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    • At a media event on August 14, 2025, the Rotary Club of Peterborough unveiled conceptual plans for a $1.5-million accessible playground at Riverview Park and Zoo in partnership with the zoo. Rotary has launched a community campaign called Project ROAR to raise funds for the new Rotary Accessible Playground, which is its latest legacy project. (Rendering: Basterfield & Associates Landscape Architects)

      Rotary Club of Peterborough unveils plans for a $1.5-million accessible playground…

      In a region classified as experiencing high to extreme fire risk, Northumberland County is reminding all who frequent the Northumberland County Forest to take every precaution necessary to prevent sparks that might ignite a fire, including from cigarette butts and engines. Pictured is a prescribed burn in April 2015 in the red pine plantation south of the Beagle Club Road parking lot to reduce fuel (pine needles) and prepare the site for ongoing restoration and conversion from a red pine plantation to oak forest. (Photo: Northumberland County Forest / Facebook)

      Northumberland County urges county forest visitors to exercise ‘extreme caution’ amid…

      Crews fighting the HAL019 fire east of Burnt River in Kawartha Lakes. By the end of the day on August 13, 2025, the fire's status had been upgraded from "out of control" to "being held," which means fire crews have established a boundary around the fire and are confident the fire will not escape that boundary. (Photo: City of Kawartha Lake

      Two of three wildland fires in Kawarthas now ‘being held’ with…

      An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) boat in the water. (Photo: OPP)

      33-year-old man drowned in Lake Dalrymple in Kawartha Lakes on Tuesday…

      Peterborough County-City Paramedics, Peterborough County, and the Otonabee-South Monaghan Fire Department have launched a public awareness campaign called "Love Your Number." The campaign reminds residents, especially those in rural and seasonal areas, to ensure their civic/9-1-1 address sign is clear and well-maintained so emergency responders can easily see it from the road. (Photo: Peterborough County)

      Peterborough County launches campaign to remind residents to keep civic address…

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    • In advance of the free festival weekend at Nicholls Oval Park, the Peterborough Folk Festival is presenting Ottawa indie rocker Nixon Boyd (guitarist with Hollerado) at The John at Sadleir House in downtown Peterborough on Friday night with VanCamp and I, The Mountain opening. (Photo: Adam Crosby)

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      Canadian rocker Kim Mitchell will perform songs from his solo career and his former band Max Webster during a free-admission concert at Del Crary Park on August 16, 2025, closing out Peterborough Musicfest's 38th season. (Photo: Al Pettman)

      Kim Mitchell closes out Peterborough Musicfest’s 38th season on Saturday night

      Vinnie Alberto as Nolan, Dillan Meighan Chiblow (standing) as Leon, and John Wamsley as Destin in the original musical Rez Gas, co-written by Alderville First Nation singer-songwriter Cale Crowe and Cobourg playwright and actor Genevieve Adam, which has its world premiere at the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope for 18 performances from August 22 to September 7, 2025. (Photo: Sam Moffatt)

      Cale Crowe’s original musical ‘Rez Gas’ has its world premiere at…

      For the second year in a row, the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra is partnering with the Peterborough Field Naturalists to combine music and nature at Tecasy Ranch in Trent Hills in Peterborough County. On September 6, 2025, field guides will walk participants through an easy forested trail walk that will be interspersed with ensembles of music performances. Pictured are Jaye Marsh on flute and Jennifer Burford on violin during the inaugural event in 2024. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Symphony Orchestra)

      Music and nature come together during the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra’s second…

      encoreNOW for August 11, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) "Shirley Valentine" at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon, the Peterborough Folk Festival at Nicholls Oval Park in Peterborough, the Buckhorn Festival of the Arts at the Buckhorn Community Centre, Kerry Griffin and Linda Kash at the Jalynn Bennett Amphitheatre at Traill College in Peterborough, the Port Hope Jazz Festival at various venues in Port Hope, and "Rez Gas" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre. (kawarthaNOW collage)

