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    • After being called by a person moving to Peterborough who said they were being asked by the mover they hired to pay more money or else the delivery would not be completed, police arrived on the scene and arrested and charged the Toronto driver of this truck with multiple offences including fraud. (Photo: Peterborough County OPP)

      Toronto man facing multiple charges in connecting with moving scam

      Flames engulf the Arrowsmith School building at 366 Parkhill Avenue East in Peterborough in the early morning of July 14, 2025. (Photo: David Horwood)

      Arrowsmith School building on Parkhill Avenue East in Peterborough devastated by…

      Robert Gauvreau (right) of Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory in Peterborough with representatives from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peterborough and the Kawartha Haliburton Children's Foundation and a local student celebrating the results of the 2024 "Gear Up for Good" campaign. The annual back-to-school initiative, which returns for its fourth year in 2025, provides under-served children with school essentials. (Photo: Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory)

      Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory in Peterborough kicks off ‘Gear Up…

      A hazy sunset in Haliburton County on July 13, 2025 caused by westerly winds bringing smoke from forest fires over northern Ontario to the region. (Photo: Jeannine Taylor / kawarthaNOW)

      Smoke from northern Ontario forest fires causing poor air quality in…

      With support from the United Way Peterborough & District and Peterborough Public Health, the Basic Income Peterborough Network is hosting the "Hope Festival" on Saturday, July 26 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Millennium Park on Water Street in Peterborough. (Graphic: Basic Income Peterborough Network)

      Basic Income Peterborough Network to host ‘Hope Festival’ at Millennium Park…

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    • Two months before they are set to release their 14th studio album, Canadian alt-rockers Sloan will perform a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 16, 2025. (Photo via Sloan website)

      Set to release their 14th studio album in September, Sloan performs…

      "After the Storm", an oil painting by Buckhorn artist Michael Dumas that depicts a Canadian Lynx in an environment affected by climate change, won the Artists for Conservation Seerey-Lester Award of Excellence in 2024. "Of Light and Life" is a retrospective exhibition of five decades of Dumas' work at the Minden Hills Cultural Centre's Agnes Jamieson Gallery from July 17 to September 13, 2025, with an opening reception featuring the artist on Saturday, July 19. (Photo courtesy of Michael Dumas)

      Renowned Buckhorn wildlife artist Michael Dumas to hold solo retrospective exhibition…

      Singer-songwriter Steven Page will perform a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 12, 2025, featuring songs from his solo career as well as selected tunes from his time with Barenaked Ladies. (Photo: David Bergman)

      Steven Page’s tale of two fine music careers gets its due…

      Singer-songwriter Sarah Jayne Riley is kicking off her summer tour with a hometown show at Sadleir House in Peterborough on Friday night, with Mary-Kate Edwards and Drea Lake opening. (Photo: Tim Leyes)

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      Audience members will be challenged to figure out which of six characters is a murderer in Globus Theatre's "Murder at the Blue Moon Saloon," a Western-theme murder mystery dinner experience written and directed by Globus artistic director Sarah Quick and running at Globus Theatre for nine performances from July 16 to July 26, 2025. The six characters will be played by (from left to right, top and bottom) Kerry Griffin, Jennine Profeta, Kevin Sepaul, Calvin Rea, Jack Copland, and Carly Poole. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

      Will you solve the ‘Murder at the Blue Moon Saloon’ at…

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    • Brenda Whitehead, pictured in October 2024, has been appointed the new president and CEO of the Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce effective August 5, 2025. (Photo: Port Hope and District Chamber of Commerce / Facebook)

      Brenda Whitehead is the new president and CEO of the Peterborough…

      Rob Arkell, mission leader of Wild Rock Outfitters' initiative, stands outside the downtown Peterborough outdoor retailer to promote the trade-in and resale program. A business member of GreenUP's Green Economy Peterborough, Wild Rock is embracing the concept of a circular economy. (Photo: Jeff Faulds / Wild Rock Outfitters)

      Too good to waste: how outdoor retailers have embraced the smart…

      Phil Smith, owner of the River's Edge on Front in Hastings, is one of 19 entrepreneurs in Northumberland County who are collectively receiving $44,500 in micro grants through Starter Company Growth Program, administered by the Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland (BECN) with funding from the Ontario government. (Photo: BECN)

      Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland awards 19 area businesses with $44,500…

      Executive Director Devon Girard speaks with her team at Community Futures Peterborough, which has announced its participation in CANtrade™, a new flexible loan program that will support established for-profit businesses in the City of Peterborough and Peterborough County in adapting to trade uncertainty. The program offers loans from $5,000 to $150,000 with reduced interest rates, interest-only payments for the first six months, and repayment terms are available up to 60 months with no penalties for prepayments. (Photo courtesy of Community Futures Peterborough)

      New CANtrade™ loan program now available from Community Futures Peterborough to…

      Community Futures Peterborough's executive director Devon Girard speaks to the audience at the economic development organization's annual general meeting on June 26, 2025 at Farmhill Weddings in Keene. The economic development organization is celebrating 40 years of providing financing and advice and support to small businesses in the city and county of Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Community Futures Peterborough)

      Community Futures Peterborough celebrates its 40-year impact and legacy of supporting…

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    • A view of Victoria Beach on Lake Ontario in Cobourg. (Photo courtesy of Linda McIlwain)

      The Beach Report for July 11 to 17, 2025

      Vintage and classic cars and motorcycles will be on display at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene during the 28th annual Transportation Day Car & Motorcycle Show on July 13, 2025. (Photo: Heather Doughty Photography)

      Explore vintage and classic cars and motorcycles at Lang Pioneer Village…

      Victoria Park Beach in Cobourg. (Photo: Town of Cobourg)

      The Beach Report for July 4 to 10, 2025

      The lineup for the Movies at the Park free outdoor movie series, running every Tuesday evening from July 8 to August 12 at Quaker Foods City Square in downtown Peterborough. The series is presented by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) with sponsorship by the City of Peterborough and local businesses. (kawarthaNOW collage)

      Movies at the Park in downtown Peterborough launches on Tuesday with…

      Peterborough community orchard stewards Lynn Jondreville and Ray Jordan plant a pear tree at the Dominion Park orchard. New trees planted in local orchards in the spring, including plum, cherry and pear, replaced some damaged by rabbits and also expanded on the existing apple varieties. (Photo: Laura Keresztesi / GreenUP)

      Community orchards in Peterborough plant roots and resilience

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