his stand-up comedy to Showplace Performance Centre.
Indo-Canadian singer-songwriter Beth Torbert, better known by her stage name Bif Naked, will be performing with her husband Steve "Snake" Allen at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough on March 4, 2020 as part of her Songs And Stories 2020 tour. She will play her punk, pop and alt-rock tunes, including from her upcoming album "Champions", and will be reading excerpts from her 2016 memoir. Toronto singer-songwriter Frank Moyo will be opening. (Photo: Coco & Kensington Photography)

Alt-rocker Bif Naked has truly earned her ‘Survivor’ tattoo

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Singer-songwriter, artist, poet, author, actor, activist, and cancer survivor Beth Torbert performs at the Market Hall in Peterborough on March 4 .
'Peterborough Performs: Musicians Against Homelessness', taking place on March 5, 2020 at Showplace Performance Centre, features 16 musical acts raising funds for United Way Peterborough & District. The event will be emceed by Megan Murphy and Jordan Mercier, with all proceeds going exclusively toward homelessness and shelter-related initiatives undertaken by United Way-supported agencies. (Photo: United Way Peterborough & District)

Homelessness is everybody’s problem … and you can make a difference

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You can help by buying tickets to 'Peterborough Performs: Musicians Against Homelessness', a United Way fundraiser on March 5 at Showplace in Peterborough.
Storyteller Hugh Foley in front of a pub named Foley's in Ireland. During the fourth annual Foley's Irish Pub on March 15, 2020 in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough, Foley will reprise his role as seanchaí (an Irish storyteller) by regaling the audience with tales of Ireland, with Irish music supplied by 4 Front and special guests Fiddlin' Jay Edmunds, Ron Kervin, Bridget Foley, Nancy Towns Trio, Catherine McInnis, Maria O'Grady, and Phil McCann. (Photo courtesy of Theresa Foley)

Celebrate the stories and music of Ireland at Foley’s Irish Pub on March 15

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Seanchaí Hugh Foley and musical performers recreate the atmosphere of a typical Irish pub at Showplace's Nexicom Studio
Circus arts and acrobatics from Trellis Arts and Entertainment (pictured is director and performer Nicole Malbeuf) is one part of the theatrical variety show "Leap 2 The Beat", which takes place on Leap Day (February 29, 2020) at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. The fundraiser for the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, taking place during Heart Month, will also feature dance routines by the Premiere Studio of Dance and vocal performances by Kate Suhr, Danny Bronson, Ty Wilson, Silver Lining, and Theresa Rowland-McMullen. (Photo: Kaylens Photography / kaylens.ca)

Leap 2 The Beat fundraiser on February 29 aims to ‘keep your heart here’

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Multi-discipline variety show at Showplace on Leap Day raising funds for our regional hospital's Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
The 2020 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame inductees were introduced on Wednesday, January 22 at VentureNorth in downtown Peterborough. They are (clockwise from bottom left) Marion Morrison (Best Western Plus Otonabee Inn), Jim Glenn (Glen Isle Farms Limited), Morris Cox (Brant Basics), Haig Kelly (Kelly Fuels), Sanjeev Sukumaran (The Ear Company-Peterborough Audiology), Lisa Dixon (Black Honey Bakery and Café) and Bill and Cora Edgar (Lucky Strike Bait Works). Also to be inducted during the Thursday, May 28 induction ceremony at The Venue is Bill Morrison, Marion's late husband. (Photo: Paul Rellinger / kawarthaNOW.com)

Business Hall of Fame selection committee reveals its 2020 inductees

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Junior Achievement-driven honour bestowed on nine with official induction set for May 28 at The Venue.
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