      encoreNOW – August 11, 2025

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    • The graduates of the Summer Company program administered by the Business Advisory Centre (BAC) of Community Futures Peterborough (CFP) were celebrated at an event on August 13, 2025 at Venture North in downtown Peterborough. The graduates (holding certificates) are, left to right, Bisma Razaque, Neha Mervin, Spencer Toth, and Lauren Connolly (absent are Haydon Meade and Teaghan Hartnett). Also pictured from left to right are Joel Porter on behalf of Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith, BAC entrepreneurship officer Allison Adam, Peterborough DBIA executive director Nour Mazloum, BAC manager Rose Terry, City of Peterborough economic development director Darryl Julott, CFP executive director Devon Girard (hidden), Peterborough County economic development manager Rhonda Keenan, and Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce vice-president Joel Wiebe. (Photo courtesy of Community Futures Peterborough)

      Six young entrepreneurs graduate from Community Futures Peterborough’s Summer Company program

      English Islands, an AI-powered reading platform that boosts literacy by giving real-time feedback as students read aloud and tracking performance gains, is one of the 21 tech companies participating in the fall 2025 cohort of the Innovation Cluster's LevelUP business accelerator program for Ontario-based growth-stage companies in the hard and soft technology sectors whose products have reached the minimum viable product (MVP) stage and beyond. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of English Islands video)

      Innovation Cluster in Peterborough announces 21 tech companies chosen for fall…

      One of the young people who participated in the youth entrepreneurship showcase at Staples in Cobourg in 2024. The showcase returns in 2025 on Wednesday, August 13 featuring youth participants from both the My Future My Career program and the Summer Company Program offered by Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland (BECN). Some of the young entrepreneurs from the two programs will also be selling their products at the Cobourg Farmers' Market on Saturday, August 23. (Photo: BECN)

      Young entrepreneurs in Northumberland County will be showcased at Staples in…

      According to Experts in Residence at the Innovation Cluster, tech entrepreneurs facing difficulty growing or repeating sales for their small and medium-sized enterprises might need to shift their mindset to solving the customer's problem instead of pitching features and products. The Innovation Cluster offers workshops, bootcamps, and mentorships to help tech entrepreneurs develop the skills needed to grow and repeat sales. (Photo courtesy of the Innovation Cluster)

      How tech entrepreneurs can achieve growing and repeatable sales

      Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8) is hosting the first-ever Kawarthas Northumberland regional tourism summit on October 21, 2025 in Port Hope. The summit, held in partnership with Northumberland County, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough County, and the City of Peterborough, will bring together tourism operators and industry partners from across the Kawarthas Northumberland region to explore key opportunities and challenges shaping tourism. (Photo courtesy of RTO8)

      Regional Tourism Organization 8 announces inaugural Kawarthas Northumberland regional tourism summit…

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

      The Beach Report for August 8 to 14, 2025

      Jonathon Armstrong, GreenUP native plant nursery assistant, waters a young tree at Ecology Park. There are many tips for proper tree-watering during hot, dry weather, such as watering at the drip line at least two to three times a week. (Photo: Hayley Goodchild / GreenUP)

      How to save young trees in Peterborough during the hot, dry…

      Clean Up Peterborough founder Steve Paul went through two bags of plastic, collected during spring clean-ups organized by the grassroots volunteer environmental group, to identify the different types of plastics used. Pictured are items made of #5 plastic, also known as polypropylene. Despite being accepted by curbside recycling programs, #5 plastic is one of the least recycled plastics in Canada, with estimates showing less than five per cent ever gets recycled. Paul is planning a new micro-recycling and makerspace initiative called Second Nature Studio that will initially make use of #5 plastic before expanding to include other plastics. (Photo: Steve Paul)

      Clean Up Peterborough building a local list of common items made…

      Schoolyard greening projects led by GreenUP include playful, hands-on, educational opportunities for students to plant trees, shrubs, and fruit at their school. As part of the "Reconciling with the Land" initiative, students at St. John Catholic Elementary School in Peterborough were eager to work as a class, adding compost and mulch to areas where they planted trees, shrubs, and berry bushes. (Photo: GreenUP)

      ‘Reconciling with the Land’ initiative combines Western science and Indigenous knowledge

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

      The Beach Report for August 1 to 7, 2025

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